Remote Senior Data Engineer

Description:

• Flex is a growth-stage FinTech company headquartered in NYC, focused on creating a better rent payment experience.
• The company aims to empower renters with flexibility over their recurring expenses by allowing them to pay rent throughout the month.
• The Data Infrastructure team is seeking senior engineers to shape the future of finance data platforms.
• The team is dedicated to building a scalable, modern data platform to support current and future financial products.
• Responsibilities include designing, implementing, and maintaining high-quality data infrastructure services, developing DBT models, collaborating with the Analytics team, creating scalable real-time streaming and offline ETL pipelines, managing a data warehouse, and improving data operations through automation and optimization.

Requirements:

• A minimum of 6 years of industry experience in the data infrastructure/data engineering domain is required.
• A minimum of 6 years of experience with Python and SQL is necessary; Java experience is a plus.
• A minimum of 3 years of industry experience using DBT is required.
• A minimum of 3 years of industry experience using Snowflake and its basic features is necessary.
• A minimum of 3 years of industry experience using Infrastructure as Code tools, specifically CDK and Terraform, is required.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for key collaboration are essential.
• Familiarity with AWS services, including Lambda, Step Functions, Glue, RDS, EKS, DMS, and EMR, is required.
• Industry experience with big data platforms and tools such as Kafka, Hadoop, Hive, Spark, Cassandra, and Airflow is necessary.
• Experience working with relational and NoSQL databases in a production environment is required.
• Strong fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and design patterns are essential.
• Prior experience working on cross-functional teams is preferred.
• Experience with CI/CD to improve code stability and quality is necessary.
• A motivated attitude to help other engineers succeed and be effective is required.
• Excitement to work in an ambiguous, fast-paced, and high-growth dynamic environment is essential.

Benefits:

• Competitive pay is offered to all employees.
• 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage is provided for full-time U.S. based employees.
• A 401(k) plan with company equity is available.
• Employees enjoy unlimited paid time off along with 13 company-paid holidays.
• Parental leave is offered to employees.
• The Flex Cares Program includes a non-profit company match and pet adoption coverage.
• A free Flex subscription is provided to employees.
• For full-time non-U.S. employees, competitive pay, company equity, and unlimited PTO are offered.