Senior Data Engineer
📍 Please note: This role must be based in one of our hiring hubs - Malta, Hungary, Poland, or Bulgaria. We will only be progressing with candidates who are currently based in one of these locations.
About Playnetic
Playnetic is an innovative and fast-growing player in the iGaming industry. We create cutting-edge casino games and technology that entertain millions of players worldwide, combining creativity, quality, and innovation at every step. Our gaming content is built around our core values: quality gaming, dedicated customer service, and reliable delivery to our partners.
With a global mindset, we’re committed to building engaging products and an inspiring workplace where teams can thrive.
At Playnetic, we’re reimagining the future of iGaming. Our games combine cutting-edge tech, art, and storytelling to create world-class entertainment experiences.
Playnetic is a technology-led company building scalable B2B gaming platforms for a global market. Our platforms are cloud-native, highly available, and built with automation and reliability at their core. Engineering and data are central to how we operate, and we invest in building modern, scalable systems from the ground up.
We are currently rebuilding our core platform, including a complete revamp of our BI and data processing capabilities, creating an exciting opportunity to shape how modern analytics is designed and implemented.
The Role
We are hiring a Senior Data Engineer to help design and build our next-generation data platform.
You will play a key role in creating a scalable, high-performance data ecosystem that powers analytics, reporting, and business-critical functions such as invoicing and financial insights.
This is a hands-on role within a small, collaborative team, offering strong ownership and the opportunity to influence architecture, tooling, and best practices from the ground up.
What You’ll Do
Design and build a modern data platform to support analytics and reporting
Develop and maintain data pipelines (batch and streaming)
Implement real-time or near-real-time data processing solutions
Collect and centralise data from game servers, integrations, and operator systems
Support and evolve a data lake architecture
Enable reporting, analytics, and financial calculations through robust data models
Ensure data quality, validation, and consistency across systems
Build and maintain reporting solutions and dashboards (Power BI)
Collaborate with platform, game server, and integration teams to standardise data flows
Work closely with Finance to support billing accuracy and reporting needs
Contribute to best practices in modern data architecture and analytics
Mentor and support junior team members
What You’ll Bring
Strong experience in Data Engineering or Data Platform development
Hands-on experience building scalable data pipelines and processing systems
Experience with streaming technologies (e.g. Kafka or similar)
Strong knowledge of SQL and data modelling
Experience with relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL or similar)
Experience working with reporting and analytics tools (e.g. Power BI)
Solid understanding of data lake and data warehousing concepts
Ability to work across teams and understand end-to-end data flows
A proactive, problem-solving mindset with strong ownership
Bonus Points If You Have
Experience in iGaming, fintech, SaaS, or other platform-based businesses
Exposure to financial or billing data use cases
Experience working with large-scale, event-driven systems
Experience working in regulated environments
Why You’ll Love Working at Playnetic
💡 Work on high-impact systems that power core business functions
🌍 Join an international, fast-growing, and collaborative team
🧠 Shape modern data architecture from the ground up
📈 Take ownership and grow your influence in a key technical domain
📍 Location
As a global company, we attract and retain top talent by offering flexible working arrangements.
Depending on location, this role may be remote or hybrid. In all cases, we provide an environment that supports collaboration, autonomy, and flexibility, enabling our teams to perform at their best.
We’re able to hire in Malta, Hungary, Poland, and Bulgaria. For candidates in Hungary, Poland, or Bulgaria, the position will initially be fully remote, with the potential to move to a hybrid setup as we establish office hubs in those locations.
If you’re based in Malta, the role will be hybrid.
🎮 Ready to build the data platform powering the future of iGaming?
Apply now and help us create scalable, data-driven systems at Playnetic.
- Locations
- Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Malta
- Remote status
- Hybrid