Full-Time
Staff Data Engineer
Posted on 10/31/2025
Apron
51-200 employees
Fintech invoice management and reconciliation platform
No salary listed
London, UK
Hybrid
 Data & Analytics (1) |
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- 6+ years across Data Engineering with Startup/tech company background
- SQL and Python: schema design, transformations, query optimisation, automation, testing
- Experience designing and building data architecture including warehouse setup from scratch
- Track record of building ETL/ELT pipelines into modern warehouses (BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift)
- Familiar with tools Dagster, Airflow, Prefect, dbt, Dataform, SQLMesh
- Cloud experience on Google Cloud Platform plus containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Strong sense of ownership over data standards, security, and roadmap
- Collaborator at heart — working with analysts, engineers, and product teams to turn data into business impact
- Build and run our data platform so it is fast, reliable, and always ahead of the curve
- Make data self-serve for the whole team — ensuring everything lands in our data warehouse with the right discovery and cataloging tools in place
- Set the rules of the road for data governance, privacy, and compliance (GDPR and beyond)
- Keep our data safe by implementing and monitoring security controls
- Own the development and support of the data platform
Apron is a fintech platform that helps small businesses manage supplier invoices and reconcile payments. It connects the user’s bank with their accounting software to sort, pay, and reconcile invoices in seconds, with instant reconciliation to Xero. The service is delivered via a subscription that targets time savings and better cash flow, and may include transaction fees based on payment volume. Apron differentiates itself by providing end-to-end payment handling directly from the bank to instantaneous ledger reconciliation, reducing administrative tasks and improving financial visibility. The company aims to remove payment friction so small businesses can focus on growth rather than paperwork.
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
Series B
Total Funding
$50.5M
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Founded
2022
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Apron raised $30M Series B in 2024 to launch Apron Pay and Card in 2025.
- Apron named UK's fastest-growing fintech on 2026 Sifted rankings.
- Apron trusted by over 10k businesses processing millions in transactions.
What critics are saying
- Melio dominates US SMB payments, eroding Apron's share in 12-24 months.
- Xero's UK supplier payments rollout causes 30-50% Apron client churn by 2027.
- Revolut's free batch payments steal 20% of Apron's UK trials in 6-12 months.
What makes Apron unique
- Apron integrates directly with Xero for instant invoice reconciliation.
- Apron automates supplier payments, payroll, and expenses in one platform.
- Apron's consumer-like interface turns payments into a seamless experience.
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Benefits
Health Insurance
Flexible Work Hours
Remote Work Options
Stock Options
Enhanced Parental Leave
Life Insurance
Growth & Insights and Company News
6 month growth
↓ -4%1 year growth
↓ -1%2 year growth
↑ 3%Apron raised their $15M Series A just 12 months ago.
London-based startup Apron announced that it has raised a $15 million funding round in a Series A funding led by Index Ventures with Bessemer Venture Partners and Visionaries Club also participating.
Fintech platform Apron has raised $15 million in Series A funding led by Index Ventures, as well as Bessemer Venture Partners and Visionaries Club.
Apron, a London-based fintech that addresses the pains SMB owners and their finance teams face in the sorting, paying, and reconciling of invoices, has raised $15 million in a Series A funding round.Founded by former Revolut product lead and Square European operations lead, Bogdan Uzbekov, Apron soft-launched earlier this year and intends to use the investment to expand its existing 20-member team.The Series A round was led by Index Ventures and saw the participation of existing investor Bessemer Venture Partners alongside Visionaries Club.While Apron is by no means alone in the solving-the-pain-of-invoicing category, it's not many startups that can boast a roster that includes former Revolut, Trade Republic, Goldman Sachs, McKinsey, Meta, Pleo … and the list goes on.The pains of paymentAccording to the startup, although only approximately six months up and running, it's already processing millions of pounds of transactions every month, and working with, an undisclosed number of, hundreds of clients including small business owners Dani Reid and Agnes Potter of Potter&Reid, and thousands of payment receipts.Whether you’ve ever run your own business or simply dealt with an operation not as easy as it sounds such as remodeling your home, you’re sure to have encountered the joys, or lack thereof, of paying suppliers. Granted, consumer-facing operations tend to be a lot less painful, however, the excitement and enthusiasm of entrepreneurship can quickly be usurped by the lackluster business that is the B2B payments process.According to the UK’s Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy £1.5 trillion flows through the process of paying invoices every year in the UK alone, accounting for five hours of the average UK small business owner’s time per week.Designed to completely revamp the way payments flow through a network of users, and fashioned with a user-friendly, consumer-esque interface, Apron’s aim is to turn the arduous task of payments into a pleasure rather than pain.The platform is designed to integrate with, rather than replace, existing accounting systems such as Xero and Quickbooks, thereby eliminating the need to start from scratch.Not just a slick appBuilding on his experience expanding Revolut outside the UK in conjunction with working at Square as European Operations lead, Apron founder Bogdan Uzbekov recognised the market opportunity and chance to do something different from competitors.Uzbekov shares:“In consumer electronics, you need to understand the hardware as well as the software – that’s why Apple has been so successful. For Apron, you can think of our payments platform as the hardware, and our carefully designed workflows as the software. We’re not just a slick app, but a critical cog in the business machine that keeps small businesses moving forward.”Lead image: The Apron team via getapron.com. Photo: Uncredited
Apron, a London, UK-based B2B payments platform for small businesses, raised $5.5M in seed funding. The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with angel support from the founders of Melio and Klarna. The company intends to use the funds to grow the team, product, and reach.Led by Bogdan Uzbekov, Founder CEO, Apron provides a supplier payments platform for small businesses. Within the system, users can:. Handle invoices. Batch pay suppliers. Smooth out approvals