LendingClub · 11 hours ago
Principal Data Engineer
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$198K/yr - $230K/yr
8+ years expLendingClub is the leading digital marketplace bank in the U.S., committed to empowering individuals to achieve better financial health. The Principal Data Engineer will lead the design and evolution of data systems that support batch processing, real-time streaming, and machine learning workflows, partnering with cross-functional teams to ensure reliable and scalable data solutions.
Consumer LendingCreditFinanceFinancial ServicesFinTechLendingPeer to PeerPersonal Finance
Responsibilities
Design, build, and own large-scale data and ML data pipelines that integrate directly with LendingClub’s products and external vendors
Design and operate data platforms where autonomous coding agents help maintain pipelines, schemas, and tests, while you own architecture and guardrails
Lead the architecture and implementation of MLOps including feature stores, training datasets, batch and real-time inference pipelines
Work with modern data technologies such as Hadoop, Spark, DBT, Dagster/Airflow, Atlan, and modern data platforms like Databricks and Snowflake, across the AWS cloud stack
Partner with Data Scientists to productionize ML workflows and ensure data reliability, reproducibility, and performance
Identify, design, and implement automation of manual processes, optimizing data delivery, improving system reliability, and reducing cloud costs
Implement processes and systems to monitor Data Quality, Observability, Governance, Lineage, and ML data consistency
Define policies, workflows, and quality gates for using AI agents in production data systems
Provide technical leadership and mentorship, influencing data engineering standards, best practices, and long-term platform strategy
Coach teams on decomposing work, supervising agents, and validating AI-generated changes
Support operations to manage the production environment and lead root cause analysis (RCA) for complex data and ML pipeline issues
Write unit and integration tests, advocate for test-driven development, contribute to engineering documentation and design reviews
Qualification
Required
8+ years of data engineering experience with deep hands-on experience with distributed data systems including Hadoop, Spark, Hive, DBT, and Airflow/Dagster
Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent work experience
5+ years of production-quality Python experience, building and maintaining large-scale data pipelines
Strong experience building machine learning use cases through data engineering (e.g., feature engineering pipelines, training/inference data flows)
Experience working with public cloud platforms, preferably AWS
Experience with Databricks and/or Snowflake in production environments
Strong working knowledge of Git, JIRA, Jenkins, shell scripting
Familiarity with Agile methodologies, test-driven development, source control management, and test automation
Proven ability to work across cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
Excellent collaborative problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to influence without authority
A track record of designing and delivering scalable, reliable, and high-quality data platforms
Preferred
Experience building data pipelines for Digital Marketing use cases
Benefits
Medical, dental and vision plans for employees and their families
401(k) match
Health and wellness programs
Flexible time off policies for salaried employees
Up to 16 weeks paid parental leave
Company
LendingClub
Since our founding in 2007, we have transformed the banking industry by bringing a traditional credit product - the installment loan - online and we’ve been on the fast track ever since.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2023 (3)
2022 (26)
2021 (19)
2020 (106)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$392.23MKey Investors
CapitalG,Foundation CapitalKleiner PerkinsThomvest Ventures,Union Square Ventures
2017-04-09Post Ipo Equity
2014-12-11IPO
2014-08-22Series Unknown
Leadership Team
Scott Sanborn
CEO
Drew LaBenne
Chief Financial Officer
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