Senior Data Engineer

Who you are

• The role will include work on problems of diverse scopes where analysis of information requires evaluation of identifiable factors. Work is expected to be done independently through independent judgment
• Ability to assess unusual circumstances and use sophisticated analytical and problem-solving techniques to identify the cause
• Working with people, processes facing Enterprise a plus, improvement of processes/reduction of costs in the enterprise processes leveraging data is preferable
• Ability to enhance relationships and networks with senior internal partners who are not familiar with the subject often requires persuasion
• Architect and scale our modern data platform to support real-time and batch processing for financial forecasting, risk analytics, and customer insights
• Enforce high standards for data governance, quality, lineage, and compliance
• Partner with stakeholders across engineering, finance, sales, and compliance to translate business requirements into reliable data models and workflows
• Evaluate emerging technologies and lead POCs that shape the future of our data stack
• Champion a culture of security, automation, and continuous delivery in all data workflows
• Deep expertise in Python, SQL, and distributed processing frameworks like Apache Spark, Databricks, Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery
• Proven experience with cloud-based data platforms (preferably AWS or Azure)
• Hands-on experience with data orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow, dbt) and data warehouses (e.g., Databricks, Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery)
• Strong understanding of data security, privacy, and compliance within a financial services context
• Experience working with structured and semi-structured data (e.g., Delta, JSON, Parquet, Avro) at scale
• Familiarity with modelling datasets in Salesforce, Netsuite and Anaplan to solve business use cases required
• Previous experience Democratizing data at scale for the enterprise a huge plus
• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field
• 6-8 years of experience in data engineering, with a strong focus on financial systems on SaaS platforms

What the job involves

• Senior Data Engineers will design, build, implement, and maintain data processing pipelines for the extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) of data from a variety of data sources
• Expected to lead the writing of complex SQL queries to support analytics needs
• Responsible for developing technical tools and programming that leverage artificial intelligence, machine learning, and big-data techniques to cleanse, organize and transform data and to maintain, defend and update data structures and integrity on an automated basis
• Senior Data Engineers will evaluate and recommend tools and technologies for data infrastructure and processing. Collaborate with engineers, data scientists, data analysts, product teams, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements to technical specifications and coded data pipelines
• The role will work with tools, languages, data processing frameworks, and databases such as R, Python, SQL, Databricks, Spark, Delta, APIs. Work with structured and unstructured data from a variety of data stores, such as data lakes, relational database management systems, and/or data warehouses

The application process

• MeridianLink runs a comprehensive background check, credit check, and drug test as part of our offer process

Benefits

• Ongoing development: Continuous learning is essential to growth, and we’re committed to helping our employees thrive. You’ll have the opportunity to take part in job-specific training, monthly soft-skill sessions, and leadership classes designed to support your development at every stage.
• Access to executives: Have a good idea? Share it with peers, managers, or executives. Our leadership is approachable and actively involved in supporting your work.
• Health lifestyle: Healthy staff makes us happy. We support our team members with resources and programs that promote financial, physical, and mental health—encouraging balance, self-care, and a lifestyle that helps you feel your best every day.
• Celebrations: All work and no play makes for a dull day. We celebrate holidays, birthdays, work anniversaries, and other milestones with fun activities that bring us together. We also provide channels for employees to recognize and celebrate each other’s achievements, making appreciation a regular part of our culture.
• Community partnering: Take a day off with pay to volunteer where it matters most to you or join the company in various community service projects throughout the year.