Senior Staff Data Engineer - Remote

Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Staff Data Engineer to join our dynamic team. The right candidate shall lead the development of our data infrastructure, from ingestion, ETL / ELT, aggregations, processing, quality checks, certifying data to regulatory standards, and making the data available for usage in analytics, data science, and CXO suite dashboards. Your work enables us to deliver advanced and impactful solutions to our clients. As the Senior Staff Data Engineer at Oportun, you will assume a pivotal role in elevating our data engineering capabilities, responsible for conceiving and implementing a state-of-the-art data infrastructure. Collaborating seamlessly with diverse teams, including data engineers, data scientists, engineers, analysts, product managers, and senior leaders, you will craft revolutionary solutions that redefine the norms of FinTech.

In Short

• Set the strategic vision and lead the implementation of a cutting-edge data infrastructure roadmap.
• Provide exceptional technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to a team of data engineers.
• Collaborate closely with data scientists to translate intricate model requirements into optimized data pipelines.
• Spearhead the establishment of best practices for model versioning, experiment tracking, and model evaluation.
• Engineer automated CI/CD pipelines for seamless deployment and monitoring.
• Define and refine performance benchmarks, optimizing data infrastructure.
• Work with multiple teams of data engineers to design, develop, and test major software and data systems components.
• Drive strong data engineering practices around product development execution.
• Remain at the forefront of industry trends and emerging technologies.

Requirements

• Requires 12+ years of related experience in data engineering.
• Extensive experience orchestrating the development of end-to-end data engineering infrastructure.
• Proven record of transformative leadership in technical teams.
• Profound mastery of data engineering architecture and frameworks.
• Thorough comprehension of software engineering principles and version control.
• Adeptness with cloud platforms and cloud-native services.
• Track record of successfully integrating DevOps practices.
• Superior problem-solving acumen.
• Exceptional communication aptitude.

Benefits

• Be part of a mission-driven fintech company.
• Work in a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture.
• Opportunity to drive social impact and financial inclusion.