Data Engineer, MeridianLink
$95-140k
Digital lending platform for every financial institution
Be an early applicant
Digital lending platform for every financial institution
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$95-140k
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To accelerate and simplify workflows while helping community financial institutions grow, scale and serve their consumers and communities.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate is a hands-on engineer with strong experience building and maintaining data pipelines, and a passion for delivering robust data solutions that enable analytics and business decision-making
- 2–4 years of professional experience in Data Engineering, Data Warehousing, or related roles
- Strong hands-on experience with Python and SQL for building scalable data pipelines and transformation logic
- Experience with Apache Spark, Parquet, and Azure Databricks, including Databricks workflows, Delta Lake, Delta Sharing, and Unity Catalog
- Strong SQL expertise including performance tuning, indexing, partitioning, query optimization, and stored procedure development
- Solid understanding of ETL/ELT methodologies, data warehousing principles, and modern data engineering best practices
- Experience designing and implementing data models to support analytics, reporting, and operational use cases
- Experience supporting or working with BI tools such as Sisense (or similar platforms)
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and version control practices (e.g., GitLab, Jenkins, or equivalent)
- Experience working in fast-paced product environments with an emphasis on delivery, maintainability, and minimizing technical debt
- Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical stakeholders
Desirable
- Experience building lightweight data applications or internal tools using any of the following frameworks such as Streamlit, Dash, Flask, Gradio, Shiny, or Node.js
- Ability to navigate ambiguity, prioritize effectively, and adapt to changing business needs
- Prior experience in financial services or regulated environments is a plus
What the job involves
- We are seeking an accomplished Data Engineer to join our rapidly growing team
- This role is responsible for designing, building, and evolving scalable data pipeline architecture to ensure reliable, high-quality data delivery across the organization
- The Data Engineer will partner with data architects, data analysts, data scientists, and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver trusted data assets supporting a wide range of business initiatives
- They will ensure efficient and reliable data delivery across multiple teams, systems, and products in a dynamic environment
- This role offers the opportunity to evolve and enhance a modern data platform by improving existing pipelines or redesigning them for greater scalability, performance, and maintainability
- The successful candidate will apply modern software engineering practices, including AI-assisted development tools, to improve productivity, code quality, and delivery speed while maintaining strong engineering standards
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and data products for internal and external consumers
- Build and optimize batch and near real-time data ingestion, transformation, and delivery processes
- Integrate data from internal and external sources to support business, reporting, and analytics requirements
- Collaborate with data architects, analysts, data scientists, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable data solutions and support Sisense dashboards and analytics assets
- Design and implement data models that support reporting, analytics, and operational use cases
- Ensure data quality, reliability, and performance through monitoring, validation, automated testing, and troubleshooting
- Write maintainable, well-documented, and testable code; participate in code reviews; and leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve quality and efficiency
- Support CI/CD, infrastructure automation, technical documentation, and continuous improvements to data architecture, tooling, and engineering practices
Our take
MeridianLink provides modern software platforms for financial institutions and consumer reporting agencies. Specifically, it powers digital lending and account opening for the former and data verifications for the latter.
The company has been trusted for over 20 years and has remained adaptable and open to change with the industry, such as its recent addition of engagement features that offer new ways to help financial services drive growth, reach target audiences and adjust campaigns to meet business and customer needs. It has therefore maintained a number of impressive customers, from BankPlus and American United to FirstBank and TwinStar.
Building on this track record, MeridianLink was recently acquired by Centerbridge Partners, marking an important step forward. Going private in this $2B deal gives the company flexibility to accelerate innovation, expand its platform, and leverage AI and data more effectively. With Centerbridge's support, MeridianLink is in a good position to strengthen its competitive edge and continue helping financial institutions grow in a rapidly evolving market.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
1% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Ongoing development: Continuous learning is essential to growth, and we’re committed to helping our employees thrive. You’ll have the opportunity to take part in job-specific training, monthly soft-skill sessions, and leadership classes designed to support your development at every stage.
- Access to executives: Have a good idea? Share it with peers, managers, or executives. Our leadership is approachable and actively involved in supporting your work.
- Health lifestyle: Healthy staff makes us happy. We support our team members with resources and programs that promote financial, physical, and mental health—encouraging balance, self-care, and a lifestyle that helps you feel your best every day.
- Celebrations: All work and no play makes for a dull day. We celebrate holidays, birthdays, work anniversaries, and other milestones with fun activities that bring us together. We also provide channels for employees to recognize and celebrate each other’s achievements, making appreciation a regular part of our culture.
- Community partnering: Take a day off with pay to volunteer where it matters most to you or join the company in various community service projects throughout the year.
Company HQ
Irvine Technology Center, Irvine, CA
Leadership
Larry Katz
(CEO)Larry joined MeridianLink in 2023 as CFO and became CEO in 2025. Prior to this, they were the CFO at StubHub and Genesys as well as a Managing Director at JPMorgan Chase & Co. for 15 years.
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