Staff Data Engineer, SoFi
$144-247.5k
+ Bonus, long term incentives
Mobile & online personal finance services
Open for applications
Mobile & online personal finance services
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$144-247.5k
+ Bonus, long term incentives
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help people reach financial independence to realize their ambitions.
Role
Who you are
- A talented, enthusiastic, and detail-oriented experienced Data Engineer who knows how to take on big data challenges in an agile way. This includes big data design and analysis, data modeling, and development, deployment, and operations of big data pipelines
- You have a deep understanding of data, analytical techniques, and how to connect insights to the business, and you have practical experience in insisting on highest standards on operations in ETL and big data pipelines
- A bachelor’s degree in computer science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field
- Over 8 years of experience in data engineering and analytics, with a proven track record of successfully building data teams
- Proficiency in data engineering tech stack; Snowflake / PostgreSQL / Python / SQL / GitLab / AWS / Airflow
- Proficiency in relational database platforms and cloud database platforms such as Snowflake, Redshift, or GCP
- Strong in Python and/or another data centric language
- Thorough knowledge and passion around data modeling, database design, data architecture principles, and data operations
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with the capability to simplify complex issues into actionable plans
- Experience in a highly regulated and governed sector, though the Fintech industry is advantageous
What the job involves
- SoFi is seeking an experienced and motivated Staff Data Engineer to be the technical leader of our Data Engineering group within the Data Enablement division
- The mission of the Data Enablement division is to activate data throughout SoFi, enabling the creation of personalized and delightful experiences for our members
- As a technical leader, you will help lead the vision and strategy to build foundational and critical data products which are highly leveraged across SoFi for off line analytical, reporting, and machine learning use-cases as well as more critical online use cases
- Our goal is to empower all teams at SoFi to make data driven decisions and effectively measure their results by providing high quality, high availability data, and democratized data access through self-service tools
- Leads development of some of the most critical data pipelines and datasets and expands self-service data knowledge and capabilities
- Build scalable foundational data models that can be highly leveraged across SoFi for analytical, reporting, and machine learning
- This role requires you to live at the cross section of data and engineering
- Provide technical leadership and strategic guidance to the data engineering team
- Design and develop robust data architectures and data pipelines to support data ingestion, processing, storage, and retrieval
- Evaluate and select appropriate technologies, frameworks, and tools to build scalable and reliable data infrastructure
- Optimize data engineering systems and processes to handle large-scale data sets efficiently
- Design solutions that can scale horizontally and vertically
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, such as data scientists, software engineers, and business stakeholders, to understand data requirements, influence best practices upstream and down, and deliver solutions that meet business needs
- Effectively communicate complex technical concepts and trade offs to non-technical stakeholders and senior management verbally and in well written technical documents
- Optimize data engineering systems and processes to handle large-scale data sets efficiently
- Enforce data governance policies and practices to maintain data integrity, security, and compliance with relevant regulations
- Collaborate with data governance and security teams to implement robust data protection mechanisms and access controls
- Provide mentorship and guidance to the data engineering team, fostering a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and excellence
- Contribute to hiring and training efforts to build a skilled and motivated data engineering workforce
- Be part of an on call support rotation to support the EDW
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.
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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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