Staff Engineer - Python Data Engineering

$145,000 - $180,000/Yr

Early Warning Services - San Francisco, CA

Full-time - Senior

Hybrid - San Francisco, CA

Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

About the position

This position is a key role in the development, test, and deployment of complex solutions. The role involves building data strategy for broad or complex requirements, participating in the strategic development of methods and techniques, driving technical and data architecture, and providing leadership in building a technical plan. The candidate will collaborate with product managers and other engineering groups to conceptualize and build new features, actively own features or systems, assist support teams in resolving production issues, and seek ways to improve engineering and data standards.

Responsibilities

• Build data strategy for broad or complex requirements.
• Participate in the strategic development of methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for projects and programs.
• Drive all aspects of technical and data architecture, design, prototyping and implementation.
• Provide leadership and technical expertise in building a technical plan and backlog of stories.
• Guide a broad functional area and lead efforts through the functional team members.
• Represent engineering in cross-functional team sessions.
• Collaborate and partner with product managers, designers, and other engineering groups.
• Actively own features or systems and define their long-term health.
• Assist Support and Operations teams in identifying and resolving production issues.
• Develop and implement tests for quality, performance, and scalability.
• Seek out ways to improve engineering and data standards, tooling, and processes.
• Support the company's commitment to risk management and data integrity.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related technical field.
• Ten or more years of relevant related experience.
• Seven or more years of experience in the development of complex data platforms, distributed systems, SaaS, cloud solutions, microservices.
• Six or more years of experience in the development of Data Warehouse, Big Data platforms, real-time & batch processing.
• Four or more years of experience in development of Business Intelligent Solutions.
• Two or more years of experience in development/operationalization of AI/ML Models.
• Demonstrated experience in delivering business-critical systems.
• Ability to influence and work in a collaborative team environment.
• Experience designing/developing scalable systems.
• Extensive experience implementing Data Warehouse using SQL Server or equivalent.
• Experience with implementing data science solutions using Python, Spark, PySpark, R.
• Experience with event-driven architecture and messaging frameworks.
• Working experience with cloud infrastructure.
• Knowledge of mature engineering practices and SDLC best practices.
• Attention to detail.
• Background and drug screen.

Nice-to-haves

• MS or PhD.
• Experience using AI/ML Model Frameworks like Tensorflow, Sage Maker.
• Big Data Platforms experience.
• Database platforms experience with performance aspects.
• Knowledge of Aerospike, Scality S3, Elastic Search.
• Monitoring and Alerting systems experience.
• Knowledge of ACH/EFT.
• Knowledge of real-time payment networks.
• FinTech experience.
• Kubernetes experience.

Benefits

• Competitive medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Company contributions to Health Savings Account (HSA).
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with 100% Company Safe Harbor Match.
• Unlimited Time Off for Exempt employees.
• Generous PTO for Non-Exempt employees.
• 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave.
• Maven Family Planning support.