Senior Data Engineer

At Acorns, our mission is to look after the financial best interests of the up-and-coming, beginning with the empowering, proud step of micro-investing. How do we accomplish our mission? Our values.

Lead With Heart - With compassion, integrity, and tenacity, inspire yourself and others to move past all previous thresholds of possibility

Make Bold Decisions - We are creating a new world. Be optimistic, adventurous, and courageous. Leap fearlessly into the future

Always Build Trust - Say what you mean, mean what you say, and do what you say you’re going to do. We are all owners. We are one team

Never Stop Growing - Change IS the constant. Stay hungry and curious. Be relentless in the pursuit of progress

Find a way - Never settle, no excuses, nothing is impossible. Just make it happen

Our values guide us, and our mission drives us. Come join us and help deliver financial wellness for the whole family, putting the tools of wealth-making into everyone’s hands.

Senior Data Engineer | Acorns

Acorns is seeking a highly-motivated, detail-oriented Senior Data Engineer. This position will reside in Data Engineering, which serves as the central data platform team for the company. The Data Engineering team is responsible for delivering a world class scalable and secure data platform that serves millions of up-and-coming Acorns customers by leveraging best in class tools and frameworks like Databricks and Flink. We process Petabytes of app interactions and complex financial data daily. In this role you will be a vital component to the success of our Engineering, Analytics, and Data Science teams. This is a full-time, direct hire position, working regular hours.

Acorns is a remote-first organization, offering the flexibility to work remotely while providing optional access to office space in Irvine, CA.

What you will do at Acorns:

• Interface with various parts of business, Products, Project Management, and Leadership.

• Understand data landscape and data flow and processes.

• Fix or enhance production data pipelines.

• Receive operational updates from our GoHenry & PixPay team members during Acorns’ quarterly global virtual all-hands session.

• Work with the engineering leadership team to align, establish and promote engineering-wide priorities, including new features, infrastructure, and tool building.

• Optimize performance of business-critical data processes and identify and resolve data process issues.

• Develop new data pipelines for ingesting, integrating various heterogeneous data sources.

• Design and develop data pipelines to support reliable, timely and accurate computation of business metrics in collaboration with Analytics.

• Propose and promote new ways to solve a problem to gain efficiency and to scale.

• Complete a Performance Development Check-in to align on Performance and Values Rating Trends.

• Contribute and execute on Acorns Data Roadmap.

• Author, propose and execute technical initiatives.

• Define career path opportunities for development.

• Delivered one or more large initiatives and act as a lead or mentor to 1 or more engineers.

What you will bring to Acorns:

• 8 to 10 years of experience with a BS/BA; or 5 years and an advanced degree; or equivalent work experience

• 5+ years of Java/Scala/Python experience

• 8+ years of software engineering experience in an internet facing solution

• Object oriented fundamentals (OOA, OOD, OOP)

• Strong system design fundamentals

• Advanced understanding of SQL and database/data warehouse design concepts

• Understand advanced algorithms, data structures and design patterns

• Experience in building and owning a scalable system, service or process or pipeline designed to handle billions of records

• Experience with Test Driven Development is a plus but not required

• Experience with AWS, Hadoop, Spark, and Kafka or Kinesis is a plus but not required

• Experience with Spark or Databricks is a plus but not required

• Experience with Airflow or Luigi is a plus but not required

• Experience using Data Quality tools such as Amazon Deequ or Great Expectations is a plus but not required

• Experience in Agile Methodology is a plus but not required

• Hunger to deliver game-changing products

• Exceptional drive and precision in delivery

• A belief that your work is tied to your life's mission

• Optimistic about the potential of societal change

You are not expected to have experience with all listed requirements. If you feel passionate about Acorns' mission, vision, and values, please apply.  

What we offer: 

• Competitive salary and stock options

• A comprehensive benefits package for you and your family

• Flexible work location, hours, and paid time off 

• 401(k) discretionary match

• Monthly Acorns account contribution & GoHenry account for your family

• Mindfulness and Financial Wellness resources, Headspace and Addition Wealth

• Acorns Career Development Program (Ongoing training sessions, development plans, development check-ins, Cornerstone’s online training platform)

• Roots Leadership Program for Emerging Leaders

• Community week onsite gatherings and various virtual events

• Talented and motivated team members who care deeply about one another, our mission, and our customers.

• The rare opportunity to create a new world. We inspire one another every day to do meaningful work that solves big societal challenges.

About Acorns:

Acorns is a financial wellness app that helps everyday people and families save and invest money for the long term. Since 2014, Acorns has grown into a global company with multiple life stage products serving the needs of kids, teens, adults, and parents. Named one of Time’s “World’s Best Brands of 2024,” Acorns has helped over 13 million people save & invest over $22 billion dollars, much of it from spare change and small amounts.

Management Principles:

• Managers are constantly raising the bar

• Managers ensure all team members have a voice and a path

• No surprises - Managers give and receive feedback early and often

• Managers continuously assess performance action on concerns quickly

• Managers foster a resilient, results-oriented mindset

Compensation Information:

The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $184,500 and $217,100/year; however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a sign-on bonus, equity grants, and discretionary cash bonus awards in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

Work Authorization:

Acorns participates in E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. For more information about E-Verify, please visit www.e-verify.gov