Senior Data Engineer

August 20

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Financial Services • Responsible Lending • Pre-Paid Debit Cards • Serving the Underbanked • Data Analytics

1001 - 5000

Description

• As a Data Engineer at Oportun, you will be a key member of our EDT team, responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining sophisticated software / data platforms in achieving the charter of the engineering group. • Your mastery of a technical domain enables you to take up business problems and solve them with a technical solution. • You will actively contribute to architectural decisions, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality, scalable software solutions that advance our impact in the market. • This is a role where you will have the opportunity to take up responsibility in leading the technology effort – from technical requirements gathering to final successful delivery of the product - for large initiatives (cross-functional and multi-month-long projects).

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field. • 5+ years of proven experience as a Data Engineer or in a similar role. • Strong proficiency in programming languages like Python, PySpark or Scala. • Expertise in working with big data technologies such as Hadoop, Spark, and Kafka. • Proficiency in SQL and experience with database technologies (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, NoSQL databases). • Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP, Databricks) and their data services (e.g., AWS Redshift, S3, Azure SQL Data Warehouse). • Versioning tools like bitbucket, github, and gitlab. • Knowledge of data warehousing concepts, data modeling, and data pipelines processes. • Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail. • Strong communication and collaboration abilities. • Knowledge of FinTech (good to have). • Familiarity or certification in Databricks is a plus.