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Mowt Features Integrations Pricing Mobile About Start free trial ← All openings Engineering Data engineer Remote (UK/Europe) or London • Full-time • £115k - £150k + 0.10% - 0.30% equity Apply: [email protected] About the Role We're looking for a data engineer who gets genuinely excited about query performance. You'll build pipelines that transform millions of Stripe transactions into analytics gold, optimize ClickHouse queries that run in milliseconds not minutes, and design warehouse schemas that scale effortlessly. This is a rare chance to own the entire data infrastructure at an early-stage company. You'll architect systems from scratch, make architectural decisions that matter, and see your work power dashboards that thousands of SaaS founders check every morning. We work hard, move fast, but also know when to step back and optimize for the long term. And yes, we celebrate query improvements with the same enthusiasm as feature launches. What You'll Do Design and maintain our ClickHouse analytics database powering customer dashboards Build ETL pipelines that transform raw Stripe data into clean, queryable models Optimize complex analytical queries—making 30-second queries run in under 100ms Design data warehouse schemas using star/snowflake patterns for analytics Build data quality checks, monitoring, and alerting for pipeline health Collaborate with backend engineers on MySQL → ClickHouse replication strategies Own the full data stack: ingestion, transformation, storage, performance tuning What We're Looking For 4+ years building production data pipelines and warehouse systems Expert SQL skills—complex joins, window functions, CTEs are second nature Experience with columnar databases (ClickHouse, BigQuery, Redshift, or similar) Deep understanding of data warehouse design patterns and best practices Strong query optimization skills—you can read EXPLAIN plans in your sleep Experience building ETL/ELT pipelines at scale using modern tools Programming skills in Python, PHP, or similar for data transformation scripts Bonus Points ClickHouse-specific experience—materialized views, distributed tables, replication Built data pipelines for financial or payment data (Stripe, transactions, subscriptions) AWS data tools experience (Lambda, S3, Athena, Glue, Kinesis) Experience with dbt, Airflow, or other modern data orchestration tools Understanding of dimensional modeling (Kimball methodology) Early-stage startup experience—built data infrastructure from zero to one Our Data Stack Databases ClickHouse MySQL 8.0 Redis Pipelines Laravel Jobs AWS Lambda SQS Queues Python Scripts Infrastructure AWS (S3, RDS, Lambda) Docker GitHub Actions CloudWatch Compensation & Benefits → Salary: £115,000 - £150,000 based on experience → Equity: 0.10% - 0.30% (early employee grant) → Health: Private medical insurance (Vitality or Bupa) → Time Off: 25 days + UK bank holidays + unlimited sick leave → Pension: 5% employer contribution → Learning: £2,000/year for courses, conferences, and certifications → Equipment: Latest MacBook Pro + accessories of your choice How to Apply Send your resume and a note about why you're excited about data infrastructure to careers [at] mowt.com with "Data Engineer" in the subject line. We'd love to hear about data pipelines you've built, query optimizations you're proud of, or warehouse architectures you've designed. Bonus points if you include a before/after query performance improvement story. We respond within 3 business days. Apply: [email protected] 7-day free trial Get started with Mowt No credit card required. Connect Stripe in 1 click. Business Name * Your Name * Email * Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR) * Select your MRR range $0 - $10k USD $10k - $50k USD $50k - $100k USD $100k - $250k USD $250k - $500k USD $500k+ USD Start 7-day trial No credit card required Coming soon Mobile apps in development We're building iOS and Android apps that'll bring your metrics everywhere. Our mobile apps are currently in active development. Follow us on social media for updates and be the first to know when they launch. What to expect • Full dashboard parity with web app • Real-time sync with Stripe • Biometric authentication • Push notifications for key metrics Follow for updates Launching Q2 2026 Your report card A one-page PDF of your numbers — fully on brand. Download PDF Mowt SaaS report card Metric Report card Your inputs Result — — Formula Stop calculating. Start tracking. Mowt syncs MRR, churn, LTV & growth from Stripe — updated daily, no spreadsheets.
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