Senior Data Engineer

Senior Data Engineer

Credit Associates – Plano, TX

Job Description

Credit Associates, a very successful and rapidly growing consumer financial services company located near Highway 121 and the Dallas North Tollway in Plano Texas, seeks a Senior Data Engineer to work on our growing Corporate Reporting and Analytics team. Our ideal candidate for this position is someone with a bachelor’s degree in computer science, Business Information Systems or similar.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Business Information Systems or similar.
• 5+ years in the data space or comparable experience.
• Keen problem-solving abilities and strong attention to detail.
• Has the interpersonal skills necessary to work well with others in teams and collaborative work situations.
• Passion for building and maintaining data pipelines/workflows.
• Possesses a desire and ability to learn new skills/technologies.

• Practical experience with SQL (preferably MySQL, Maria
  
  DB, or Postgre
  
  SQL), data modeling/data warehousing, and Python.
• Practical experience with visualization libraries and tools such as matplotlib, Plotly, Tableau, Power BI, Looker, or Superset.
• Basic understanding of predictive analytics, statistical modeling, and data mining (theory, algorithms, and application).
• Curiosity about how things work and tenacity to learn and bring new perspective.
• Understanding of cloud-based technologies such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Salesforce and/or marketing experience is a preferred, but not required.

• Creates and maintains data pipeline architectures to meet continuing needs of stakeholders.
• Solve novel and complex business problems with high quality maintainable code.
• Ensures data is prepared for easy visualization and reporting.
• Data gathering from a variety of sources.
• Express complex, technical topics to management, peers, and others who may not possess a strong data background. Explain deep or technical topics in easy-to-understand terms.
• Design, develop and maintain scaled, automated, user-friendly systems, reports, dashboards, and other tools to support our stakeholders' needs. Relentlessly focused on minimizing defects and technical debt.
• Advocate for leading data practices and make sure that our business users make data driven decisions.
• Provide high quality documentation.

• Excellent benefits, including Medical, Dental, Vision and company paid Life Insurance
• Generous 401k plan with aggressive company match
• Convenient location near Legacy West

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or other legally protected status.