Sr. Data Engineer
Alkami Technology6 days ago
Remote, United StatesSenior
Base Salary
$120k - $150k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain data lakes, data warehouses, modern data pipelines, and related infrastructure.
- Participate in the full data pipeline lifecycle, including design, development, deployment, testing, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
- Write clean code and infrastructure as code for data pipelines and platform components.
- Lead code and design reviews with junior and peer developers and mentor junior team members.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and design appropriate solutions.
- Monitor and improve system performance, scalability, and security.
- Evaluate new technologies and tools to improve system performance.
- Contribute to data governance, data lake platform design, and technical documentation.
- Optimize data processing performance and implement test automation for data systems.
- Participate in cross-functional data-driven initiatives and an on-call rotation.
Requirements
- Typically requires 5 years of related experience, or 3 years with an advanced degree.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, mathematics, data engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
- Experience developing modern data architecture, analytics, data governance, AI/ML, or related systems.
- Experience with AWS big data technologies, including EMR, Glue, S3, EKS, Lambda, Athena, RDS, MSK/Kafka, and Kinesis.
- In-depth knowledge of data engineering design, development, and deployment processes.
- Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, including PostgreSQL, Cassandra, DynamoDB, and MongoDB, plus data modeling principles.
- Experience with DevOps, containerized deployment, Kubernetes, and infrastructure as code.
- Proficiency in SQL, including SQL Server and PostgreSQL, and Python.
- Strong experience with legacy data warehouses and ETL pipelines.
- Preferred experience with multi-tenant B2B2C SaaS offerings and FinTech.
- Preferred experience with AWS CloudFormation or Terraform.
- Understanding of MPP data warehouses such as Redshift and Greenplum.
- Strong analytical, communication, time management, teamwork, problem-solving, and independent execution skills.
- Ability to provide technical input to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to lift 5 to 10 pounds and perform the stated standing, sitting, walking, reaching, and manual dexterity requirements.
Benefits
- Remote-first work environment in the United States.
- Unlimited paid time off.
- 401(k) with employer match.
- The company offers an inclusive culture and additional benefits.
- Participation in an on-call rotation is required.
- The company cannot offer employment sponsorship, and candidates must be eligible to work full-time in the United States.
Tech Stack
Amazon DynamoDBAmazon RedshiftApache CassandraApache KafkaAWSKubernetesMicrosoft SQL ServerMongoDBPostgreSQLPythonSQLTerraform
Categories
Data Engineering
About Alkami Technology
Alkami Technology builds a cloud-based digital banking platform for U.S. banks and credit unions, covering retail and business banking, digital account opening, loan origination, fraud prevention, and data/marketing analytics. It sells modular SaaS products that can be deployed standalone or as a unified platform. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Plano, Texas, Alkami is a public company trading on Nasdaq under the ticker ALKT.