Senior Manager of Data Engineering, Lending Club
$197-232k
More information about location
3+ days a week in office
Online personal loans
Open for applications
Online personal loans
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$197-232k
More information about location
3+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To transform the banking system to make credit more affordable and investing more rewarding.
Role
Who you are
- You’re passionate about building modern data platforms, leading high-performing teams, and solving complex data challenges at scale
- 8+ years of experience in data or software engineering, including 3+ years in a technical leadership or people management role
- Proven ability to lead, develop, and scale high-performing data engineering teams while remaining hands-on with architecture and design
- Deep expertise in distributed data systems (Hadoop, Spark, Hive, Kafka), orchestration frameworks (Airflow/Dagster), DBT, and modern data platforms (Databricks, Snowflake)
- Strong coding background in Python and experience building production-grade pipelines
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and cloud cost optimization
- Skilled in Git, CI/CD, Agile, and test-driven development
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to bridge technical and business needs
- Committed to simplicity, scalability, and delivering high-quality, reliable, and efficient data solutions
Desirable
- Experience with open-source ML frameworks and the end-to-end model development lifecycle
- Background leading teams that build and operate containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS ECS/EKS)
- Experience in regulated industries (fintech, banking, or healthcare) with a focus on data governance, lineage, and compliance
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a Sr Manager, Data Engineering to help scale our data capabilities across batch processing, real-time streaming, pipeline orchestration, data lake management, and cataloging
- In this role, you’ll lead a talented team of engineers and use your expertise in big data, design thinking, and modern analytics to build the libraries, frameworks, and pipelines that power our data ecosystem
- Lead and grow a team of data engineers building systems, libraries, and frameworks that power batch and streaming data and ML applications
- Partner with Product, Business, and Engineering teams to align data solutions with strategic priorities and deliver measurable business impact
- Define and evolve the technical vision for LendingClub’s modern data stack, including Hadoop, Spark, DBT, Airflow/Dagster, Atlan, Trino, Databricks, Snowflake, and AWS
- Design and deliver scalable, reliable data pipelines that transform raw data into trusted, business-ready datasets
- Champion data quality, observability, governance, and lineage to ensure data is accurate, compliant, and dependable
- Identify opportunities for automation, performance optimization, cost efficiency, and scalability across the data ecosystem
- Establish and promote best practices for software development, CI/CD, and operational excellence
- Provide technical leadership in resolving production issues, driving root-cause analysis, and improving system resiliency
- Mentor and inspire team members, fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and delivery excellence
Our take
Lending Club is a digital bank offering personal loans, auto loan refinancing, and debt consolidation to help individuals manage their finances. It provides flexible loan terms and competitive rates for a variety of needs, as well as high-yield saving and cash-back checking accounts, designed to help customers grow their money.
Focusing on digital solutions, Lending Club removes traditional brick-and-mortar branches, passing the savings on to customers through low fees and better rates. It connects borrowers with investors in a marketplace model and offers fast loan approvals and competitive interest rates.
To bolster its offering, the company acquired Tally Technologies' intellectual property (IP) to enhance its credit management services. It continues to develop and enhance its products and improve customer engagement in a bid to become a "top of mind" company with more active users.
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Insights
-8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Apr 2014
$65m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Nov 2013
$57m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $332m
Company benefits
- Untracked vacation for salaried employees, which means take it when you need it, and generous paid time off for hourly team members
- A hybrid work model that balances in-office and work from home
- Leading health and safety protocols related to COVID, including complimentary at-home testing kits from Cue Health for those coming to the office
- Up to 16 weeks paid leave for new parents, plus a fully paid, phased return-to-work policy for qualified leaves
- Mothers Rooms and hospital-grade pumps in every LC office
- Generous and varied mental health benefits
- Wellness program with cash incentives — earn up to $75 per month for being active
- Paid volunteer time and donation matching
- Onsite gym, locker room, bike room, and fitness classes (depending on location)
- Café with our own in-house barista
- Stocked pantries with healthy snacks and drinks
- Technology-forward and collaborative office spaces
Company HQ
South Beach, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Scott Sanborn
(CEO)Previously held leadership positions as the Chief Revenue Officer for publicly traded eHealth Insurance, President of RedEnvelope, Inc., and SVP at the Home Shopping Network. Joined LendingClub in 2010 and has worked as Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Operations Officer, and President before becoming the CEO in 2016.
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