Senior Data Engineer

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At Self Financial Inc, our mission is to help millions of people establish and build credit - especially those who are considered underserved or credit invisible. This is a rare chance to join a successful, venture backed startup based in Austin.

Developing a successful fintech company requires deep collaboration across our teams, dedication, and truly disrupting the way the industry thinks about things. Our team is passionate about empowering people to take control of their credit and challenging the status quo of accessing and building credit. Understanding our consumers is core to our growth in the years to come.

How we act with each other is how we act with our customers. We are direct, transparent and respectful, and we hope you embrace that approach.

About our team:

We're a growing team of engineers working to help people build credit and savings. We’ve been busy growing our business and scaling our operations to fit our growth. We are believers in a data informed approach that balances a mix of qualitative and quantitative data as well as the human experience element.

Candidate Description:

We're looking for a self starter with a high attention to detail and experience in building rich data models for analytic consumption. This role will interact heavily with BI analysts, data consumers, and data producers to build and support data pipelines.

As a Data Engineer, you will own the development, testing, and delivery of data from sources to our various data stores. You will be responsible for setting SLAs and delivery expectations for stakeholders, and setting up appropriate monitoring and alerting in the event of an outage or data quality concern. This role will give you the opportunities to become a subject matter expert of data at Self. You will work closely with our Analytics team to establish and enforce data governance to make sure that data being used is accurate and up to date.

Our ideal candidate is curious, analytical, technically competent and has a deep appreciation for the potential data can unlock. They are driven by the desire to ensure that we continue to make the best possible decisions driven by the best possible data.

Requirements

/ Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or bachelor’s degree in a STEM field.
  • 4+ years of software industry experience (or 3+ years with Masters/PhD)
  • Proficient in scripting languages like Python and SQL.
  • Strong experience using relational databases and working with data models..
  • Experience with common software engineering tools such as Git (or other VCS), JIRA, confluence and similar platforms.
  • Ability to work in a Unix-based operating system (Linux, MacOS)

Recommended:

  • Experience working in AWS technologies like S3, redshift, athena, lambda and glue.
  • Experience with large data pipeline systems like Airflow is a HUGE plus
  • Understanding of data-loading patterns from distributed file systems to warehousing databases
  • Foundational experience in data architecture systems (including data warehousing and data analytics).

Roles and responsibilities:

  • Own and build ETLs to support our ever-expanding dimensional models.
  • Design and implement conversion or raw data from multiple sources into analytic data model
  • Monitor and validate the fidelity of data pipelines and models
  • Build features and tools that give the analytics team the resources they need to solve problems.
  • Work with operations to make sure our warehousing data is secure and compliant.
  • Work with our analytics team to ensure our data governance is robust.

Benefits

Our compensation and benefits are competitive, but there's one thing that Self Financial can offer that many startups cannot: we can positively change the world, while making a profit. Over 64 million adults in the U.S. do not have a credit score due to a lack of credit history. Self is solving this problem with innovative technology and partnerships.

Our perks include:

  • Competitive Pay
  • Self pays 100% of employee's monthly medical, dental and vision benefit costs and a portion of dependant insurance coverage buy up options available, costs vary across benefit type
  • 401(k) Plan available to full-time employees to save for retirement
  • Self pays 100% of Life/AD&D/Short-Term and Long-Term Disability insurance premium costs for all full-time employees
  • Enjoy our flexible vacation policy
  • Company paid education and training programs
  • Free at-home workout through Sworkit and Gold's Gym membership
  • Plenty of snacks and drinks provided at the office
  • Casual dress code
  • Team building, happy hours and events (Online now, due to pandemic)
  • Downtown Austin office space (Our offices are partially open)
  • Remote work arrangements (due to the pandemic)
  • Monthly $100 COVID stipend for full time employees through 6/2021

How we act with each other is how we act with our customers. We are direct, transparent and respectful, and we hope you embrace that approach.

Self Financial requires all employees hired to successfully pass a background check.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Location

Our company is in the heart of downtown Austin overlooking the world-famous sixth street district and the Texas State Capitol building.

An Insider's view of Self Financial

What’s the vibe like in the office?

We are constantly growing and facing new challenges, but everyone works well together. Our company events are always fun and a good way to get to know each other better. We are a very tight-knit group, and I wouldn't have it any other way!

Joanna

Customer Success Team Lead

What projects are you most excited about?

The best part about being at a company at this stage is being able to build data infrastructure and marketing programs from the ground up. I'm most excited to build out our entire retention marketing strategy to drive increased user engagement. We're utilizing a great growth automation system that allows us to do some really cool things.

Tim

Director of User Acquisition

How has your career grown since starting at the company?

Since joining Self, I've had the opportunity to develop my skills in both our frontend and backend repos. I've also learned a lot about working together with stakeholders to create new features or resolve bugs. I definitely feel like a stronger engineer having worked on this team and learning so much from my colleagues about maintainable code.

Kristin

Software Engineer

What is your vision for the company?

Most financial institutions cast aside those considered low-to-moderate income. We help people with fundamental aspects of financial health – building credit, using it wisely and saving money. My goal is to continue building a company of highly talented and collaborative people driven by a mission of helping people achieve financial stability.

Brett

Chief Marketing Officer

How do you collaborate with other teams in the company?

As a fast paced work environment, collaboration is key. It’s great to work with people who are willing to help each other out. If you have a question, it’s as easy as walking to their desk to ask!

Jorge

Compliance Manager

What are Self Financial Perks + Benefits

Self Financial Benefits Overview

We're located in downtown Austin with a direct view of the Capitol! Being in the heart of the action creates an exciting place to grow the company and make a huge impact for our customers.

Culture
Partners with nonprofits
Open door policy
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Pair programming
Open office floor plan
Flexible work schedule
Remote work program
Our remote work program includes work from home full-time remote for specific positions.
Diversity
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Mandated unconscious bias training
Diversity employee resource groups
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Wellness programs
Team workouts
Mental health benefits
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
Company equity
Equity Incentive Plan
Performance bonus
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Generous parental leave
Family medical leave
Return-to-work program post parental leave
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Unlimited vacation policy
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Office Perks
Company-sponsored outings
Free daily meals
Free snacks and drinks
Some meals provided
Company-sponsored happy hours
Onsite office parking
Pet friendly
Relocation assistance
We offer relocation assistance to new employees.
Fitness stipend
We offer gym membership for employees.
Onsite gym
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
Self offers employees professional development opportunities like an annual individual budget for training.
Tuition reimbursement
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Mentorship program
Our mentorship program includes 1-to-1 program, leadership mentoring.
Continuing education stipend
Continuing education available during work hours
Online course subscriptions available
Paid industry certifications
We offer paid industry certifications for specific positions at Self.

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