Principal Data Engineer, Self Financial
+ Stock Options + Bonus
Credit and savings-building platform
Open for applications
Credit and savings-building platform
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
+ Stock Options + Bonus
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To enable people to build credit, build savings, and reach their goals.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of experience with database development, database integration, and data analytics tools
- 10+ years of experience designing and implementing complex Data Warehouse and Data Lake data models (Kimball)
- Proven experience with technical leadership with an data engineering team
- Willingness to embrace the responsibilities of team leadership and accountability for team results
- Expertise in managing Data ETL/ELT with large data sets
- Experience with columnar data structures such as Amazon RedShift
- Extensive experience with AWS data warehousing tools
- Experience with common software engineering tools such as Git, JIRA, Confluence and similar platforms
- Expertise with Apache Airflow and Python
- Excellent listening, interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
What the job involves
- As our Principal Data Engineer, you will be responsible for organizing plans that drive outcomes and making a direct impact on our mission.
- We want you to provide technical leadership to your teammates through coaching and mentorship, collaborate cross-functionally to implement impactful improvements to our product
- As part of the Self Financial Data Engineering Team, your role will be to ensure that data remains a strategic asset for Self Financial by delivering timely, high-quality, and purpose-built data to our team members.
- Our team supports Self Financial's internal Analytics, Machine Learning, and Business Intelligence organizations
- The Principal Data Engineer is part of the Self Financial Data Engineering Team and operates as part of a cross functional product development team that includes Architecture, Infrastructure, and Product Management
- Your primary focus will be to provide technical leadership for the operations of the Data Engineering team at Self Financial. This includes making design decisions regarding the architecture of our data environment, providing guidance on tools and processes, collaborating with and supporting our data customers, and providing technical mentorship for the team
- Your day-to-day activities will include:
- Collaborate closely with Product Management and data customers to translate Self Financial's strategic vision into actionable projects
- Provide leadership in data architecture design, platform design, process design, and tool selection and implementation for the Data Engineering technology stack
- Create physical and logical data models using large, complex datasets
- Manage data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes using SQL and Python
- Establish tools and processes to manage data lifecycle and quality standards
Application process
- 30 - 60 minute phone screen with the hiring manager
- 1.5 hour coding/design/Q&A session with 2 or more developers
- 30-minute interview with product manager
- 30-minute wrap-up meeting with the hiring manager, if moving forward
Our take
Almost 50 million Americans are “credit invisible” with no credit score at all, while there are also around the same number with low credit scores. The ramifications of this are profound, as it goes on to affect mortgage and rental applications, personal loans, and even job prospects.
Self is one of many fintechs, along with the likes of Better, TomoCredit and SoFi, that are attempting to help people get easier access to loans, and in turn credit scores. The company offers consumers instalment loans and its own Visa credit card, regardless of their current credit score.
While there’s lots of competition in this particular fintech niche, Self has been scaling up rapidly over the last few years, increasing its headcount and expanding into credit reporting for rent with its acquisition of RentTrack. With its innovative approach and growing range of services, Self is positioned to continue making a meaningful impact on financial inclusion.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Sep 2021
$50m
SERIES E
Dec 2020
$40m
SERIES D
Total funding: $127.6m
Company benefits
- Healthcare including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, FSA, HSA
- 401(k) investment plan
- Equity incentive plan
- Flexible time off
- Paid Parental Leave for primary and secondary care givers
- Wellness programs and fitness benefits
- Professional development reimbursement
- Reward and recognition program
- Hybrid work environment
Company HQ
East Cesar Chavez, Austin, TX
Leadership
James Garvey
(Founder & Member of the Board of Directors)Founded Self Financial in 2014 and served as the CEO until 2023. Previously founded GK Equity and co-founded Objective Loyalty where they served as the CTO for 5 years.
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