Sr. Data Engineer
About The Position
Alkami is the digital sales and service platform provider for U.S. banks and credit unions. Our unified Platform integrates onboarding, digital banking, and data and marketing—each solution can stand alone, but together they deliver more—to help institutions onboard, engage, and grow relationships. As the future shifts toward Anticipatory Banking, we help data-informed bankers meet the moment with technology that drives action. Founded in 2009, we continue to be recognized for our intentional culture and tremendous growth (Best Place to Work in Fintech; Best & Brightest to Work For Nationally; and Comparably’s Best Company Culture, Best Career Growth, Best Engineering Team, and Best Places to Work in Dallas, among others). We’re building a culture where each Alkamist can perform to their highest potential, and we’re always on the lookout for the best and brightest minds. If you’re ready to experience the power of alchemy - transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary - come join one of the fastest growing SaaS companies in the U.S. As a remote-first company, most of our positions can be remote in the US, except for key roles, which will be indicated in the Job Title. Follow us on Glassdoor and LinkedIn! The Senior Data Engineer will build and maintain data lake and data warehousing solutions for a B2B multi-tenant SaaS solution. Position requires a demonstrated ability to design processes from end to end and a strong technical understanding of modern data pipelines and strategies. In depth knowledge of multiple data sources, data design patterns, ETL transformation, SQL and performance tuning are required.
Requirements
- Experience in the development of modern data architecture, analytics, data governance, AI/ML, or related areas
- Experience with AWS big data technologies including EMR, Glue, S3, EKS, Lambda, Athena, RDS, MKS/Kafka/Kinesis
- In-depth knowledge of the entire data engineering process (design, development, deployment)
- Exposure with relational and NoSQL databases such as PostgresQL, Cassandra, DynamoDB, MongoDb etc and data modeling principles
- Experience with DevOps, including CI/CD pipelines, containerized deployment/Kubernetes, and infrastructure-as-code
- Proficient in SQL (SQL Server, Postgres) and Python
- Identify opportunities for process improvement as well as efficiency in solutions
- Teamwork skills with a problem-solving attitude and willing to take a variety of approaches
- Strong experience with legacy data warehouse and ETL pipelines
- Demonstrated ability to mentor junior team members
- Excellent analytical and time management skills, with a proven ability to deliver value independently
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated experience providing technical input to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Nice To Haves
- Experience with multi-tenant, B2B2C SaaS offerings
- FinTech industry experience is preferred but not required
- AWS Cloud Formation/Terraform
- Understanding of MPP Data Warehouse (Redshift, Greenplum)
Responsibilities
- Participate in the entire data pipeline lifecycle, focusing on building data lakes, data warehouses and related processes
- Lead code and design reviews with junior and peer developers
- Write clean code to develop data pipelines and necessary infrastructure as code
- Collaborate with cross functional teams to understand requirements and effectively design appropriate solutions
- Monitor and troubleshoot performance, scalability, and security issues, making improvements as needed
- Participate in the evaluation of new technologies and tools that can improve performance of our system
- Participate in data governance process
- Contribute to the design and documentation of our data lake platform
- Proficient in test automation solutions for data and ability to optimize performance
- Gather technical and design requirements
- Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical team members to ensure alignment and successful execution of projects.
- Participate in cross-functional initiatives, promoting a culture of data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement
- Participate in an on call rotation
Benefits
- remote-first environment
- unlimited paid time off
- 401(k) with employer match
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
