Greenlight is the leading family fintech company on a mission to help parents raise financially smart kids. We proudly serve more than 6 million parents and kids with our award-winning banking app for families. With Greenlight, parents can automate allowance, manage chores, set flexible spend controls, and invest for their family’s future. Kids and teens learn to earn, save, spend wisely, and invest.
At Greenlight, we believe every child should have the opportunity to become financially healthy and happy. It’s no small task, and that’s why we leap out of bed every morning to come to work. Because creating a better, brighter future for the next generation depends on it.
We are looking for a passionate and skilled Data Platform Engineer with expertise in both batch and streaming technologies to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in data engineering, streaming technologies (such as Kinesis and Spark Streaming), and big data storage technologies (such as Iceberg, Parquet, and Delta Lake). You will also have experience with cloud computing platforms, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). You will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining our data platform as well as ensuring the optimal performance, quality, and responsiveness of our data services.What you will be doing:- Design and build scalable and reliable real-time data streaming solutions using technologies such as Kafka, Flink, Spark Streaming, or similar.
- Collaborate with other engineers and teams to implement large-scale data processing systems.
- Maintain and optimize data pipelines, architectures, and data sets.
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues with our streaming data platform.
- Ensure high data quality and availability for business and operational uses.
- Build, develop and maintain data models, reporting systems, data automation systems, dashboards, and performance metrics support.
- Work with stakeholders including the Product, Data and Design teams to assist with data-related technical issues and support their data infrastructure needs.
- Keep our data separated and secure across customer boundaries through multiple data centers and cloud regions.
What you should bring:- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
- 5+ years of experience working as a software engineer
- Strong experience with distributed systems, and big data technologies and tools: Kubernetes, Kafka, Spark, Presto, etc.
- Experience with stream-processing systems: Flink, Spark, etc.
- Experience with big data storage systems: Snowflake, Delta Lake, Iceberg, etc.
- Experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform is a plus
- Experience with cloud services across public cloud providers
- Strong programming experience with Python and SQL
- Strong analytical skills in working with structured and unstructured datasets
- Strong communication, project management, and organizational skills
- Experience supporting and working with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment
Who we are:
It takes a special team to aim for a never-been-done-before mission like ours. We’re looking for people who love working together because they know it makes us stronger, people who look to others and ask, How can I help? and then How can we make this even better? If you’re ready to roll up your sleeves and help parents raise a financially smart generation, apply to join our team.
Greenlight is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant based on age, race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including pregnancy, childbirth, or a medical condition related to pregnancy or childbirth), genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.