Senior Data Engineer (R13923)

<div class="content-intro"><h3 style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">ABOUT OPORTUN<br></span></strong></span></h3> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Oportun (Nasdaq: OPRT) is a mission-driven financial services company that puts its members' financial goals within reach. With intelligent borrowing, savings, and budgeting capabilities, Oportun empowers members with the confidence to build a better financial future. Since inception, Oportun has provided more than $21.3 billion in responsible and affordable credit, saved its members more than $2.5 billion in interest and fees, and helped its members set aside an average of more than $1,800 annually.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span></p> <h3 style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">WORKING AT OPORTUN</span></strong></span></h3> <p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br>Working at Oportun means enjoying a differentiated experience of being part of a team that fosters a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where we all feel a sense of belonging and are encouraged to share our perspectives. This inclusive culture is directly connected to our organization's performance and ability to fulfill our mission of delivering affordable credit to those left out of the financial mainstream. We celebrate and nurture our inclusive culture through our employee resource groups.</span></p></div><h3 style="text-align: justify;"></h3> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">POSITION OVERVIEW</span></strong></h3> <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">As a Sr. Data Engineer at Oportun, you will be a key member of our 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. With your depth of expertise and leadership abilities, 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).</span></div> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">WHAT YOU'LL DO</span></strong></h3> <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Data Architecture and Design:</span></div> <ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lead the design and implementation of scalable, efficient, and robust data architectures to meet business needs and analytical requirements.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Collaborate with stakeholders to understand data requirements, build subject matter expertise, and define optimal data models and structures.</span></li> </ul> <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Data Pipeline Development and Optimization:</span></div> <ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Design and develop data pipelines, ETL processes, and data integration solutions for ingesting, processing, and transforming large volumes of structured and unstructured data.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Optimize data pipelines for performance, reliability, and scalability.</span></li> </ul> <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Database Management and Optimization:</span></div> <ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Oversee the management and maintenance of databases, data warehouses, and data lakes to ensure high performance, data integrity, and security.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Implement and manage ETL processes for efficient data loading and retrieval.</span></li> </ul> <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Data Quality and Governance:</span></div> <ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Establish and enforce data quality standards, validation rules, and data governance practices to ensure data accuracy, consistency, and compliance with regulations.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Drive initiatives to improve data quality and documentation of data assets.</span></li> </ul> <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mentorship and Leadership:</span></div> <ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior team members, assisting in their skill development and growth.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lead and participate in code reviews, ensuring best practices and high-quality code.</span></li> </ul> <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Collaboration and Stakeholder Management:</span></div> <ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including data scientists, analysts, and business stakeholders, to understand their data needs and deliver solutions that meet those needs.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Communicate effectively with non-technical stakeholders to translate technical concepts into actionable insights and business value.</span></li> </ul> <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Performance Monitoring and Optimization:</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Common &nbsp;Requirements</span></div> <ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Implement monitoring systems and practices to track data pipeline performance, identify bottlenecks, and optimize for improved efficiency and scalability.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">You have a strong understanding of a business or system domain with sufficient knowledge &amp; expertise around the appropriate metrics and trends. You collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and fellow engineers to understand business needs and translate them into effective &nbsp;solutions.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">You provide technical leadership and expertise, guiding the team in making sound architectural decisions and solving challenging technical problems. Your solutions anticipate scale, reliability, monitoring, integration, and extensibility.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">You conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to ensure code quality, performance, and maintainability. You mentor and coach junior engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning, growth, and technical excellence within the team.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">You play a significant role in the ongoing evolution and refinement of current tools and applications used by the team, and drive adoption of new practices within your team.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">You take ownership of (customer) issues, including initial troubleshooting, identification of root cause and issue escalation or resolution, while maintaining the overall reliability and performance of our systems.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">You set the benchmark for responsiveness and ownership and overall accountability of engineering systems.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">You independently drive and lead multiple features, contribute to (a) large project(s) and lead smaller projects. You can orchestrate work that spans multiples engineers within your team and keep all relevant stakeholders informed. You support your lead/EM about your work and that of the team, that they need to share with the stakeholders, including escalation of issues</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">WHO YOU ARE / WHAT YOU BRING</span></strong></h3> <ul> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">5+ years of experience in data engineering, with a focus on data architecture, ETL, and database management.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Proficiency in programming languages like Python/PySpark and Java or Scala</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Expertise in big data technologies such as Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, etc.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">In-depth knowledge of SQL and experience with various database technologies (e.g., PostgreSQL, MariaDB, NoSQL databases).</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience and expertise in building complex end-to-end data pipelines.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience with orchestration and designing job schedules using the CICD tools like Jenkins, Airflow or Databricks</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ability to work in an Agile environment (Scrum, Lean, Kanban, etc)</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ability to mentor junior team members.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and their data services (e.g., AWS Redshift, S3, Azure SQL Data Warehouse).</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Strong leadership, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Familiarity or certification in Databricks is a plus.</strong></span></li> </ul> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">#LI-REMOTE</span></h3> <p><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">#LI-GK1</span></p><div class="content-conclusion"><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants for employment opportunities without regard to race, age, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other category protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0in; 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