Beyond Finance
Lead Data Platform Engineer
Remote — the employer does not say where candidates may be based.
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Employer listed it 3 weeks ago · Added 4 days ago
Been open since 3 weeks ago, still being checked, but it has been live a while.
Salary
$170k–$205k a year
Location
Location not stated
Timezone
Not stated
Contract
Full-time
Experience
Lead
Category
Software
Stated by the employer in the job description
Remote flexibility
Undisclosed
The listing is advertised as remote but does not state which countries or regions candidates may work from.
Why this role is Undisclosed
We only label a role Work from anywhere, Region restricted or Work from home when the employer's own wording says so. We checked this advert under our current rules and found no country or region eligibility requirement in it. We don't guess, so it stays Undisclosed until the employer publishes enough location information. Here is exactly what the advert left out.
- Countries you can work from: Not stated. The advert only gives "Remote", which names no country you must live in.
- Whether the work is remote: Never mentioned. The role reached us through a remote job board, but the advert itself doesn't say the work is remote.
- Working hours: Not stated. No timezone overlap or set hours are mentioned, so assume nothing either way.
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What the employer says
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About the role
At Beyond Finance, we've made it our mission to help everyday Americans escape the endless cycle of crippling debt and step into a brighter financial future. Through compassionate, individualized care, a culture focused on compliance and ethics, supportive user-centric technology, and customized financial solutions, we've helped over 1 million clients on their path to a brighter future.
While we're proud of what we've already accomplished, we're searching for new collaborators to help us get to the next level! If you're looking to join a forward-thinking, rapidly growing organization with helping people as its number one goal, we want to hear from you.
About the Role
You'll join our Data Platform Engineering team, which owns the production data layer connecting Beyond Finance's systems of record to the applications and partners that depend on them. We build and operate the ETL and reverse-ETL pipelines that replicate data across those systems. Data Platform Engineering owns the movement of data to and from third-party partners, as well as keeping the datastores behind them healthy and performant. As the lead engineer, you'll own the technical direction for this work, turn ambiguous mandates into plans the team can execute, and be accountable for the reliability of the systems we run. We value operational rigor, clear ownership, and practical engineering practices. Reliability for us means the data is correct, complete, and on time.
What You'll Do
Own the architecture and technical roadmap for the team's pipelines, integrations, and datastores, and make the calls on the tradeoffs that shape them
Work with leadership to prioritize problems and help translate broad goals into concrete work the team can pick up
Set the standards the team builds against: infra-as-code, schema contracts, observability, testing, on-call practices, and incident response
Guide the replication pipelines that sync Salesforce data into our Aurora and Postgres databases through Informatica and Fivetran
Set direction for the production Postgres databases behind our applications, covering query performance, indexing, access control, and migration review
Hold the bar on the outbound jobs that deliver data to third-party partners and the inbound pipelines that ingest and process partner files, including validation, auditability, and reprocessing
Partner with engineering management on planning, scoping, and team growth, and represent Data Engineering in cross-team technical decisions
Mentor engineers across levels and raise the bar through code review, while delivering increasingly through others rather than your own output alone
Lead the team through production incidents as the senior technical voice, then drive the systemic fixes that prevent the next one
What We Look For
8+ years building and operating production data systems, including time spent owning the technical direction of a team or a major initiative
A track record of creating clarity from ambiguity, setting direction others can execute against rather than only executing well-defined work
Deep SQL expertise, including query optimization, indexing, schema design, and operating databases under production load
Strong command of replication and ETL/ELT tooling such as Fivetran, Informatica, or Airbyte, with the judgment to choose the right approach for a given problem
Working knowledge of AWS, GCP, or Azure data services
Comfort writing and reviewing Ruby on Rails or a comparable language
Ability to define and defend schema contracts across systems and teams you don't fully control
Calm, decisive leadership through production data incidents, and the discipline to follow up with durable fixes
Clear, direct communication and the ability to align several teams around a technical direction
Requirements
The employer hasn't listed requirements separately, they're described in the role summary above and on the original listing.
Benefits
No benefits package published with this listing. Ask about it at first interview.
How to apply
- 1Check the flexibility label above, undisclosed, matches where you plan to live and work.
- 2Tailor your CV to the role at Beyond Finance, mentioning your remote working experience.
- 3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.
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