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About the Role
Cetera Financial Group is seeking a motivated and innovative data engineer to enhance their data estate and contribute to the future of fintech. The role involves working with a modern, cloud-native, AI-enabled data platform that utilizes governed data contracts for efficient data pipelines. This position requires expertise in Lakehouse architecture, cloud-native integration, and data engineering best practices to deliver high-quality, automated data products.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain data ingestion, discovery, and consumption pipelines across various sources, driven by reusable data contracts.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and implement requirements for data pipelines and contracts.
- Manage the end-to-end onboarding of new data sources, including pipeline development, field mapping, and quality rule definitions.
- Utilize orchestration and metadata systems for event, dependency, and schedule-driven activities.
- Support and extend downstream data models for business intelligence and reporting.
- Apply modern software engineering practices, including automated testing, for pipeline changes.
- Use AI-assisted development tools for coding, testing, and documentation, ensuring correctness and security.
- Participate in CI/CD and DevOps practices for data platform development and deployment.
- Monitor pipeline health and production data processing, troubleshooting issues as needed.
- Maintain documentation, including operational runbooks, to share data platform knowledge.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of programming experience with an advanced, object-oriented language (Python preferred).
- 4+ years of hands-on experience with SQL, writing efficient code for high-volume data processing and supporting high-performing ETL processes, including data quality and testing practices.
- 3+ years of hands-on experience with data warehousing/Lakehouse design and implementation on cloud-based platforms (e.g. AWS, Databricks, Snowflake).
- Experience with event-driven data ingestion patterns and Lakehouse table formats (e.g. Apache Iceberg).
- Experience with CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code practices.
- Experience with Agile development methodologies.
Skills
- Lakehouse architecture
- Cloud-native integration patterns
- Data engineering best practices
- Data ingestion
- Data discovery
- Data consumption pipelines
- File-based feeds
- APIs
- Change-data-capture
- Streaming sources
- Data contracts
- ETL processes
- Data quality
- Data testing
- Cloud platforms (AWS, Databricks, Snowflake)
- Event-driven data ingestion
- Apache Iceberg
- CI/CD
- Infrastructure-as-code
- Agile development methodologies
- Python
- SQL
Location
- San Diego, CA
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 5+ years of programming experience
- 4+ years of hands-on experience with SQL
- 3+ years of hands-on experience with data warehousing/Lakehouse design and implementation
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience
Benefits
- Inclusive health, dental, vision, and life insurance plans
- Mental health benefits
- 20+ days of paid time off (PTO)
- Paid holidays
- 2 paid wellness days
- 401(k) savings plan with a generous company contribution (up to 5%)
- Access to a financial professional
- Paid parental leave
- Health Savings Account options
- Flexible Spending Account options
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- LifeLock
- Pet Insurance
- Paid caregiver leave
About the Company
- Cetera Financial Group is a leading network of independent retail broker-dealers and registered investment advisers empowering the delivery of objective financial advice to individuals, families, and company retirement plans across the country through trusted financial advisors and financial institutions.
- Cetera is one of the largest independent financial advisor networks in the nation and a leading provider of retail services to the investment programs of banks and credit unions.
- Advisor support resources offered through Cetera include award-winning wealth management and advisory platforms, comprehensive broker-dealer and registered investment adviser services, practice management support, and innovative technology.
- Cetera Financial Group is committed to providing an equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees.
Equal Opportunity
- Cetera Financial Group is committed to providing an equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees.
- All employment decisions at Cetera Financial Group, including those relating to hiring, promotion, transfers, benefits, compensation, and placement, will be made without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, age, physical and/or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic characteristics, religion, religious dress and/or grooming, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, U.S. military status, political affiliation, or any other class protected by state and/or federal law.