Self Financial

FinTech

StaffDataEngineer

$160–195k Austin, Texas, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Senior candidates.

The Brief

“Staff Data Engineer at Self Financial. Skills: Data Engineering, Data Modeling, Data Pipelines. Organize plans that drive outcomes. Provide technical leadership”

Industry & Context.

FinTech
Eligibility Requirements

Background check, US Citizen or Green Card Holder

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

8+ years database development, 8+ years database integration, 8+ years data analytics tools, 8+ years Data Warehouse design, 8+ years Data Warehouse implementation, 8+ years Data Lake data models, 8+ years Kimball data models, Manage Data ETL/ELT large data sets, Experience columnar data structures, Experience Apache Airflow, Experience Python, Experience Git, Experience JIRA, Experience Confluence

Nice to Have

Familiarity AWS data warehousing tools

What You'll Do.

Organize plans that drive outcomes

Provide technical leadership

Collaborate cross-functionally

Implement impactful improvements

Ensure data remains strategic asset

Deliver high-quality data

Deliver purpose-built data

Support Analytics organizations

Support Machine Learning organizations

Support Business Intelligence organizations

Operate as part of cross functional team

Lead data schema population

Collaborate with Product Management

Translate strategic vision

Create Physical Data Models

Create Logical Data Models

Maintain data lifecycle

Maintain data quality standards

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross functional product development team; Architecture team; Infrastructure team; Product Management team

Communication Scope

Interpersonal skills; Written communication; Oral communication

Process & Methodology

Architecture design, Project analysis, Work break down, Planning

Full Job Description

Self Financial is a venture-backed, high-growth FinTech company with a mission to increase economic inclusion and financial resilience by empowering people to build credit and build savings. We're looking for people who share our passion and are driven to tackle challenges, find solutions and make the financial space better for the communities we serve. Our team is passionate about challenging the status quo of the credit industry by providing people accessible tools to take control of their credit. Executing on our mission requires deep collaboration across our teams to ensure our products reach the people who can benefit from them the most, particularly the 100 million+ Americans who have no or low credit. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. To that end, we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. About the Role: As our Staff Data Engineer, you will be responsible for organizing plans that drive outcomes and making a direct impact on our mission. We want you to provide technical leadership to your teammates through coaching and mentorship, and collaborate cross-functionally to implement impactful improvements to our product. As part of the Self Financial Data Engineering Team, your role will be to ensure that data remains a strategic asset for Self Financial by delivering timely, high-quality, and purpose-built data to our team members. Our team supports Self Financial's internal Analytics, Machine Learning, and Business Intelligence organizations. What you will do: Operates as part of a cross functional product development team that includes Architecture, Infrastructure, and Product Management Your primary focus will be on leading the data pipeline, modeling, and populating data schemas within Self Financial's Data Environment for use in business intelligence and data analysis activities. Your day-to-day activities will include: Collaborating closely wi

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