Senior Database Engineer

Come join a growing financial technology company that's leading the marketplace in both the marketing and servicing of credit cards Continental Finance Company specializes in credit card options for those consumers with less than perfect credit. We are seeking a Senior Database Engineer to support our Information Technology team.

We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Senior Data Engineer with a strong background in Snowflake, Microsoft SQL Server, and AWS. The ideal candidate will play a key role in designing, building, and optimizing data pipelines, warehouses, and integrations in support of building a new enterprise data platform.

Essential Functions

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and ETL processes using Snowflake, T-SQL, and SSIS.
• Develop and optimize complex SQL queries, stored procedures, and views for data transformation and analytics.
• Implement and manage Snowflake features including SnowSQL, SnowPipe, Streams, Tasks, and Time Travel.
• Build and manage data models and data warehouses in both Snowflake and Microsoft SQL Server environments.
• Ensure data integrity, performance, and security across data environments.
• Work within AWS services (EC2, S3, etc.) to support our cloud native data infrastructure.
• Monitor and troubleshoot data pipeline performance and reliability issues.
• Develop best practices for data management, governance, and automation.
• Stay current with emerging data technologies, particularly within Snowflake and AWS ecosystems.

The ideal candidate will have the following:

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, information systems, or related experience.
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in data engineering or database development roles.
• Strong expertise in Snowflake including SnowSQL, SnowPipe, Streams, and performance optimization.
• Proficiency in T-SQL, stored procedures, indexing, and performance tuning in MS SQL Server.
• Experience developing and maintaining ETL workflows using SSIS or similar tools.
• Hands-on experience with AWS (EC2, S3, DynamoDB, etc.) for data solutions.
• Understanding of data warehousing concepts, dimensional modeling, and data lake architectures.
• Experience with version control Azure DevOps and CI/CD for data pipelines is a plus.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities across technical and non-technical teams.
• Experience with Python or other scripting languages for data processing or automation.
• Knowledge of data governance, cataloging, and lineage tools.
• Familiarity with DevOps and infrastructure-as-code practices (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Exposure to BI tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or Looker.
• Proficiency in MySQL and PostgreSQL is preferred.

Why Continental Finance?

Continental Finance Company (the "CFC") is one of America's leading marketers and servicers of credit cards for consumers with less-than-perfect credit. Since our founding in 2005, we have prided ourselves on corporate responsibility to customers in terms of a strong customer support program and fair treatment.  With our success, we have also grown into an innovative financial tech company With a state-of-the-art consumer marketing and servicing platform, we provide a variety of services to consumers when other financial institutions will not accommodate them. With more than 2.6 million credit cards managed and serviced since our founding, we pride ourselves on putting the customer first. We are not a chartered banking financial institution, nor are we a debt originator or a credit card issuer.

CFC is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. Our company provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or veteran status.

CFC is seeking bright, energetic individuals that will help us grow and develop together We uphold a promise to treat our employees with the same care and concern as we do our customers. We offer all employees competitive compensation and benefits in an exciting, fast-paced business casual environment. Join our growing team and apply online today

CFC offers a hybrid work schedule which includes three (3) core days in the office (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday) and two (2) remote workdays (Monday and Friday)

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