Unfortunately we do not offer visa sponsorship for this position. Only candidates authorized to work in the United States will be considered.

About Us 

Stride Funding is a venture-backed, mission-driven startup transforming access to education and career pathways. We are revolutionizing the way employers attract and retain critical talent, while simultaneously tackling the student debt crisis. (Yep, we think BIG.) Our innovative platform meaningfully connects employers, educational institutions, and diverse talent to drive mutual benefit—using accessible education financing as the thread. We like to think of ourselves as more than a fintech; we’re a catalyst for economic mobility. 

A Forbes Fintech 50 company, portfolio company of SHRM (Society of Human Resource Management — the largest HR organization out there!) and recipient of “Startup of the Year” by StartUp Boston, Stride is driven by our commitment to social impact and innovation. We are reshaping the future of the workforce one opportunity at a time. Join us on our journey to give power to learners and unlock fulfilling careers that drive positive change in their communities and beyond.

What We Need

We are seeking a Data Engineer to build & operate reliable data pipelines that ingest and make accessible to our team and partners the data on hundreds of millions of dollars worth of student loans, educational enrollment statuses and employment data. 

The ideal candidate has both analytics and programming experience (SQL and Python) and is passionate about both high performance data pipelines as well as the business side of fintech.

At Stride we run a DevOps culture where the engineers have full ownership of the code they write & the infrastructure on which it runs. Candidates should be enthused about making substantial contributions to the architecture driving the product roadmap and the Stride business, and achieving tremendous personal growth with us along the way!

Our modern Data Technology Stack consists primarily of Airflow, dbt, Postgresql, Superset, BigQuery, Python and SQL.

What you will do:

• Build reliable data integration pipelines & interfaces to ensure that engagement data and financial operating data is regularly synced into our data lake and accessible to our business users and partners
• Partner with stakeholders in finance, operations and business development departments to ensure that their data sets are reliably ingested into our data warehouse and their questions or reports can be answered programmatically
• Ensure via automated testing and edge case handling that we can detect any errors with upstream data or data processing and that all reports contain the data as expected
• Support Stride’s engineering & product teams by anonymizing upstream data sets to ensure that our development & staging environments protect consumer privacy but also enable rapid iterations on our product
• Participate in on-call rotations and ensure by building self-healing and resilient systems and leveraging infrastructure as code and monitoring tools that our systems are highly available

What you will need:

• 2+ years of experience as a data engineer, or equivalent experience building data pipelines
• 2+ years of experience with elements of the following technologies:
• Data Analytics: Airflow, DBT
• Business Intelligence Systems: Tableau, Looker, Sisense, Apache Superset
• Languages: Python, SQL---- Databases: SQL; NoSQL a bonus----
• Bonus – Data Warehousing: Snowflake, BigQuery
• Bonus -- Cloud Infrastructure: AWS or Google Cloud Experience
• Bonus -- DevOps: Experience with modern cloud and container tooling such as Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, etc.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to effectively communicate the complexities of technical programs to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders
• Desire to mentor and collaborate with other members of the team
• Willingness to roll your sleeves up to rapidly acquire competencies in a wide range of technical disciplines
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent experience

What we give in return:

• Competitive cash and equity compensation
•  Health benefits (health & dental)
• 401kCommuter benefits
• Flexible PTO policy
• Opportunities to grow and perform in a fast-paced environment alongside a stellar team.

If you are a highly driven individual with a passion for technology, and you thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced environment, we want to hear from you! Join us in revolutionizing the workforce solution industry and making a meaningful impact on businesses worldwide. Apply now to be a part of our growing team!

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees feel valued, respected, and empowered to contribute their unique perspectives and talents. Stride is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. We embrace diversity and are dedicated to providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.