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Achieve

Sr. Staff Data Engineer

san mateo, CA

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About this opportunity

Achieve lists this Sr. Staff Data Engineer opportunity in san mateo, California. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.

Job description

Achieve is a leading digital personal finance company. We help everyday people move from struggling to thriving by providing innovative, personalized financial solutions. By leveraging proprietary data and analytics, our solutions are tailored for each step of our member's financial journey to include personal loans, home equity loans, debt consolidation, financial tools and education. Every day, we get to help our members move their finances forward with care, compassion, and an empathetic touch. We put people first and treat them like humans, not account numbers.

Job Description

As a Sr. Staff Data Engineer , you’ll impact the lives of everyday people and help them move from surviving to thriving with digital personal finance solutions. Behind our forward-thinking technology is a group of curious, innovative problem solvers creating next-level products backed by data and consumer-centric strategy. At Achieve, you’re encouraged to explore new technologies while working on exciting projects that directly impact our member’s success.

What you’ll do

Lead product requirements and advanced analytics requirements gathering efforts, interfacing with Data Engineering, Data Scientists, Analytics, and stakeholder teams

Work with analytics, data science, and wider engineering teams to help with automating data analysis and visualization needs, advise on transformation processes to populate data models, and explore ways to design and develop data infrastructure

Use technology to solve business problems and drive positive outcomes

Build a scalable technology platform to support a growing business

Deliver high-quality code to production, consistently

Integrate with various third-party systems

Engage in building out a large scale distributed and event based Data Platform that serves as an underpinning for all of Achieve’s businesses and products

Qualifications

10+ years’ experience building large scale, real-time distributed systems with solid coding, problem-solving, and design skills

Experience building API’s and micro services

Experience working in highly collaborative teams

Ability to demonstrate a team-first attitude towards software development

Hands‑on experience with Python and SQL. Nice to have: Java/Scala

Experience working with various data stores: SQL, NoSQL, and/or key‑value store

Experience building large scale data pipelines, building data models, normalizing and standardizing data for use by various consumers and analysts

Ability to work in mature engineering practices (CI/CD, testing, secure coding, etc.)

Preferred experience or desire to learn: Event-driven architecture and messaging frameworks (Pub/Sub, Kafka, and/or RabbitMQ) and Cloud infrastructure (Google Cloud Platform, AWS, and/or Azure)

Additional Information

Hybrid and remote work opportunities

401(k) with employer match

Medical, dental, and vision with HSA and FSA options

Competitive vacation and sick time off, as well as dedicated volunteer days

Access to wellness support through Employee Assistance Program, Talkspace, and fitness discounts

Up to $5,250 paid back to you on eligible education expenses

Pet care discounts for your furry family members

Financial support in times of hardship with our Achieve Care Fund

A safe place to connect and a commitment to diversity and inclusion through our six employee resource groups

Note: We will be unable to facilitate H1-B Visa transfer or sponsorship, along with STEM-OPT Visa.

Work from home/hybrid

We are proudly offering hybrid options in the Phoenix, AZ and San Francisco, CA metro markets. We are offering 100% remote work in other approved locations.

Salary Range

$175,000 to $225,000 annually + bonus + benefits.

Join Achieve, change the future.

From the single parent trying to catch up on bills to the entrepreneur needing a loan for the next phase of growth, you’ll get to be part of their journey to a better financial future. We’re proud to have over 3,000 employees in mostly hybrid and 100% remote roles across the United States with hubs in Arizona, California, and Texas. We are strategically growing our teams with more remote, work-from-home opportunities every day to better serve our members. A career at Achieve is more than a job—it’s a place where you can make a true impact, have a sense of belonging, establish a fulfilling career, and put your well-being first.

Attention Agencies & Search Firms

We do not accept unsolicited candidate resumes or profiles. Please do not reach out to anyone within Achieve to market your services or candidates. All inquiries should be directed to Talent Acquisition only. We reserve the right to hire any candidates sent unsolicited and will not pay any fees without a contract signed by Achieve’s Talent Acquisition leader.

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Worksite address

san mateo, CA, 94409, US

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