Data Engineer

About Monstro

Monstro, headquartered in New York, is an innovative AI-enhanced fintech company redefining personal finance management through a global financial platform. Our platform offers individuals a comprehensive view of their entire financial, legal, and tax life, delivering actionable insights, tailored recommendations, and the ability to take direct action.

For financial institutions, Monstro unlocks unparalleled access to personalized customer data and insights. Leveraging Monstro’s data-driven approach allows institutions to maximize revenue, boost customer retention, and attract new clients while lowering acquisition costs. By efficiently servicing clients across all wealth tiers and providing direct, actionable solutions, Monstro is transforming the financial services landscape. We are democratizing access to high-quality financial advice, enabling institutions to optimize operations, empower their clients, and achieve measurable growth in an evolving digital economy.

The Opportunity

We’re looking for a Data Engineer to join Monstro as the first data-focused hire. You’ll be responsible for building the foundation of our data infrastructure — designing pipelines, normalizing and modeling financial data, standing up storage systems, and powering the APIs that feed our products.

This is a high-impact, foundational role. You’ll collaborate across engineering, product, and design teams to ensure Monstro’s systems are scalable, secure, and built to support both internal tools and user-facing insights. You’ll help us make sense of messy financial data and turn it into something powerful, usable, and elegant — all while shaping the core data stack from scratch.

The ideal candidate is an experienced data engineer who thrives in early-stage environments. You’re comfortable building and owning data systems end-to-end, collaborating across disciplines, and helping define how data becomes a strategic advantage at Monstro.

Responsibilities

Infrastructure & Data Architecture

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable data infrastructure and internal APIs

• Build systems for secure, reliable, and accessible storage of financial and transactional data

• Normalize messy, multi-source financial data into structured, usable formats

Pipeline Development

• Own the design and maintenance of ETL/ELT pipelines to ingest and transform data

• Ensure data quality, integrity, and performance across all systems

• Collaborate with engineering to integrate pipelines into Monstro’s platform

Tech Stack & Foundation

• Evaluate and recommend tools, frameworks, and technologies for our data ecosystem

• Set standards for data architecture, privacy, and scalability

• Establish internal documentation and data governance practices

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with product, design, and engineering to ensure data infrastructure supports product needs

• Enable the creation of user-facing data features, dashboards, and insights

• Support internal stakeholders with access to clean, well-structured data for decision-making

Scalability & Ownership

• Build with scale in mind, ensuring systems grow alongside Monstro’s user base

• Play a key role in hiring and mentoring future data team members as we grow

Qualifications

Experience & Skills

• 5+ years of experience in data engineering, backend engineering, or infrastructure

• Deep experience designing data pipelines and storage systems from scratch

• Strong SQL skills and proficiency in one or more data-oriented languages (Python, Scala, etc.)

• Experience working with API development and integrating data pipelines into product ecosystems

• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), data warehouses (e.g., Snowflake, BigQuery), and orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow, dbt)

• Strong understanding of data normalization, schema design, and system performance

Soft Skills & Mindset

• You’re a builder — excited to architect foundational systems and make strategic tech decisions

• Collaborative and communicative — you work well with technical and non-technical teammates

• Quality- and security-minded — especially with sensitive financial data

• Energized by Monstro’s mission to bring intelligence and clarity to the world of personal and institutional finance

Why Monstro?

• Transformative Opportunity: Be at the forefront of fintech innovation, leading the development of cutting-edge AI-powered technology.

• Credibility and Impact: Build a platform trusted by global financial institutions and accessible to millions of individuals worldwide.

• Collaborative Leadership: Join a highly accomplished executive team with a proven track record of scaling startups to successful exits.

• Ownership and Growth: Earn significant equity in a mission-driven company, shaping the future of personal finance and financial technology.

• Mission-Driven: Help democratize access to high-quality financial advice, empowering individuals and institutions alike.

Apply Today

If you’re a visionary leader with deep technical expertise and a passion for transforming the financial services landscape through AI and innovation, we’d love to hear from you.