Staff Software Engineer (CLAW Data Pod)

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote
• Job Type: Full-Time
• Salary: $152K - $282K

NerdWallet is seeking a seasoned Software Engineer to join the Credit Cards / Lending / Banking / Investing (CLAW) Engineering team. This role focuses on building scalable systems and solving complex problems, contributing to the company's mission of empowering consumers with financial clarity. As a Staff Software Engineer, you'll write extensive code, contribute to architecture and design, and elevate the quality of deliverables while fostering team ownership. The team practices agile methodologies (Sprints) and emphasizes continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Seasoned Software Engineer
• Experience building scalable systems
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Ability to contribute to architecture and design
• Experience with data systems and analytics
• Familiarity with agile development methodologies (e.g., Sprints)

Responsibilities

• Revolutionize Pricing Pipelines: Replace Google Sheets-based workflows with a robust, automated pricing system.
• Enable Data Visibility: Design and implement a comprehensive dashboard for real-time data insights.
• Streamline Investigations with Automation: Develop solutions to automate manual investigations.
• Modernize Legacy Systems: Lead the migration of legacy systems (Datawarehouse, Autopilot, Reportgeist, Tableau) to Snowflake and an advanced local data mart.
• Optimize Partner Integrations: Build and maintain API and file-based partner ingestion pipelines using the ATARI framework.
• Elevate Data Quality and Alerts: Overhaul and unify the alerting system with advanced data quality checks.
• Empower Stakeholders with Data: Create user-friendly, self-service Snowflake reporting solutions.
• Problem-Solving: Monitor and troubleshoot platform issues and continuously improve performance.
• Mentoring: Mentor engineers on the team.
• Technical Leadership: Serve as a trusted advisor and tech lead for Engineering Managers.
• Driving Culture: Contribute to a culture of strong continuous improvement, failing fast, and delivering high-quality features.

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Company Information

• Mission: To empower consumers with the financial clarity they need to make confident decisions.
• Team: CLAW Engineering (Credit Cards / Lending / Banking / Investing)
• Organization Size: Moderately sized engineering organization supporting the consumer business unit.