Senior Data Engineer

Above Lending, Inc. is a next-generation financial services company. We provide simple and transparent products aimed to help our clients achieve their personal finance aspirations and take control of their debt. With competitive rates and personalized support from our loan specialists, our mission is to simplify the lending process and help borrowers attain financial well-being. We are passionate about making credit more affordable and accessible, and we're committed to helping our clients accomplish their goals.

About the Role (Remote Position)

The Senior Data Engineer will report to the Head of Data Engineering and is considered a subject matter expert responsible for collecting, managing, and converting raw data into information that can be interpreted by data scientists, analysts, and business partners. The role will collaborate cross-functionally with Credit, Strategy & Operations, and Engineering teams to deliver high quality data products, reporting, and novel, actionable insights that contribute to meeting company goals.The ultimate goal is trustworthy, accessible data, which enables the organization to utilize data for observable metrics, feedback, and decision making.

 

The ideal candidate will be a results-driven, strategic thinker able to thrive in a dynamic, rapid-growth environment, with strong skills in SQL, Python, and data manipulation.

 

What You'll Do

• Work diligently to possess a deep understanding of Above’s data in multiple systems, including how the data is produced and used by the organization.
• Responsible for the lifecycle of data pipelines from raw data sources to certified analytics.
• Create tests, troubleshoot failures, and ensure data quality for various data ingestion and transformation jobs.
• Create and support automated deployments and testing where needed, in accordance with CI/CD best practices.
• Support the governance process of ensuring all stakeholders are congruent on the meaning of the data, actively working on documentation and metric definitions.
• Design and implement the logic for both ad-hoc reporting, and for curated reporting tables and transformations.
• Analyze data and deliver actionable recommendations to improve customer acquisition, performance, and retention.
• Iterate data modeling efforts and provide technical guidance to our software engineering teams on best data practices.
• Drive our analytical dataset modeling, building new solutions to accommodate business needs while iterating existing solutions.
• Provide thought leadership on data projects that will drive the business for the next 3-5 years.
• Maintain data operations posture to provide guidance to software engineering in regards to data changes.
• Mentor and guide junior level engineers through various approaches such as paired development, design & code review, and more.
• Design and build feedback loops to enable the collection of technical metrics to further us as a data-driven organization.

 

What We Look For

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in information systems, computer science, analytics, mathematics or similar discipline, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years professional experience in a data engineering role, including experience building, maintaining, testing, and troubleshooting complex data pipelines.
• Advanced proficiency in SQL and Python is required with the ability to demonstrate and provide examples of successful implementations.
• Familiarity and/or working experience with at least two of the following: Airflow, Tableau, Fivetran, Snowflake, Snowpark, and/or DBT is also required; with most or all being preferred.
• Demonstrated ability with data modeling concepts is preferred.
• Experience working with various data types such as JSON, XML, delimited, etc is desired.
• Ability to lead projects and interact with business stakeholders to properly scope deliverables is preferred.
• Prior experience in Strategy Consulting, Financial Services, or Start-up environments, preferred.
• Willingness to learn and grow as the company expands, and to teach and mentor other members of the team.

Why join us? 

We are looking for great people to join a fast-paced, growing, and innovative business. For eligible fulltime employees, we offer:

• Considerable employer contributions for health, dental and vision programs  
• Generous personal time-off 
• 401(K) match
• Merit advancement opportunities 
• Career development & training 

More importantly, our team spirit and culture are what really sets us apart as a company. We’re a world-class company that loves what we do…and we have fun doing it!

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