Senior Staff Data Engineer (R13274)
OportunCalifornia, United States
Posted September 24, 2025
Full Time
About the Company
Oportun is a mission-driven fintech that provides responsible lending, savings, and budgeting solutions to its 2.1 million members. The company offers financial services including personal loans, auto loans, prepaid debit cards, and data analytics, with a focus on empowering underbanked individuals. Since inception, Oportun has disbursed over $17.2 billion in credit, saved members more than $2.4 billion in interest and fees, and helped them save an average of over $1,800 annually.
Job Description
Oportun is seeking a Staff Data Engineer to join their team as a Software Engineer. This role offers the opportunity to lead technical decisions, mentor senior engineers, and contribute to the development of technology within a diverse and inclusive culture. The position requires strong leadership, communication skills, and a passion for data engineering.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field.
- 12+ years of experience in data engineering, with a focus on data architecture, ETL, and database management.
- Ability to identify opportunities for optimization and efficiency gains within the data pipelines/architecture/infrastructure.
- Proficiency in programming languages like Python/PySpark and Java /Scala.
- Expertise in big data technologies such as Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, etc.
- In-depth knowledge of SQL and experience with various database technologies (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, NoSQL databases).
- Strong leadership, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
- Strong experience with Databricks and various capabilities that databricks provides like Workflows, Compute, Pipelines etc.
