Senior Data Engineer

Company: Above Lending
Location: Chicago
Posted on: February 15, 2026

Job Description:

Job Description Job Description Above Lending is a next-generation financial services company. We provide simple and transparent products aimed at helping our clients achieve their personal finance goals. With competitive rates and personalized support, our mission is to simplify the lending process and help borrowers attain financial well-being. We are committed to making credit more affordable and accessible. We are seeking a talented and experienced Senior Data Engineer to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will be proficient in building and maintaining robust data infrastructure, designing efficient data models, and visualizing insights to drive strategic decision-making. As a Data Engineer, you will play a crucial role in optimizing our data pipelines, ensuring reliability, and enhancing data visualization capabilities. We Will: Design, build, and maintain scalable data infrastructure using Snowflake, Airflow, Fivetran, and DBT to support efficient data pipelines. Maintain expertise in SQL and Python for data manipulation, analysis, and automation. Leverage business acumen to collaborate with stakeholders on data mart development, addressing issues such as missing, inaccurate, or incomplete data. Develop and implement comprehensive tests to ensure accurate data ingestion and processing, particularly within DBT data models, ensuring reliability across the pipeline. Apply site reliability engineering best practices, using tools like Datadog to monitor ETL pipelines and maintain system stability. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, identify opportunities, and implement data solutions that provide business value. Be a team player, working effectively within collaborative environments, while also acting as a self-starter, driving projects forward independently. You Have: At least five years of hands-on experience in data engineering roles, preferably within the fintech industry. Bachelors Degree in related fieldProficient in SQL and Python for data manipulation, automation, and optimization. Strong ability to understand and analyze complex business processes. Expertise in data infrastructure tools, including Snowflake, Airflow, Fivetran, and DBT. Excellent communication skills, collaborative mindset, problem-solving abilities, and adept at troubleshooting complex issues. Proficient in data modeling techniques, Git version control, and continuous integration/deployment processes, with a focus on cloud technologies, especially AWS. 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. Join our dynamic team and contribute to Above Lending’s success as we continue to provide innovative lending solutions to our customers. Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), Above Lending is informing California residents who are our job applicants, contractors or prospective employees (together “job applicants”) about the categories of personal information we collect about you and the purposes for which we will use this information. This notice and our Privacy Policy contain important information relating to the CCPA and apply only to personal information that is subject to the CCPA. Please see our website for the full CCPA statement. *Above Lending is an equal opportunity Employer* Above Lending does 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. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

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