Uplift
Menlo Park, CA
51-200 employees
Uplift is an enterprise Buy Now, Pay Later solution solving the complex requirements of the world’s leading travel, hospitality, retail, and ecommerce brands.
Data Engineering, Manager
Data Engineering, Manager
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Uplift’s mission is to help people get more out of life, one thoughtful purchase at a time. Our enterprise Buy Now, Pay Later solution is used by the world’s most loved brands including Southwest Airlines, Carnival Cruise Line, Universal Studios, and more. With flexible pay over time installments, we empower consumers to buy what matters most while unlocking higher conversions and customer lifetime value for our partners.
Our team is rapidly growing and comes from diverse backgrounds of leading technology and financial brands. Our HQ is in Sunnyvale, CA with offices in Toronto, New York, Reno, and Guadalajara, Mexico.
Working at Uplift allows you to push your limits, challenge the status quo, and collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry. We’re committed to building a diverse team and inclusive culture and believe your potential should only be limited by how big you can dream. We make this a reality by empowering you with the tools, resources, and support you need to grow your career.
The Data Engineering team in Uplift is building up the next-generation data lake on Databricks to support all data use cases, varying from business intelligence to machine learning operations. We use industry-leading technologies like Spark, Delta lake, and ML flow.
We are hiring Data Engineer Manager to review requirements with stakeholders, help prioritize projects, and do technical design reviews.
What you will do and achieve
- As part of the Data Engineering service org, you and your team will own and manage cross functional data assets that support all business verticals
- Manage and lead a group of data engineers with a wide spectrum of skill sets and backgrounds
- Manage the project intake process for the Data Integration team, review and refine requirements, and prioritize projects and tasks across multiple business units
- Design, build and maintain event drive and batch data pipelines in cloud infrastructure (AWS), data warehouse (Snowflake), and data lake (Databricks)
- Improve internal processes with automation, alerting, and monitoring frameworks
- Collaborate closely with product teams to build tools, frameworks, and reports for product feature monitor
- Work with analysts and data scientists to extract actionable insights from data that shape the direction of the company
- Actively engage in design and code reviews
- Lead initiatives to research, analyze, and propose new technologies and tools for our stack
Who you are
- 2+ years of leadership experience
- 7+ years of experience in data engineering
- BA/BS degree in Engineering, CS, or equivalent, Master's degree a plus
- Strong SQL knowledge
- Experience with Big Data, ETL, and data modeling
- Solid coder with Python and Spark
- Experience with cloud data warehouse (preferably Snowflake or AWS Redshift)
- Familiar with BI tools (Tableau or Looker)
- Familiar with Linux, AWS, and Docker
- Experience in developing and operating high-volume, high-available and scalable environments
- Ability to align with rapid business changes: new requirements, evolving goals and strategies, and technological advancements
- Entrepreneurial, persistent, with the desire to go deep into details
- Comfortable working in a startup culture with the ability to earn trust
Set yourself apart with
- Demonstrated success working with business and product stakeholders
- Prior experience working in BNPL space and a deep understanding of the business challenges
- Project management experience following agile methodologies
Life at Uplift
- Health Insurance and RRSP plan: some plans cover 99-100% premiums for medical, dental, and vision insurance and a RRSP
- Work/Life Harmony: Flexible, remote-first work culture. Uplift fosters a culture where employees can achieve both their professional and personal goals. This balance is especially true for our working parents
- Shared Success: competitive salary and Pre-IPO stock options
- Health and Wellness Perks: Uplift is proud to reimburse our employees for exercise, wellness products and activities as well as free counseling and coaching for physical, mental and emotional support
- Professional Development: We are committed to the growth and development of all of our employees. Uplift invests in professional conferences, certifications, and training for employees who want to grow in their careers
- Pick-A-Perk: money that can go towards something of your choosing within tuition reimbursement, student loan payment reimbursement, vacation savings account, charitable donations, or home office expenses
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We want you!
If you made it this far, chances are you’re as excited about working to change how people experience BNPL as we are — and we love that. Please apply even if you’re unsure about whether you meet every single requirement in this posting. Uplift is looking for smart, intellectually curious people who are invested in our mission, not just those who can “check all the boxes”.
Uplift is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.
Note: Uplift does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to any recruiting alias or employee. Uplift is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
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