Job Description

Address 322 Rhett Street, Greenville, South Carolina, United States - 29601

Purpose Financial, Inc. is an innovative consumer financial services company that offers a diverse suite of credit products, promoting financial inclusion and meeting consumers wherever they are. Through its brands, the company is committed to helping customers achieve their version of financial stability in the moment and in the future. Since 1997, Purpose Financial has been a pioneer in the consumer credit and financial services market offering money solutions in over 800 storefronts locations and online lending. Providing services in over 23 states, Purpose Financial employs over 2,500 team members.

At Purpose Financial we are always on the lookout for motivated individuals who share in our values of mutual respect to join our team of outstanding professionals.

We offer:

• Competitive Wages
• Health/Life Benefits
• Health Savings Account plus Employer Seed
• 401(k) Savings Plan with Company Match
• Paid Parental Leave
• Company Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off including Volunteer Time
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Business Casual Environment
• Rewards & Recognition Program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Office in downtown Greenville that offers free parking, onsite gym, free snacks/drinks

To learn more about Purpose Financial visit Purpose Financial Website

The Data Engineer will play a critical role in designing, building, and maintaining our data infrastructure and pipelines to enable efficient collection, storage, processing, and analysis of large-scale datasets. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build and acquire underlying data for application owners, end-users, and design strategic data services for the organization. The right Data Engineer will need to have working knowledge of AWS and/or Snowflake cloud environments.

Job Responsibility

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable and reliable data pipelines to ingest, transform, and load structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data from various sources into our data lake and warehouse environments.
• Implement data integration solutions to consolidate data from disparate sources, including databases, API’s, streaming platforms, and third-party services (e.g., Snowpipe, SnowPark, Dynamo, Kafka).
• Optimize data processing workflows for performance, efficiency, and scalability using distributed computing or parallel processing frameworks such as FiveTran, dbt, Snowpark, Snowpipe, etc.…
• Collaborate cross-functionally with IT & business stakeholders to understand data requirements, define data models, and develop solutions to support data services, reporting, and Software Development.
• Partner with data, IT, and business teams to improve design and building of metrics to enhance our analytic capabilities.
• Implement data quality checks, data validation processes, and error handling mechanisms to ensure the accuracy, completeness, and reliability of data across all stages of the data lifecycle.
• Support the design and maintenance of data schemas, and metadata repositories for governance documentation of data lineage, definitions, and dependencies.

Job Responsibilities Cont.

• Support the development and maintenance of data governance policies, standards, and best practices to ensure compliance with data privacy regulations and industry standards.
• Apply best practices for AWS and Snowflake architectures, data pipelines and data models.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize the performance and availability of data systems and infrastructure using monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus.
• Stay current with emerging technologies, tools, and trends in data engineering, cloud architectures, and cloud computing to evaluate their potential impact and relevance to our data platforms.

Education Required

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. College graduate with a desire to learn.

Experience Required

• Two years of experience in data engineering, data pipelines, and data services preferred.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum based development and methodology.
• Strong proficiency in programming languages such as Python, SQL, Spark, or Java, with experience in data manipulation, transformation, and analysis.
• Hands on experience with cloud-based data platforms and services such as AWS and Snowflake.
• Experience with distributed computing frameworks such as Apache Spark, Kafka, etc.
• Proficiency in database systems, data warehousing, data patterns/architectures, and SQL query optimizations.
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker or Kubernetes.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and collaborative environment.
• Strong communication, interpersonal and teamwork skills, with the ability to interact with stakeholders at all levels of the data team.

Knowledge Required

Excellent written and verbal communications skills; adaptability and flexibility to a changing environment; and comfortable working in a dynamic, high volume, fast-paced environment. Ability to understand and ensure compliance with policies, procedures, and laws governing our industry/business and products.

Physical Requirements

Sitting for long periods of time; standing occasionally; walking; bending; squatting; kneeling; pushing/pulling; reaching; twisting; frequent lifting of less than 10 lbs., occasional lifting of up to 20 lbs.; driving and having access during the workday to an insured and reliable transportation; typing; data entry; grasping; transferring items between hands and/or to another person or receptacle; use of office equipment to include computers; ability to travel to, be physically present at, and complete the physical requirements of the position at any assigned location.

Competencies

Technical Proficiency/LeadershipOKR

Travel

None

Attire

Business Casual

Other

Must be eligible to work in the USA and able to pass a background check.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability.

Requisition ID: 46112