You will architect and build a greenfield, AI-native global payroll engine from the ground up. This role involves designing complex data pipelines that normalize HRIS data into a proprietary calculation engine. You will bridge the gap between HR tech and fintech by connecting automated payroll logic to existing multi-currency payment rails.
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Staff Engineer (Payroll & Data) at Ebury Partners
Are you ready to build a global payroll engine from scratch for a fintech that already moves billions? Backed by a fresh £550M raise, this Santander-backed leader is launching an AI-native payroll platform. We need a Staff Engineer with deep data pipeline and payroll engine experience to own the architecture from HRIS integration to payment execution. You'll work in a high-leverage team using AI agents to 10x your impact, bridging the gap between complex jurisdiction logic and global payment rails. If you've built at companies like Deel or Papaya Global, this is your chance to define the next generation of global payroll infrastructure.
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Location
London, United Kingdom
Compensation
Not Disclosed
Company
Ebury Partners
Role overview
Finance
Ebury is a fintech company specializing in international payments, collections, foreign exchange services, cash management, currency risk management, trade finance, and financing solutions for businesses, particularly SMEs and midcaps, operating in over 130 currencies across 160+ countries with offices in 30+ markets and over 2,000 employees.[1][2][3]
What you will do
- Architect Data Pipelines: Build robust systems to pull, normalize, and transpose data from various HRIS and HCM integrations into a centralized payroll calculator.
- Develop Calculation Engines: Design jurisdiction-specific logic to handle complex tax, benefits, and deductions, ensuring high-fidelity output for bank files and compliance reports.
- Orchestrate Workflows: Create end-to-end SaaS workflows from client onboarding and approval routing to the final execution of global payments via existing rails.
Who this is a fit for
- Industry Expertise: Proven experience building payroll engines or payment processing systems at tech-first companies like Deel, Papaya Global, or Remote.
- Technical Mastery: Staff-level proficiency in Python or Node.js with deep experience in data transformation, dbt, and architecting complex SaaS platforms.
- Full-Stack Capability: Strong backend focus but possessing enough frontend knowledge (Angular/TS) to direct junior engineers and ensure seamless product delivery.
Why this role is remarkable
- Founding-Level Impact: Build an AI-native payroll product from scratch while leveraging a pre-existing infrastructure that processes 1.9M annual payments across 130+ currencies.
- Massive Backing: Backed by Santander with a fresh £550M raise, providing the stability of a corporate leader with the creative freedom of a greenfield startup environment.
- Tech-Forward Stack: Direct a team of AI coding agents to 10x your output while owning the architecture in a modern Python, Node.js, and TypeScript environment.
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