Data Engineer Associate, Avant
Personal credit FinTech
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Personal credit FinTech
501-1000 employees
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501-1000 employees
Company mission
To empower every customer with innovative solutions designed to help them reach their goals.
Role
Who you are
- This position is suited for someone who is driven to understand complex problems and use technology to build robust solutions
- Expert-level proficiency with SQL (4+ years experience)
- Advanced-level proficiency with data modeling and data structures (3+ years experience)
- Advanced-level proficiency data engineering and pipeline automation, preferably working with dbt and Python (3+ years experience)
- Advanced-level proficiency with database and query optimization, preferably with Databricks and Postgres (3+ years experience)
- Disciplined Agile practitioner
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Must be a self-starter and able to work independently as well as in a team environment
- Detail oriented with strong organizational skills
- Ability to participate in a support rotation to provide escalation support which may occur outside of business hours
- This position may require you to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19
What the job involves
- Avant is looking for a Associate Data Engineer, to play a crucial role in building and evolving our data model to meet a range of business initiatives.
- You will work with teams throughout the company understand their operational, regulatory, and reporting needs, and develop a mature model to enable their data-driven decisions
- Model new data sets that can be incorporated into a Databricks and DBT-based platform
- Engage with internal stakeholders and users to define clear and well-structured business requirements for our data assets
- Support the delivery of data for key customer and operational processes
- Build and leverage frameworks for ensuring data assets within Avant’s data platform are high-quality, well-governed, meticulously curated, and operationally well-instrumented
- Mentor teammates and be a part of a culture of learning
Our take
Many Americans with below average credit scores are caught in a bind: they're unable to improve their score, and simultaneously cannot access traditional loans. Avant's alternative is to offer credit options that are based on machine learning and a large database to manage their risk. The business has issued over $8 billion in loans to date.
The company offers a quick credit decision and speedy access to any allotted funds. It paired up with Zero Financial in 2021, expanding its business to the digital banking space. It plans to offer a whole suite of products in a single platform, such as loans, credit cards, and deposits.
Many fintechs are looking at ways to remove the traditional barriers that people with low credit scores face when trying to take out loans. Avant is not alone in this space, but by expanding its offering to banking products as well, it has increased its customer appeal and its reach. The company has recently received a large investment from Ares Management Alternative Credit Funds, enabling it to expand its credit portfolio and further develop its platform.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
-3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Dec 2022
$125m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Sep 2015
$325m
SERIES E
Total funding: $779m
Company benefits
- Choice of great medical, dental, and vision insurance plan options
- 401(k) Match
- Unlimited paid time off
- Flexible work environment
- Generous paid parental leave
- Lunch allowance (Fooda) and in-office snacks
- WFH stipends for our remote employees
- Access to LinkedIn Learning for professional development
- No meeting wednesdays - (a.k.a. planned time to Get Sh!t Done)
- Summer fridays
- Fun in-office and virtual social events
- And who doesn’t love the swag
Company values
- Authenticity. We show up to work as our whole selves and make sure others can too
- Collaboration. We can only succeed when we do so as a team
- Problem-Solving. The harder the problem, the more satisfying the solution
- Customer. We are all owners of the customer experience
- Initiative. Plan. Adapt. Get Sh!t Done
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Leadership
Al Goldstein
(Executive Chairman)They worked for a year at Deutsche Bank for a year, before founding Pangea Properties in 2008, and Avant in January 2013. They have been Chairman since, alongside founding Amount, Spring Labs, and StoicLane.
Paul Zhang
(CTO)Having studied at the University of Illinois, they spent a year as a Software Engineer at CashNetUSA and Enova Financial. They founded Debteye in 2011, before starting Avant in 2013, serving since 2019 as CTO.
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