Data Engineer

$86,500 - $146,100/Yr

Discover Financial Services - Deerfield, IL

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - Deerfield, IL

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About the position

The Data Engineer at Discover Financial Services is responsible for designing, developing, testing, and maintaining complex data solutions. This role emphasizes mentoring peers and providing technical thought leadership within the team. The Data Engineer will manage risks and customer-impacting issues while ensuring high-quality data solutions are delivered in a timely manner.

Responsibilities

• Develops and troubleshoots data integration solutions with complex data transformations and provides guidance to other team members.
• Influences other team members to achieve commitments per guidance from Chapter Leads and actively contributes to agile ceremonies.
• Demonstrates strong technical aptitude across data engineering practices, utilizing a variety of tools to profile and secure data in transit and at rest, and to enforce data governance controls and alerting.
• Designs advanced SQL queries and leverages a metadata-driven framework for solutions.
• Develops test scripts for unit and integration testing.
• Leads code review sessions and other process and operational improvement initiatives.
• Exhibits fluency with supplemental tools and technologies involved in data integration (Unix/Linux, TWS/Control-M or alike, BI stack).
• Works on holistic solutions, driving feature and story delivery in an Agile environment.
• Identifies and effectively communicates upstream and downstream impacts for changes in the data pipeline.
• Participates in the on-call rotation for support.
• Demonstrates effective and clear communication in team and cross-functional meetings, and leads tech communities.
• Builds strong collaborative working relationships both within the team and cross-functionally.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Strong technical skills in data engineering practices and tools.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with cloud technologies and data governance tools.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and practices.
• Knowledge of data security protocols and best practices.

Benefits

• Paid Parental Leave
• Paid Time Off
• 401(k) Plan
• Medical, Dental, Vision, & Health Savings Account
• Short-Term Disability, Life, Long-Term Disability and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
• Recognition Program
• Education Assistance
• Commuter Benefits
• Family Support Programs
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan