Data Engineer

theguarantors-open-positions; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance beginning day one

401(k)

Generous PTO and holidays

In-office lunch

Flexible working hours

Paid parental leave

Disability insurance

Job summary

TheGuarantors, a fintech leader in renter underwriting and data-driven risk management, seeks a Data Engineer to build and maintain data pipelines, ensure data availability, and enable analytical insights. You will work with a cross-functional team to push data products from ingestion to ML-ready feature stores.

Based in NYC with a hybrid schedule, you will tackle data modeling, warehousing, automation, and data apps, while continuously learning and applying best practices in data engineering.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or a related field.
• Solid SQL and Python scripting experience.
• Fundamental data modeling concepts.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement data pipelines to collect, ingest, and transform data.
• Monitor and maintain data quality and validate data issues.
• Help design/maintain data warehousing solutions for large data volumes.
• Automate routine data-engineering tasks for reliability.
• Develop lightweight data apps for ML interfaces and quick analysis.
• Identify and optimize performance across the data stack.
• Document data pipelines, processes, and data flows.
• Collaborate with analysts, scientists, and stakeholders to meet data needs.
• Stay up to date with industry best practices and tech developments.
• Support core operational data models and feature stores for ML workflows.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or related

Tools

Stitch

Talend

Airbyte

Fivetran

Snowflake

Redshift

BigQuery

Cursor

Claude Code

Github Copilot

Job description

TheGuarantors is a fintech company helping multifamily owners and operators mitigate leasing risk while expanding access for renters. With a deep understanding of owner, operator, and renter needs, we believe renters deserve better access to the home of their choice and operators deserve greater protection and growth opportunities. That’s why we’re leveraging our real estate expertise and using AI-driven renter underwriting to help operators qualify renters faster while mitigating the financial risk of renter default. With $7B+ in lease value protected, we work with 9 of the country’s top 10 operators, are the #1 lease guarantee provider nationwide, and have consistently been named one of Inc. 5000’s fastest-growing companies, Forbes’ Best Startup Employers, Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500.

The Role

As a Data Engineer at theGuarantors, you will play a vital role in the development, deployment and maintenance of our data infrastructure. You will work within our data engineering team to build, optimize, and maintain data pipelines, ensuring the availability and reliability of data for analytical and business purposes. You will help to execute on processes that leverage intelligence capabilities through advanced analysis of data sets, and that bring data and insights closer to the end user. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is enthusiastic about data and eager to learn and grow in the field of data engineering.

Location

This will be a hybrid role based in NYC.

What You'll Do

• Data Ingestion and ETL/ELT: Assist in designing and implementing data pipelines to collect, ingest, and transform data from various sources into a structured format.
• Data Quality: Collaborate with the team to monitor and maintain data quality standards, perform data validation, and resolve data quality issues.
• Data Warehousing: Assist in the design and maintenance of data warehousing solutions to store and manage large volumes of data efficiently.
• Automation and Orchestration: Work on automating routine data engineering tasks to improve efficiency and reliability.
• Data Apps: Develop and maintain lightweight data applications for ML interfaces, simple CRUD operations, and quick interactive analysis.
• Performance Optimization: Identify and implement optimizations to all parts of the data stack to improve data pipeline performance and reduce processing times.
• Documentation: Create and maintain documentation for data pipelines, processes, and data flows.
• Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams including data analysts, data scientists, and business stakeholders to understand data requirements and deliver data solutions.
• Continuous Learning: Stay up to date with industry best practices and emerging technologies in data engineering.
• Modeling Support: Curate and maintain data sets and pipelines that are crucial to core operational data models, to our feature store and to other AI/ML workflows.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Demonstrated application of SQL and Python scripting skills.
• Basic understanding of data modeling concepts.
• Proficiency in using data integration and ETL tools (e.g., Stitch/Talend, Airbyte, Fivetran, etc).
• Knowledge of data warehousing concepts and technologies (e.g., Snowflake, AWS Redshift, Google BigQuery, etc).
• Experience with AI-integrated development (tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, Github Copilot or similar).
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• Eagerness to learn and adapt to new technologies and tools.

Nice To Have

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 1+ years of experience working for a small- to medium-sized technology company as a data engineer or similar role.
• Experience with cloud computing platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Knowledge of data orchestration and workflow management tools (e.g., Dagster, Airflow).
• Familiarity with data governance and security best practices.
• Previous internship or coursework related to data engineering.

Benefits

• Opportunities to make an impact within a fast growing company
• Medical, dental, & vision insurance, beginning day one
• Health savings account with employer contribution
• Flexible spending accounts (healthcare, dependent care, commuter)
• 401(k)
• Generous PTO and paid holidays
• In-office lunch perk
• Flexible working hours
• Paid parental leave
• Company sponsored short and long term disability

Base Salary

The base salary range is between $115,000 - $130,000 annually.

Base salary does not include other forms of compensation or benefits. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including prior experience, expertise, location and current market data and may vary from the range above.

TheGuarantors is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to an inclusive environment for all.