Senior Data Engineer

What’s Under the Hood

DriveTime Family of Brands is the largest privately owned used car sales finance & servicing company in the nation. Headquartered in Tempe, Arizona and Dallas, Texas, we create opportunities and improve the lives of our customers and our employees by placing a focus on putting the right customer, in the right vehicle, on the right terms and on their path to ownership.

The DriveTime Family of Brands spans across DriveTime, Bridgecrest and SilverRock.  You can find us at the intersection of technology and innovation as we use our proprietary tools and over two decades of industry knowledge to redefine the process of purchasing, financing, and protecting your vehicle. 

That’s Nice, But What’s the Job?

We are seeking a Senior Data Engineer to drive the development and optimization of our data transformation and modeling processes. This role is crucial in ensuring that raw data is transformed into trusted, well-structured, and analytics-ready datasets that empower decision-making across the organization.

As a Senior Data Engineer, you will leverage Snowflake, Python, SQL Server and more to build scalable data models, optimize query performance, and implement data quality best practices. You will partner with and mentor other data engineers and interact directly with analysts and business stakeholders to design and maintain a robust ELT framework, ensuring efficiency, reliability, and governance in our data ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and optimize data models, ensuring they align with business reporting needs and best practices.
• Collaborate with data engineers to define and enhance ELT pipelines, ensuring efficient data ingestion and transformation.
• Leverage Artificial Intelligence and other emerging technologies to create innovative, modern data solutions.
• Use Python to automate data transformations, build quality checks, and optimize Snowflake performance.
• Support data governance initiatives, including metadata management and lineage tracking.
• Monitor and improve query performance and cost efficiency within Snowflake.
• Implement data quality checks, testing frameworks, and documentation to ensure trust in reporting and analytics.
• Work closely with analysts and business teams to understand data needs and optimize models for self-service analytics.
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently, collaborate within a team, and engage cross-functionally.

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in engineering data integrations, analytics engineering, and data modeling.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Extensive experience in design and delivery incorporating a strong focus on stability and scalability.
• Proficiency in working with Snowflake, Kafka, Argo, on-premises SQL Server, and SSIS, along with a solid understanding of cloud-based data technologies. 
• Strong programming skills in languages utilized for data engineering such as Python, SQL, Java, and Scala with experience in scripting, automation, and data manipulation. 
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to effectively interact with technical and non-technical stakeholders. 
• Familiarity with NoSQL and other non-relational concepts, DBT core, Argo and Kafka is a plus.
• Experience working with BI tools such as Sigma and Tableau is a plus.
• Strong analytical mindset with excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of industry-leading innovation and seasoned best practices, ensuring that applications and business teams have access to clean, performant, and well-modeled data.

So What About the Perks? Perks matter

• Work From Home. Feel free to rock the casual wear while still being camera ready.  You will be working from your home office (in an approved city & state) and make sure you have a conducive and quiet workspace with no distractions and reliable and secure internet.
• Medical, dental, and vision, oh my! DriveTime Family of Brands covers a sizable amount of insurance premiums to ensure our employees receive top-tier healthcare coverage. 
• But Wait, There’s More. 401(K), Company paid life insurance policy, short and long-term disability coverage to name a few.
• Growth Opportunities. You grow, I grow, we all grow!  But seriously, DriveTime Family of Brands is committed to providing its employees with every opportunity to grow professionally with roughly over 1,000 employees promoted year over year.
• Tuition Reimbursement. We’re as passionate about your professional development as you a