Senior Data Engineer, SoFi
Finance
$124.8-234k
+ Eligible for bonus and long term incentives.
Mobile & online personal finance services
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Mobile & online personal finance services
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$124.8-234k
+ Eligible for bonus and long term incentives.
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help people reach financial independence to realize their ambitions.
Role
Who you are
- We are seeking a talented, enthusiastic, and detail-focused Senior Data Engineer to join our Finance BI & Systems team
- This role is perfect for someone passionate about data, with a strong engineering mindset, and a keen interest in applying these skills within the financial domain to drive efficiency and insight
- A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in data engineering, with a focus on building and maintaining data warehouses and ETL/ELT pipelines
- Proficiency in core data engineering technologies, including:
- Data Warehousing: Snowflake (primary), experience with PostgreSQL
- Programming/Scripting: Python, SQL
- ETL/ELT & Orchestration: Airflow, dbt, and experience with tools like MuleSoft, Fivetran, or similar
- Cloud Platforms: AWS
- Version Control/CI/CD: GitLab
- Broad proficiency in relational database platforms and significant experience with cloud data warehouse platforms such as Snowflake, and familiarity with others like Redshift, or Google BigQuery
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with the capability to simplify complex issues into actionable plans
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to effectively convey technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences, particularly within a finance context
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, agile environment
- A proactive and detail-oriented approach to your work
Desirable
- Experience working directly with financial data (e.g., general ledger, financial planning, transactions)
- Experience deploying resources using Infrastructure as Code - IaC tools (i.e. Terraform)
- Familiarity with Finance ERP systems (e.g., Workday, NetSuite) and Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) tools (e.g., TM1/Planning Analytics)
- Experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI)
- Experience in the Fintech or banking industry
What the job involves
- In this pivotal role, you will take on significant data challenges, designing, building, and optimizing the data infrastructure that powers our financial reporting and automation
- You will manage our Snowflake data warehouse and develop robust, scalable ETL/ELT pipelines
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable and reliable data pipelines (ETL/ELT) to ingest, process, and transform financial data from various sources into our Snowflake data warehouse
- Develop and optimize data models within Snowflake to support financial reporting, business intelligence, forecasting, and advanced analytics needs
- Act as a subject matter expert for Snowflake within the Finance team
- Collaborate closely with Finance stakeholders (including FP&A, Accounting, and Strategic Finance), BI analysts, and other engineering teams to understand data requirements and deliver high-quality data solutions
- Build and support foundational data sets and data products that empower self-service analytics and reporting for the Finance team
- Implement and enforce data governance policies and best practices to ensure data quality, integrity, security, and compliance
- Write clear, maintainable code and comprehensive documentation for data pipelines and processes
- Troubleshoot and resolve data-related issues in a timely manner, ensuring minimal disruption to financial operations
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of our data engineering standards, tools, and processes
- Operate effectively as part of a team while also demonstrating the ability to work independently, managing relationships, deliverables, and expectations with your business partners
- Possess strong interpersonal skills, being personable, approachable, and able to connect effectively with individuals across the team and throughout the business
- Remain detail-oriented while working across a wide variety of projects
Our take
SoFi started by offering ways for students to secure better financial terms on their loans, and now offers a huge range of personal finance products, including bank accounts, loans, mortgages, investment advice, and investment opportunities. Many customers find they have to go to multiple financial service providers to meet all their finance needs, but SoFi overcomes this issue by putting it all in one place.
Its goal, to cover all the financial bases, sets them apart from many of the traditional banks and even some of their digital competitors, such as Avant, which has chosen to focus on providing credit alternatives. Although it is operating in a competitive market with a lot of big players such as Monzo, Revolut, and Starling, the company has managed to raise huge amounts of funding to support its rapid expansion.
SoFi has focussed on global expansion, moving outside the US, and has made a series of acquisitions to support this - including a Hong Kong-based investment app called 8 Securities. After going public on the New York Stock Exchange via a SPAC merger in June 2021, the company has continued to evolve and release more mission-oriented services into its roster, and strengthened its lending capabilities through a $350 million post-IPO loan. To date, the company has sold over $15 billion in personal loan collateral and continues to strengthen its offering.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Jan 2021
$369.9m
LATE VC
May 2019
$500m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $2.7bn
Company benefits
- Comprehensive health, vision, dental, life insurance, and disability benefits
- Generous vacation and holidays
- Paid parental leave for eligible employees
- 401(k) and education on retirement planning
- Tuition reimbursement on approved programs, up to $5,250 per year
- Monthly contribution up to $200 to help you pay off your student loans
- Great health & well-being benefits including: telehealth parental support, subsidized gym program
- Flexible time off
- Fertility and family planning options
- Free financial classes
Company HQ
The East Cut, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Anthony Noto
(CEO)Graduated from the U.S. Military Academy after being a telecommunications officer and captain in the U.S. Army. Has worked as Head of Gobal Telecommunications, Media and Technology at Goldman Sachs, been the COO of Twitter, and also the CFO of the National Football League.
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