Senior Data Engineer

Senior Data Engineer role at First Help Financial, remote across the US, focused on leading data engineering delivery, governance, and analytics support using Snowflake and Sigma.

Responsibilities

• Lead the data engineering program to deliver reliable, scalable pipelines that leverage Snowflake, Sigma, and related tools to enable complex analytics and self-service reporting.
• Drive integration with key tools and services across the broader data warehousing ecosystem.
• Optimize performance across the data stack by tuning execution parameters and applying best-practice strategies to maximize efficiency and throughput.
• Establish and evolve a data governance operating model covering data quality, lineage, metadata management, stewardship, cataloging, and lifecycle management.
• Perform in-depth code-level analysis and resource profiling to identify root causes and mitigate systemic issues, ensuring stability of high-scale production workloads.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders to ensure effective communication, issue resolution, and on-time delivery of projects.
• Participate in weekend and weekday on-call rotation.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience designing, building, testing, and maintaining data pipelines and data platforms.
• 5 years of hands-on experience as a technical lead on a Data Engineering team, serving as the go-to person for critical issues.
• Expertise in SQL databases or data warehouses (Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, Postgres, and AWS RDS).
• ETL technologies (Rivery, Informatica, DataStage, Talend, Fivetran).
• Strong knowledge of data architecture, distributed processing, data modeling, and platform reliability engineering.
• Hands-on experience with modern data warehouse and cloud data platform architectures including AWS and Snowflake.
• Experience establishing and operating enterprise data governance capabilities, including data quality, lineage, metadata, and stewardship practices.
• Demonstrable mastery of AI tools to enhance productivity and efficiency in daily tasks is a plus.
• Working experience in financial services, especially auto finance and lending, is preferred.
• Proven ability to influence cross-functionally with internal stakeholders or engineering teams.
• Expert level knowledge in Python is desired.
• Self-motivated and proactive, with a strong ability to identify issues and challenge the status quo.
• Degree in Computer Science or related field/experience.

Technologies

• Snowflake
• Sigma
• Rivery
• Informatica
• DataStage
• Talend
• Fivetran
• AWS
• Postgres
• Oracle
• SQL Server
• MySQL
• AWS RDS
• Python
• SQL

Benefits

• Competitive salary framework with opportunities for growth, social activities, monthly team lunches, and a strong employee recognition and development program.
• Culture that supports work-life balance and values time for family, friends, and personal well-being.
• Clear growth trajectory aligned with company expansion, with career planning and ongoing investment in individual development.

Location

Location: Needham, MA (remote). Remote/US-based.

Compensation

Salary: USD 60,000 - 90,000 per year. Total compensation: USD 125,000+ depending on experience plus a bonus.