Data Engineer, Vestwell
$115-130k
This position is eligible to participate in the Company Bonus Pool and is eligible to receive new hire equity in the Company. Please note that salary bands are based on NY and other similar metro areas and may differ based on where the role is ultimately hired
The modern savings platform
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The modern savings platform
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$115-130k
This position is eligible to participate in the Company Bonus Pool and is eligible to receive new hire equity in the Company. Please note that salary bands are based on NY and other similar metro areas and may differ based on where the role is ultimately hired
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make saving for life's most important milestones accessible to everyone.
Role
Who you are
- Have solid hands-on experience with data engineering patterns and tools
- Can balance detail-oriented implementation work with an eye toward long-term scalability and maintainability
- Care deeply about the quality, reliability, and impact of the systems you build
- 3–5 years of experience as a Data Engineer or in a closely related data-focused engineering role
- Strong SQL skills and experience working with relational databases
- Hands-on experience building and optimizing cloud data pipelines (ETL/ELT)
- Experience building processes that support data transformation, data modeling, metadata management, and dependency/workload management
- Experience with AWS cloud services such as EMR, S3, Glue, SES, SNS/SQS, or EC2 (or similar services on another cloud provider) is preferred but not required
- Strong analytical skills and experience working with unstructured or semi-structured data
- Working knowledge of message queuing, stream processing, and highly scalable data stores
- Experience working with and supporting cross-functional teams
- Python programming experience, especially in data engineering contexts
- Experience with Snowflake or another modern cloud data warehouse
- Experience with ETL/ELT and data transformation tools such as Fivetran, dbt, etc
- Experience with Business Intelligence tools such as Sigma, Tableau, Metabase, Looker, etc
- A Computer Science or related technical degree, or equivalent practical experience
What the job involves
- The Engineering team is looking for a Data Engineer who can confidently contribute across our reporting and data stack and is ready to take on increasing ownership over time
- You will work closely with senior engineers, but you will also drive your own projects, contribute to technical decisions, and help improve our data platform
- You will collaborate with more senior engineers on architecture and design, but you should be comfortable proposing solutions, estimating work, and seeing projects through from design to production
- Design, build, and maintain reliable data pipelines and workflows that support reporting and analytics use cases
- Work with large, complex data sets to meet business requirements, improve data quality, and ensure data is accurate and timely
- Develop and optimize infrastructure for extracting, loading, and transforming data from a variety of sources
- Build and enhance analytics tools and data models that power reporting and provide actionable insights into key business metrics
- Collaborate with stakeholders on the Product, Operations, and Executive teams to understand their data needs and deliver solutions that meet those needs
- Support production systems, including monitoring, troubleshooting, incident response, and continuous improvement of performance and reliability
- Contribute to team practices, including code reviews, documentation, and occasionally helping more junior teammates
Application process
- It starts the same for every candidate: getting to know the team members through 1-2 conversations about Vestwell, your experience, and your interests
- Next steps can vary by role, but the usual next steps are a skill or experience screen (e.g. a coding interview for an Engineer, a portfolio review for a Designer, deeper experience call for other roles) which leads to a virtual or in-person interview panel after that if the screens go well
- Before making an offer, our interview process concludes with a references check stage for your recruiter to meet with a current or former supervisor and peer
- We prioritize transparency and lack of surprise throughout the process
Our take
Access to retirement and workplace savings remains a challenge for many American workers, especially in gig and non-traditional roles. Founded in 2016, Vestwell is a fintech company making savings simpler, more accessible, and inclusive. From retirement accounts to students loan repayment and specialized savings programs, Vestwell is helping build a modern savings economy for everyone.
Vestwell's platform gives employers, payroll providers, and financial advisors easy tools to manage savings plans, while empowering employees to save directly from their paychecks. And programs like the Amazon Delivery Service Partner pooled employer plan and state-run auto-IRA initiative show just how Vestwell is helping underserved workers gain access to retirement savings, creating real financial security for millions nationwide.
Serving nearly 1.5M participants across 350,000 businesses with over $35B in assets, Vestwell has raised $125M in recent funding and expanded state partnerships. By tailoring solutions for gig and mobile workforces, the company has put itself in a prime position to continue transforming how Americans save, making financial security more accessible than ever.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
17% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Dec 2023
$125m
SERIES D
Jul 2021
$70m
SERIES C
Total funding: $237.5m
Company benefits
- Competitive health coverage
- A dedicated Employee Wellbeing Committee
- Generous vacation, safe/sick time, and leave policies
- Strong focus on learning & development
- Hybrid work environment
- A great 401(k) plan!
Company HQ
Midtown East, New York, NY
Leadership
Aaron Schumm
(Founder & CEO)Studied Finance at GIES College of Business and then received an MBA from Duke. Head Equity Research at financial advisory firm Dillon Scott Securities, Product Manager at Fiserv, VP of Product Marketing at Citi.
David Sheen
(CFO)David joined Vestwell in 2017 as an SVP of Finance & HR and became CFO in 2020. Prior to this, he spent 2 years at Primary Venture Partners as a Senior Associate and Principal and 3 years at Morgan Stanley as an Investment Banking Associate.
Jonathan Mark
(COO)Jonathan joined Vestwell in 2021 as an SVP of Business Operations & Strategy and became COO in 2023. Prior to this, he was the Interim Head of Member Operations at Garner Health and a Go-to-market Consultant at Elemental Cognition. He also spent nearly 7 years at Bridgewater Associates in various roles including Chief of Staff to Department Head of Engineering and AI (Principles Division) and Head of Business Operations (Principles Division).
Patty Kim
(CPO)Prior to joining Vestwell in 2020, Patty was a Senior Director of Global Talent Acquisition/VP of People Ops & Talent at Conductor. She also spent 3 years at Dentsu Aegis Network as a Director of Talent Acquisition and 3 years at 24 Seven as an Account Manager.
Rob Molchon
(CTO)Prior to joining Vestwell in 2021, Rob held VP roles at Integral Ad Science, Sizmek, MediaMind, and Unicast.
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