Sr. Data Engineer | Varo Bank | Remote (United States)

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<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Varo is an entirely new kind of bank. All digital, mission-driven, FDIC insured and designed for the way our customers live their lives. A bank for all of us.</p> <p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">ABOUT THE SR. ENGINEER, DATA ENGINEERING ROLE</p> <p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">We’re looking to hire a Senior Engineer to contribute to the development of Varo’s data platform. The Data Engineering team collaborates closely with product, data science and machine learning teams to design, build, and scale high leverage datasets that enable analytics, and experimentation. As a Senior Data Engineer you will contribute to the vision for data architecture and data quality across multiple company verticals. If you are interested in working with an impressive team of Data pros who collaborate and challenge each other, and want to solve interesting problems to propel the company’s growth, apply now.</p> <h3 class=" text-white font-semibold text-lg mb-2">What you’ll be doing</h3> <ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6"> <li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Design, build and maintain Varo’s data pipelines to process data into and out of Varo’s Data Lake</span></li> <li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Work with AWS big data technologies including EMR, Glue, S3, EKS, Lambda, Athena, RDS</span></li> <li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Develop and maintain the data strategy for Varo in terms of capabilities and control mechanisms that support company responsibilities as a regulated national bank</span></li> <li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Provide technical leadership in the area of data systems development including data ingestion, data curation, data storage, high-throughput data processing and analytics</span></li> <li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Work with business partners on requirements, clarification and results</span></li> <li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Participate in developing and enforcing data security & access control policies</span></li> <li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Develop effective controls for a resilient data ingestion process</span></li> <li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Support application data integration design and build efforts, including real-time capabilities</span></li> <li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Conduct code reviews in accordance with team processes and standards</span></li> </ul> <h3 class=" text-white font-semibold text-lg mb-2">You’ll bring the following required skills and experiences</h3> <ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6"> <li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS, Engineering or related field, or relevant work experience</span></li> <li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">6-8 years of data modeling, data pipelines, data lake, data warehouse experience</span></li> <li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">6+ years programming experience in Python (will also consider Java, Kotlin, C, C++)</span></li> <li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">6+ years’ experience working within the AWS Big Data/Hadoop Ecosystem (EMR, Glue and Athena)</span></li> <li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience with other AWS components like Cloudwatch, EKS, KMS, Lambdas, S3 is a strong plus</span></li> <li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience with downstream consumption patterns (reports, dashboards) is a plus</span></li> <li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience in Hadoop, HDFS, Hive, Presto, REST/SOAP API, Spark2, Airflow is a plus</span></li> </ul> <p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">$140,000 – $180,000 a year</p> <p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">For cash compensation, we set standard ranges for all US-based roles based on function, level, and geographic location, benchmarked against similar-stage growth companies. Per applicable law, the salary range for this role is $140,000 – $180,000. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors as well as candidate experience and expertise and may vary from the identified range.</p> <p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><em>We recognize not everyone will have all of these requirements. If you meet most of the criteria above and you’re excited about the opportunity and willing to learn, we’d love to hear from you!</em></p> <p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">About Varo</strong></p> <p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Varo launched in 2017 with the vision to bring the best of fintech into the regulated banking system. We’re a new kind of bank – all-digital, mission-driven, FDIC-insured, and designed around the modern American consumer.</p> <p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">As the first consumer fintech to be granted a national bank charter in 2020, we make financial inclusion and opportunity for all a reality by empowering everyone with the products, insights, and support they need to get ahead. Through our core product offerings and suite of customer-first features, we aim to address a broad range of consumer needs while profitably serving underserved communities that have been historically excluded from the traditional financial system.</p> <p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">We are growing quickly in our hub locations of San Francisco, Salt Lake City, and Charlotte along with colleagues located across the country. We have been recognized among Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, Forbes’ Fintech 50, and earned the No. 7 spot on Inc. 5000’s list of fastest-growing companies across the country.</p> <p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Varo. A bank for all of us.</p> <p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Our Core Values</strong></p> <p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">– Customers First</p> <p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">– Take Ownership</p> <p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">– Respect</p> <p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">– Stay Curious</p> <p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">– Make it Better</p> <p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Learn more about Varo by following us:</strong></p> <p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Facebook – [https://www.facebook.com/varomoney></p> <p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Instagram – <a href="http://www.instagram.com/varobank" target="_blank" class="break-all font-medium underline hover:opacity-75" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">www.instagram.com/varobank</a></p> <p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">LinkedIn – [https://www.linkedin.com/company/varobank></p> <p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Twitter – [https://twitter.com/varobank></p> <p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Engineering Blog – [https://medium.com/engineering-varo></p> <p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">SoundCloud – [https://soundcloud.com/varobank></p> <p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Varo is an equal opportunity employer. Varo embraces diversity and we are committed to building teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.</p> <p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Beware of fraudulent job postings!</strong></p> <p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Varo will never ask for payment to process documents, refer you to a third party to process applications or visas, or ask you to pay costs. Never send money to anyone suggesting they can provide work with Varo. 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