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Position at SoFi

WHO WE ARE:

Shape a brighter financial future with us.
Together with our members, we’re changing the way people think about and interact with personal finance.
We’re a next-generation financial services company and national bank using innovative, mobile-first technology to help our millions of members reach their goals. The industry is going through an unprecedented transformation, and we’re at the forefront. We’re proud to come to work every day knowing that what we do has a direct impact on people’s lives, with our core values guiding us every step of the way. Join us to invest in yourself, your career, and the financial world.
SoFi is seeking an experienced and motivated Senior Data Engineer to be part of our Data Platform 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 Senior Data Engineer, you will help achieve the vision and strategy to build foundational and critical data platform products which are highly leveraged across SoFi for analytical, reporting, and self-serve use-cases. Our mission is to build frameworks, features, strategies and platform level capabilities that will drive teams to perform self serve analytics, gain insights and increase data driven decisions for all of Sofi product

Role:

• A talented, enthusiastic, and detail-oriented experienced Data Engineer who knows how to take on big, data challenges in an agile way. This includes data design and analysis, data modeling, development, deployment, and operations of data pipelines and platforms.
• Builds and leads development of critical SoFi’s data platform features, Semantic Layer, BI initiatives, Operational experience enhancements and expands data knowledge in the team.
• Act as a subject matter expert for data platform capabilities that can be leveraged across SoFi for analytical, reporting, ML/AI self-service use-cases.
• Has deep understanding of data, analytical techniques, how to connect insights to the business, and practical experience in insisting on highest standards on operations in data platform capabilities and data pipelines.
• This role requires you to live at the cross section of data and software engineering.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Design, develop, test, deploy and debug robust data solutions that can scale horizontally and vertically.
• Evaluate and select appropriate technologies, frameworks, and tools to build scalable and reliable data platform features for self serve analytics, Semantic Layer and BI initiatives
• Build and optimize Operational experience for systems and processes to run efficiently.
• 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.
• Enforce data governance policies and practices to maintain data integrity, data quality, security and compliance with relevant regulations.
• Provide technical leadership and strategic guidance on feature building and development.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to the 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 team rotation to support the SoFi Data Platform capabilities

Role:

• A talented, enthusiastic, and detail-oriented experienced Data Engineer who knows how to take on big, data challenges in an agile way. This includes data design and analysis, data modeling, development, deployment, and operations of data pipelines and platforms.
• Builds and leads development of critical SoFi’s data platform features, Semantic Layer, BI initiatives, Operational experience enhancements and expands data knowledge in the team.
• Act as a subject matter expert for data platform capabilities that can be leveraged across SoFi for analytical, reporting, ML/AI self-service use-cases.
• Has deep understanding of data, analytical techniques, how to connect insights to the business, and practical experience in insisting on highest standards on operations in data platform capabilities and data pipelines.
• This role requires you to live at the cross section of data and software engineering