Director, Data Engineering and Architecture

Company: loanDepot
Location: Irvine
Posted on: August 5, 2022

Job Description:

We are at the forefront of change in this rapidly evolving lending market. mello---, the Greek word for "future," was the product of a recent $80+ million dollar investment in research & development to transform & streamline the home buying process into a digital experience like no other competitor offers. But mello--- is just the beginning--- loanDepot will continue to invest in developing our own advanced technology ecosystem built around serving our customers & enabling our valued employees to provide exceptional service. We have funding, we have opportunities, you have ideas-it's a perfect match. Come join us!loanDepot - We are America's Lender.Position Summary: Responsible for overseeing a data engineering team towards high performance and cloud modernization. We are seeking a technical leader who will drive the short- and long-term technology needs of the organization and define and execute on a vision to create an advanced data platform. You will be tasked with developing a data architecture strategy as well as be hands-on as you lead a growing team that ensures continuous value delivery for businesses, and as we progress through multiple phases of increasing data scale. Drives the team towards state-of-the-art technology with high energy. Provides technical leadership and mentorship to junior team members. This position ensures the performance of all duties in accordance with the company's policies and procedures, all U.S. state and federal laws and regulations, wherein the company operates.Responsibilities: Provides core data engineering, ETL, ELT, data replication, data streaming expertise and leadership.Provides leadership in database performance, complex SQL tuning.Provide hands-on system design, DB schema design, software engineering and overall systems architecture support for the organizationDesigns, develops, and delivers solutions that meet business line and enterprise requirements.Creates enterprise-grade application services.Assists reporting teams with database access methodologies and best practices for operational and analytical reporting.Provide mentorship and development of the team and contribute to building a culture that embraces engineering excellence and integrity with a sense of urgency and collaborationAdvances overall enterprise technical architecture and implementation best practices.Participates in iteration and release planning.Performs other duties and projects as assigned.Requirements:Demonstrates knowledge of, adherence to, monitoring and responsibility for compliance with state and federal regulations and laws as they pertain to this position.Essential expertise in developing and implementing data warehouses, data lakes, and lakehouses with experience of the latest platforms for efficient high-scale data hosting and analytics (e.g., Snowflake, Azure, Databricks).Experience in working in an AWS or Azure environment, and a track record of experience with enterprise database and data platform systems design.Broad range of hands-on expertise and experience with RDBMS (e.g., Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (e.g. Neo4j, MongoDB) database systems, OLAP and OLTP, Snowflake, DataBricks, Hadoop, HDFS, Hive, Python, R, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS Fargate, etc.)Deep understanding of one or more source/version control systems. Develops branching and merging strategies.Working understanding of Web API, REST, JSON.Working understanding of unit testing creation.Effective organizational and time management skills.Exceptional verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.Ability to guide other teams including offshore vendor resources and supervise their work.Ability to make decisions that have moderate impact on the immediate work unit and cross functional departments.Ability to deal with complex difficult problems involving multiple facets and variables in nonstandardized situations.Experience in Visual Studio 2013/2015 and SSIS to develop enterprise ETL processes.Experience in the Mortgage industry preferred.Experience designing enterprise database systems using Microsoft SQL Server preferred.Bachelor's Degree preferred, and/or a minimum of seven (7) + years' related work experience.Why work for #teamloanDepot:Work with other passionate, purposeful and customer-centric team membersAggressive earning potential and 401K with robust company matchInclusive, diverse and collaborative culture where people from all backgrounds can thriveExtensive internal growth and professional development opportunities including tuition reimbursementComprehensive benefits package including Medical/Dental/VisionWellness program to support both mental and physical healthGenerous paid time off options to support work-life balanceWe are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.#LI-SSPM17PI187841152

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