Senior Data Engineer
Palo Alto, CA
Step is a next generation financial services company building the best banking experience to help teens and young adults achieve financial independence and knowledge at an earlier age. Step’s mission is to create a bank that gives you the tools to become smarter with your money and reward you along your financial journey. Step is a well-funded Series A company focused on disrupting banking through a differentiated mobile-first consumer experience. The founding team has extensive background in FinTech and building successful consumer products and brands. If you’re looking to join a fast-growing company with a strong mission and vision that puts people first, we want to meet you.
Role
As a Senior Data Engineer, you will implement and manage Data Models and ETLs that will enable fraud analysis and business analytics. You are a self-starter and you are comfortable working cross-functionally with other teams across Step.
Responsibilities
- Partner with various stakeholders within the business, understand their data and reporting requirements, and translate them into definitions and technical specifications
- Be responsible for defining, developing and optimizing curated datasets and schemas with standardized metrics and definitions across the company
- Develop, deploy and maintain ETL jobs and visualizations
- Troubleshoot technical issues with platforms, data discrepancies, alerts etc
- Perform ad hoc analysis, insight requests, and data extractions to resolve critical business issues
Must haves
- 5+ years working experience in a successful data engineering or business intelligence team
- Expert knowledge in data modeling concepts and implementation
- Strong technical accomplishments in SQL, ETLs and data analysis
- Hands on experience in processing large data sets
- Strong business intuition and ability to understand complex business systems
Core technologies we use
- PostgreSQL
- BigQuery
- AirStream
- Apache Beam/Spark
Working at Step
- Competitive salary based on experience, with full medical and dental benefits
- Stock in an early stage startup that is growing
- Flexible WFH and vacation policy
- Free daily lunches
- Free snacks & drinks
- Monthly team events outside the office
- Monthly stipend for commuter benefits and card testing
- Office right next to Caltrain
