Senior Data Engineer

What You'll Do

• Build and own end-to-end data pipelines (ingestion → staging → marts) using Snowflake, Airflow, Fivetran, and DBT.
• Work directly with raw data.
• Identify issues and implement fixes in base and staging layers before they propagate downstream.
• Design data models that are simple, scalable, and trusted by the business.
• Write advanced, high-performance SQL.
• Understand the underlying database technology: execution plans, indexing, clustering, and storage behavior.
• Debug data issues deeply, tracing problems across systems.
• Build and enforce data quality checks that prevent bad data from reaching consumers.
• Monitor pipelines proactively and resolve issues.

What You Bring

• 5+ years of hands-on data engineering experience - including administration or support.
• Expert-level SQL: joins, window functions, performance trade-offs.
• Pristine Python skills applied to practical data engineering problems.
• Solid experience with Snowflake, Airflow, Fivetran, and DBT.
• A high bar for data quality - you don't trust a number until you've validated it.
• The ability to operate independently, make decisions under ambiguity, and follow problems through to resolution.

What Sets You Apart

• You've debugged data issues others couldn't explain.
• You've worked with poorly documented or unreliable source systems and made them usable.
• You've said "this number is wrong" - and proved it.
• You care about correctness as much as performance.
• You default to solving problems, not escalating them.

Location

Hybrid role based in Chicago, IL. Not hiring remote candidates at this time.

Company Information

We are a next-generation financial services company helping everyday Americans break the cycle of high-cost debt and move toward a stronger financial future. We are committed to making credit more affordable and accessible; backed by a culture grounded in compliance and ethics, and technology built around the people we serve. We are growing quickly, and we are looking for new collaborators to help us reach the next level.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies in response to job positions. No fee will be paid to their parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to Above Lending employees or the Above Lending Finance and HR teams. No placement fee will be paid to any third party unless such a request has been made by the Above Lending HR team. We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans.

This role is eligible for additional incentives, including an annual bonus. These rewards are allocated based on level, impact and performance in the role. The compensation range is based on the level outlined in the job posting, and compensation decisions are dependent on each applicant's experience, skills and abilities.