Sr. Data Engineer

Company Overview

Alkami is a digital sales and service platform provider for U.S. banks and credit unions, delivering integrated onboarding, digital banking, and data solutions.

Senior Data Engineer – Remote (US)

• Participate in the entire data pipeline lifecycle, focusing on building data lakes, data warehouses and related processes.
• Lead code and design reviews with junior and peer developers.
• Write clean code to develop data pipelines and necessary infrastructure as code.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to understand requirements and effectively design appropriate solutions.
• Monitor and troubleshoot performance, scalability, and security issues, making improvements as needed.
• Participate in the evaluation of new technologies and tools that can improve system performance.
• Participate in data governance processes.
• Contribute to the design and documentation of our data lake platform.
• Develop test automation solutions for data and optimize performance.
• Gather technical and design requirements.
• Communicate effectively with technical and non‑technical team members to ensure alignment and successful project execution.
• Participate in cross‑functional initiatives, promoting a culture of data‑driven decision‑making and continuous improvement.
• Participate in an on‑call rotation.

Minimum five years of related experience, or three years with an advanced degree. Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, math, data engineering, or related field.

• Experience in the development of modern data architecture, analytics, data governance, AI/ML, or related areas.
• Experience with AWS big data technologies including EMR, Glue, S3, EKS, Lambda, Athena, RDS, MKS/Kafka/Kinesis.
• In‑depth knowledge of the entire data engineering process (design, development, deployment).
• Exposure to relational and No
  
  SQL databases such as PostgreSQL, Cassandra, DynamoDB, MongoDB and data‑modeling principles.
• Experience with Dev Ops, including CI/CD pipelines, containerized deployment/Kubernetes, and infrastructure‑as‑code.
• Proficient in SQL (SQL Server, Postgres) and Python.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and efficiency in solutions.
• Teamwork skills with a problem‑solving attitude and willingness to take a variety of approaches.
• Strong experience with legacy data warehouse and ETL pipelines.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor junior team members.
• Excellent analytical and time‑management skills, with a proven ability to deliver value independently.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated experience providing technical input to technical and non‑technical stakeholders.

• Experience with multi‑tenant, B2B2C SaaS offerings.
• Fin Tech industry experience is preferred but not required.
• AWS Cloud Formation/Terraform.
• Understanding of MPP data warehouse (Redshift, Greenplum).

Ability to lift a minimum of 5 pounds to a maximum of 10 pounds unassisted. Ability to stand, sit, stoop, walk, stretch, reach, and use full range of body motions. Manual dexterity as required for specific equipment.

$120,000 – $150,000.

Remote‑first environment, unlimited paid time off, 401(k) with employer match, and more.

Alkami is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. Alkami is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, national, social or ethnic origin, sex, age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by laws or regulations where we operate.

Alkami will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. Alkami encourages applicants of all ages.