Associate Director – Staff Data Engineer

OneMain Financial is the country’s largest lending-exclusive financial company, a trusted name in lending for over 100 years. Since 2005 alone, we have looked beyond customers' credit scores to lend more than $152 billion to 16.2 million people looking for simple, affordable loans. With branches across 44 states, we're proud partners of the families and communities we serve. They turn to us to help meet important financial needs, including debt consolidation, medical expenses, household bills and auto purchases. It’s all about doing the right thing – a mission that hasn’t changed for more than 100 years.

The Role

OneMain Financial (OMF) is seeking an Associate Director, Staff Data Engineer.  As OneMain expands its market verticals, a multi-product strategy is evolving to penetrate markets through compelling customer engagement.  Correspondingly, teams deliver products across a variety of platforms and technologies. Our products and platforms span AWS, Azure, IBM iSeries and zSeries, and OpenShift on-prem as part of a hybrid strategy.  With both disparate technology delivery and varying regulatory requirements, OneMain’s environment is both complex and evolving, supporting a broadening multi-product strategy. 

The Staff Data Engineer will have delivered solutions which are mixed on-prem / AWS hybrid and have demonstrated a drive toward building cloud-native solutions.  This is a hands-on engineering role which provides an opportunity to solve complex business, data, and technical challenges.  With OMF having both on-premises and cloud-based operations. The person in this role will be responsible for driving execution through iterative development, software craft and automation wherever possible. 

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with architects, product managers, and designers to understand the requirements, scope, and deliver high-quality solutions.
• Design, develop, and maintain GraphQL APIs and Data Solutions using RDBMS like Aurora, Postgres, and in-memory data stores like Amazon Memory DB and Redis, ensuring optimal performance, data integrity, availability and scalability.
• Utilize TypeScript to write clean, maintainable, and efficient code for back-end development.
• Execute multi-product development strategy in collaboration with cross-functional teams to create, develop and support multiple products, ensuring seamless integration and consistent user experiences.
• Participate in design, development and review of automated test cases to ensure comprehensive test coverage and high software quality.
• Extensive experience with cloud platforms, containerization technologies and infrastructure as code (IaC) like AWS, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes and Terraform
• Strong background in DevOps with extensive experience in CI/CD practices, along with a passion for automating processes to enhance productivity and code quality.
• Provide technical leadership, guidance and mentorship to junior engineers, promoting best practices and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Conduct thorough code reviews to ensure code quality, maintainability, and adherence to coding standards.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve complex technical issues, ensuring the stability and reliability of our software systems.
• Take a hands-on approach to manage the delivery of innovative projects, collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to meet project timelines and quality standards.
• Stay up to date with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices, and apply this knowledge to improve our software development processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's in computer science, engineering, or related field.
• Minimum of 7 to 10 years of experience in software development leading large scale initiatives in collaboration with cross functional teams.
• Strong proficiency in GraphQL, including schema design, query optimization, and performance tuning.
• Expertise in TypeScript and its application in both front-end and back-end development.
• Proficiency with data solutions using RDBMS like Aurora and Postgres and in-memory data stores like Redis and memory dB, including data modeling, performance optimization, and data migration.
• Experience with BPMN workflow solutions such as Camunda, including workflow design, implementation, and management.
• Familiarity with other relevant technologies such as Node.js, React, or similar frameworks.
• Experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins and version control systems especially GitHub.
• Previous experience with designing customer domain for large enterprise and domain driven design is a big plus.
• Previous experience in leadership and mentorship will be an added advantage.

Soft Skills

• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically and creatively.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously.
• Detail-oriented with a strong focus on code quality and maintainability.

OneMain Holdings, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship status, color, creed, culture, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information or history, marital status, military status, national origin, nationality, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, transgender or on any other basis protected by law.