Remote Senior Data Analytics Engineer—Scale Data Platforms

OpenKrill; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Oportun is seeking a Sr. Data Engineer in the United States to design, build, and maintain scalable data platforms and pipelines.

You will lead technical direction, mentor engineers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business needs into robust data solutions. You will work on data architectures, ETL processes, data lakes and warehouses, and apply AI-assisted tooling to improve productivity while delivering reliable, high-performance data services for analytics and

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in data engineering or related field.
• Strong programming skills in Python and PySpark; Java or Scala experience.
• Experience building end-to-end data pipelines and data integration solutions.
• Strong SQL knowledge; relational and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with big data tech: Spark, Kafka, Hadoop or similar.
• Experience with orchestration tools: Airflow, Databricks, Jenkins or similar.
• Experience with cloud platforms AWS/Azure/GCP and data services.
• Experience working in Agile environments.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
• Experience mentoring junior engineers and technical leadership.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable data architectures for business and analytics needs.
• Build and maintain data pipelines, ETL processes, and data integration solutions.
• Optimize data warehouses, data lakes, and databases for performance, reliability, and security.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate data requirements into models and solutions.
• Establish data quality standards, governance, and documentation.
• Provide technical leadership on architecture, scalability, and observability.

Skills

Data architecture

Python

PySpark

Java/Scala

SQL

Big data

Airflow

Cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure)

Agile

Mentoring

Communication

Education

Bachelor's or higher in CS/DS

Tools

Databricks

Kafka

Hadoop

SQL databases

Job description

Oportun is seeking a Sr. Data Engineer in the United States to design, build, and maintain scalable data platforms and pipelines.

You will lead technical direction, mentor engineers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business needs into robust data solutions. You will work on data architectures, ETL processes, data lakes and warehouses, and apply AI-assisted tooling to improve productivity while delivering reliable, high-performance data services for analytics and