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Empower · 6 hours ago

Director Data Engineering & Automation

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

$138K/yr - $200K/yr

7+ years exp

Empower is committed to transforming financial lives by providing employees the freedom to grow their careers. The Director of Data Engineering will lead a team to transform data for insights and analytics, shaping data strategy and overseeing technical roadmaps.

Employee BenefitsNon ProfitSocial

No H1B

Responsibilities

Lead a team of data engineers transforming data from disparate systems to enable insights and analytics for business stakeholders

Create technical roadmaps and recommend strategies for data pipelines and integration

Leverage cloud-based infrastructure to implement scalable, resilient, and efficient data engineering solutions

Collaborate with data analysts, data scientists, database administrators, cross-functional teams, and business stakeholders to solve problems

Influence architectural decisions and design patterns across the data platform

Provide technical leadership across the software development lifecycle, from design to deployment, including hands-on contribution

Develop project plans, facilitate prioritization timelines, allocate resources, and take ownership of assigned technical projects in a fast-paced environment

Perform code reviews and ensure data engineers follow best-practice coding standards

Define and validate test cases to ensure data quality, reliability, and a high level of confidence

Continuously improve quality, efficiency, and scalability of data pipelines, reducing gaps and inconsistencies

Qualification

Data engineeringETL pipelinesPython developmentAWS integrationsSQL skillsNoSQL databasesAPI integrationsCommunication skillsInterpersonal skillsTeam leadershipProject managementProblem-solving

Required

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or equivalent

7+ years of post-degree professional experience

4+ years building and maintaining ETL pipelines in a data warehouse environment

5+ years of Python development experience

Experience hiring and leading a team of 3+ data engineers, including supervision, goal-setting, and supporting professional growth

Strong communication and interpersonal skills to initiate and drive projects

Experience with AWS integrations such as Kinesis, Firehose, Aurora Unload, Redshift, Spectrum, Elastic Mapreduce, SageMaker, and Lambda

Experience provisioning data sets for analytics tools such as Tableau, Quicksight, or similar, and knowledge of analytic tools such as R, Tableau, Plotly, and Python Pandas

Expert SQL skills (including performance tuning, indexes, and materialized views) and proficiency designing and executing NoSQL databases to optimize big data storage and retrieval

Experience with API integrations with external vendors to push/pull data between organizations, and familiarity with data orchestration pipelines using Argo or Airflow

Preferred

Redshift experience

Financial services industry experience

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision and life insurance

Retirement savings – 401(k) plan with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%), financial advisory services, potential company discretionary contribution, and a broad investment lineup

Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year

Business-casual environment that includes the option to wear jeans

Generous paid time off upon hire – including a paid time off program plus ten paid company holidays and three floating holidays each calendar year

Paid volunteer time — 16 hours per calendar year

Leave of absence programs – including paid parental leave, paid short- and long-term disability, and Family and Medical Leave (FMLA)

Business Resource Groups (BRGs) – BRGs facilitate inclusion and collaboration across our business internally and throughout the communities where we live, work and play. BRGs are open to all.