Staff Engineer, Data Engineering

Early Warning Services

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Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
Chicago, ILScottsdale, AZSan Francisco, CANew York, NY
Salary
$124,000–$165,000 / yr
Posted
28 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $193k
This role $144k
$111k most similar roles pay here $249k

This role pays less than 84% of similar roles. Most pay $162,375–$224,448 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $144k versus about $193k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Early Warning Services

Early Warning Services is a fintech company that operates the Zelle person-to-person payments network, the Paze digital checkout wallet, and Certos fraud prevention and identity risk solutions for financial institutions.

Early Warning Services currently has 64 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $143,500–$183,000 across 60 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Staff Engineer, Data Engineering

Staff Engineer - Data Engineering The Staff Engineer - Data Engineering joins a team dedicated to building and evolving the modern data platform behind Zelle, one of the largest digital payments networks in the United States. This role involves solving large-scale distributed data challenges, influencing architecture, and developing cloud-native platforms that support next-generation payment products, analytics, and AI/ML workloads. You will build data strategies for complex requirements, manage technical roadmaps, and oversee the design and implementation of scalable systems. The role requires expertise in AWS, SQL Server, HDFS, Elastic Search, and Spark or PySpark. Additionally, you will utilize Python, R, and messaging frameworks like Kafka or RabbitMQ to develop robust data pipelines. You will also work with tools such as SageMaker and Scikit to operationalize machine learning models while ensuring high standards for security and performance in a fintech environment.

What does a Engineer earn in Illinois?

Median $180500 from 32 postings across 7 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Develop data strategies and architectures for complex requirements to solve large-scale distributed data challenges.
  • Build and evolve cloud-native data platforms to support payment products, analytics, and AI/ML workloads.
  • Lead the technical planning, backlog creation, and execution of design processes through to production delivery.
  • Oversee the development of real-time and batch processing pipelines for structured and unstructured data.
  • Implement and manage high-scale data warehouse solutions using SQL, Spark, and Python.
  • Develop and implement automated tests to ensure application quality, performance, and scalability.
  • Identify and resolve production issues in coordination with Support and Operations teams.
  • Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes to maintain system integrity and security.

What we're looking for

  • Candidates must possess eligibility to work in the United States for any employer at the date of hire.
  • A Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical field is typically required.
  • Eight or more years of relevant experience are required.
  • Seven or more years of experience in developing complex data platforms, distributed systems, SaaS, cloud solutions, and microservices are required.
  • Six or more years of experience in Data Warehouse, Big Data, real-time/batch processing, and data standards are required.
  • Four or more years of experience in Business Intelligence solutions are required.
  • Two or more years of experience in AI/ML model development life cycle activities are required.
  • Experience with SQL Server, HDFS, Elastic Search, Python, Spark, PySpark, R, and cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure) is required.

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