Director of Data Engineering, Shift4
Simplifying complex payment ecosystems
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Simplifying complex payment ecosystems
1001+ employees
Open for applications
1001+ employees
Company mission
To empower our partners and customers with a complete payment solution featuring the most secure, reliable, and fastest payment network available, backed by best-in-class technology and support.
Role
Who you are
- Shift4 is expanding globally and building out our data engineering team, seeking an experienced Director of Data Engineering with a minimum of 10 years of overall experience, 3 years of management to spearhead our data architecture, pipeline development, and data lake / data warehousing efforts.
- Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Technology, or related field or experience in lieu of a degree may be considered
- At least 10 years of experience in data engineering or a similar discipline
- At least 3 years of experience in managing data engineers or a similar discipline
- Experienced conducting 1:1s, fostering growth plans, and managing engineering velocity
- Proficiency in SQL and experience with big data technologies (e.g., Hadoop, Spark)
- Strong coding skills in languages like Python, Java, Scala, Node JS, Golang, etc…
- Experience with cloud services (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) for data solutions
- Knowledge of data warehousing solutions (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery)
- Familiarity with data modeling, ETL tools, and data pipeline orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow, Luigi)
- Understanding of machine learning pipelines and feature engineering is a plus
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong communication skills to effectively articulate complex data concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Certifications: AWS Certified Big Data - Specialty, Google Professional Data Engineer, or similar
What the job involves
- This role involves not just technical expertise but also leadership in guiding data strategies that empower our business decisions and initiatives
- Data Architecture: Design, implement, and manage our data infrastructure, ensuring scalability, efficiency, and security. This includes defining data schemas, data pipelines, and data storage solutions
- Leadership & Mentorship:
- Lead a team of ~10 data engineers, setting standards for data handling, integration, and warehousing
- Mentor junior team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement
- Pipeline Development:
- Develop robust ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes to ingest, process, and transform data from various sources
- Optimize data flow and storage for speed, scalability, and reliability
- Data Quality and Governance:
- Establish and enforce data quality standards and governance policies
- Implement data validation processes to ensure data integrity
- Analytics and Reporting:
- Collaborate with data scientists and analysts to tailor data solutions that meet analytical requirements
- Support the creation of BI tools, dashboards, and reports by providing clean, structured data
- Innovation:
- Research and recommend new technologies and tools to improve data management and processing
- Drive the adoption of best practices in data engineering, like data lake architectures, streaming data, and real-time analytics
- Project Management:
- Oversee data-related projects from conception to completion, including planning, execution, and delivery
- Ensure project timelines, quality, and objectives are met
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with business stakeholders, product
- Managers, and other engineering teams to align data strategy with business goals
Our take
An industry leader in integrated payment processing, Shift4 serves markets across North America, Europe and Asia. Its fintech solutions simplify complex payment ecosystems and power billions of transactions a year across many industries.
With hundreds of thousands of customers, Shift4 has developed hundreds of payment methods and processes a staggering $260 billion annually. Its clients include a large number of professional sports team globally, as well as colleges and entertainment venues.
Interestingly for a company so far-reaching, the 1994-founded Shift4 only opened its stock with an IPO in 2020. Since then, it has established partnerships with companies such as the Minnesota Vikings American football team and software point-of-sale company Ingenico. This exemplifies the diversity of Shift4’s impressive client base.
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Company
Funding (1 round)
Aug 2000
$7.3m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $7.3m
Company HQ
Center Valley, PA
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Leadership
Jared Isaacman
(CEO)Also the CEO of Harbortouch and Postec, and Founder of Draken International.
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