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About the Role

Happen Bank's Data Operations Center ensures consistent, reliable delivery of data that powers critical business functions across finance, accounting, investor reporting, and collections. As a Lead Data Engineer, you'll lead the Financial Data Operations team, owning the pipelines that support month-end close, investor servicing, revenue recognition, and other high-impact processes that keep the business running smoothly. You'll act as the bridge between engineering, product, and business stakeholders while building team capability and driving operational excellence through smart automation and AI-driven improvements.

Responsibilities

Lead a cross-functional scrum team of onshore and offshore data engineers, setting priorities and removing blockers to deliver reliable data products
Own the architecture, maintenance, and continuous improvement of critical financial data pipelines that support GL automation, investor reporting, tax documents, and collections workflows
Partner with finance, accounting, and operations stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions
Drive adoption of modern data platform capabilities, including Databricks, dbt, Elementary, and Dagster, while maintaining existing production systems
Identify opportunities to leverage AI tools for QA automation, code review, performance optimization, and documentation standardization
Build and improve monitoring, alerting, and observability practices to ensure pipeline reliability and rapid incident response
Establish coding standards and data quality frameworks that scale across the team and reduce operational overhead
Use AI to create intelligent runbooks, diagnostic agents, and self-service tools that empower L1 support and accelerate troubleshooting

Requirements

8+ years of experience in data engineering, with 2+ years leading teams or projects in a technical lead capacity
Hands-on experience using AI tools to accelerate your work and improve output quality
Strong expertise in SQL, data modeling, data warehouse concepts, and building production data pipelines at scale
Experience with orchestration tools such as Airflow, Oozie, or Dagster and distributed processing frameworks like Spark or PySpark
Working knowledge of AWS services (EMR, S3, Redshift) and modern data platforms such as Snowflake or Databricks
Take ownership of outcomes, proactively identifying risks and workflow improvements before they become blockers
Strong communication and organizational skills with experience collaborating across business, product, and engineering teams
Experience leading or mentoring offshore engineering teams and managing work across time zones
Balance technical depth with business context, understanding how data pipelines support financial processes and regulatory requirements

Skills

SQL
Data modeling
Data warehouse concepts
Building production data pipelines
Orchestration tools (Airflow, Oozie, Dagster)
Distributed processing frameworks (Spark, PySpark)
AWS services (EMR, S3, Redshift)
Modern data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks)
AI tools
dbt
Elementary
Dagster
Streamlit

Location

San Francisco

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

8+ years of experience in data engineering
2+ years leading teams or projects in a technical lead capacity

Education Level

Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent work experience

Salary/Compensations

190,000-220,000

Benefits

Medical, dental and vision plans for employees and their families
401(k) match
Health and wellness programs
Flexible time off policies for salaried employees
Up to 16 weeks paid parental leave

About the Company

Happen Bank (formerly LendingClub) is built around a simple purpose: to clear the way to help people turn intention into action, and action into financial progress.
That means offering focused products, a frictionless mobile-first experience, and clear terms with no gotchas.
Respect and fairness is part of our DNA, and that ideal shapes how we work, how we treat each other, and how we invest in our employees and our community.
Join us in using data, bold thinking, and a commitment to innovation to help clear the way for millions of Americans to achieve more.

Equal Opportunity

Happen Bank is an equal opportunity employer and dedicated to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.
We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
We believe that a variety of perspectives will make our teams and business stronger as we work together to transform the traditional banking system.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application process. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at interviewaccommodations@happen.com.