Self Financial

Senior Data Engineer

Austin, Texas, United States

Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Fintech, Financial ServicesIndustries

About Self Financial

Self Financial is a venture-backed, high-growth FinTech company with a mission to increase economic inclusion and financial resilience by empowering people to build credit and build savings. We're looking for people who share our passion and are driven to tackle challenges, find solutions and make the financial space better for the communities we serve.

Our team is passionate about challenging the status quo of the credit industry by providing people accessible tools to take control of their credit. Executing on our mission requires deep collaboration across our teams to ensure our products reach the people who can benefit from them the most, particularly the 100 million+ Americans who have no or low credit.

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. To that end, we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.

About the Self Financial Platform Engineering Teams

Self Financial is a venture-backed, high-growth FinTech company who believes everyone should have the ability to improve their financial future. We exist to enable people to build credit, save money, and reach their goals.

Our teams aim to challenge the status quo of the credit industry by providing people the tools necessary to take control of their credit. Executing on our mission requires deep collaboration to ensure our products reach the 100 million+ Americans who have no or low credit.

As an Engineer on our Platform Engineering Teams you will be working at the very core of how we improve our credit-building products and services. You’ll be charged with ensuring that our amazing products and team members have the tooling, data, and integrations necessary to reach our goal.

Teams that make a difference; individuals that matter in Data Engineering

At Self Financial, we love to put challenges into the hands of talented individuals to solve. Our teams are composed of skilled professionals, who work together in concert to innovate both our credit building services and the processes we organize around. We empower every individual of the Engineering Organization to bring their creativity and skills to these efforts. Our goal is to build both world class credit building products and to foster an exciting and engaging work environment. In short, at Self, you will carry influence.

As part of the Self Financial Data Engineering Team, your role will be to ensure that data remains a strategic asset for Self Financial by delivering timely, high-quality, and purpose-built data to our team members. Our team supports Self Financial's internal Analytics, Machine Learning, and Business Intelligence organizations.

What can you expect to work on/who you will work with?

The Senior Data Engineer is part of the Self Financial Data Engineering Team and operates as part of a cross functional product development team that includes Architecture, Infrastructure, and Product Management.

Your primary focus will be on designing and implementing our data model, as well as populating data schemas within Self Financial's data environment for use in business intelligence and data analysis activities.

Your day-to-day activities will include:

  • Collaborate closely with Product Management and the team to design and implement data models.
  • Perform data model design, project analysis, work breakdown, and planning.
  • Create physical and logical data models for large, complex datasets.
  • Manage data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes using SQL and Python.
  • Maintain data lifecycle processes and uphold data quality standards.

Who you are

  • 5+ years of experience with database development, database integration, and data analytics tools
  • 5+ years of experience designing and implementing complex Data Warehouse and Data Lake data models (Kimball)
  • Proficient in managing Data ETL/ELT with large data sets
  • Experience with columnar data structu

Skills

Data Engineering
Data Warehousing
ETL
SQL
Python
Cloud Platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
Big Data Technologies (Spark, Hadoop)
Data Modeling
Database Design
API Integrations
Problem-Solving
Collaboration

Self Financial

Online platform for credit score improvement

About Self Financial

Self Financial helps individuals build or rebuild their credit scores through online services and a mobile app. Their main products are Credit Builder Loans and the Self Credit Card. A Credit Builder Loan is a small loan that is secured in a certificate of deposit (CD), where monthly payments are reported to credit bureaus to help establish a positive credit history. Once the loan is paid off, the borrower can access the funds in the CD, turning payments into savings. The Self Credit Card requires an upfront deposit and also reports monthly payments to credit bureaus. Unlike traditional credit unions, Self Financial operates entirely online, making it accessible to tech-savvy users and those without access to conventional banking. The goal of Self Financial is to help clients improve their credit scores, enabling them to qualify for loans and other financial products while generating revenue through fees associated with their services.

Austin, TexasHeadquarters
2015Year Founded
$124.1MTotal Funding
SERIES_ECompany Stage
Fintech, Financial ServicesIndustries
501-1,000Employees

Benefits

Company Equity in the form of RSUs
Quarterly performance-based bonuses
Generous employer-paid health, vision, & dental insurance coverage
Flexible vacation policy
Educational assistance
Free gym membership
Casual dress code
Team building events and activities
Remote work arrangements/ flexible work schedule
Paid parental leave

Risks

Competition from traditional banks offering similar services could erode market share.
High outbound migration from high-tax states may affect customer base in those regions.
Integration challenges from RentTrack acquisition could impact service delivery and satisfaction.

Differentiation

Self Financial offers online credit-building tools, appealing to tech-savvy consumers.
The company provides unique services like reporting rent payments to credit bureaus.
Self Financial's Credit Builder Loan turns loan payments into savings, differentiating it from competitors.

Upsides

Increased consumer interest in credit-building tools expands Self Financial's potential customer base.
Partnership with Regions Bank enhances customer acquisition through expanded credit reporting services.
Appointment of CEO Julie Szudarek could drive strategic growth and expansion.

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