Paylocity is an equal opportunity employer.
Many companies offer payroll and human capital management (HCM) solutions, but Paylocity takes technology to the next level. We've evolved beyond HCM to a next-generation employee experience platform. With uniquely designed solutions to help companies engage employees, we've changed how and where work gets done and created a personalized work environment. Join Paylocity as we continue to transform the future of technology!
We give our employees what they need to succeed, including great benefits and perks! We offer medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and a 401(k) match, as well as perks that support you, your family, and your finances. And if it's career development you desire, we provide that, too! At Paylocity, people matter most and have always been at the heart of our business.
Want to develop the strategies and principles needed to deliver compelling software? Join our team and help us enhance our all-in-one software platform, elevate our one-of-a-kind technology, and improve the employee experience.
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Position Overview:

• Delivering one-of-a-kind cloud technology, accompanied by award winning customer service, Paylocity is a software company in a category of its own.
• Poised to revolutionize the world of human capital management for hundreds of thousands of small and medium sized businesses, we are seeking the best and the brightest to help us create the future -enabling our customers to be employers of choice for their employees and supervisors.
• Our Product & Technology organization nurtures a dynamic agile work environment full of talented individuals with a variety of thoughts, ideas and backgrounds working in small squads around a shared mission. Guided by our development principles, and a passion for compelling software, we come together to deliver great products and make Paylocity an exciting place to work.
• The Paylocity Data Practice is a cross-functional group comprised of Data Engineering and Data Warehousing, Data Science, Reporting and Data Insights. As a Senior Data Engineer under the Data Engineering team, you will play a pivotal role in designing, creating, deploying, and maintaining Paylocity's data across different data entities and systems. You will demonstrate accountable ownership, unmitigated curiosity, a strong desire for continuous improvement while empowering, and mentoring team members to do the same.

Are you the teammate we are looking for?
Who you are:

• Enthusiastic about software architecture to provide the ultimate customer experience
• An advocate for continuous improvement of our software development process
• Invested in staying current in data architecture by applying new technologies and practices
• Able to work in a collaborative environment with a willingness to share your ideas
• Able to work independently on modules and complete tasks with high quality and contribute to high velocity, but unafraid to seek out suggestions from other team members
• Excited to work on cutting-edge technology

How we work:

• Curiosity and candor; the quality of the idea wins the day
• Casual, focused, and agile environment operating under our shared principles
• Customers at the center of everything we do
• Small, mission-focused squads with an entrepreneurial spirit backed by enterprise investments
• Consistent routines across stakeholders to ensure complete transparency
• Close working relationship between executive stakeholders and customers

What we offer:

• A compelling mission to elevate payroll and human resources across the backroom and into the boardroom
• Focus on helping our customers automate manual processes, appeal to the modern workforce, and glean insights from analytics
• Lean enabling process that focuses on putting our customers at the center of everything we do
• A commitment to investing in our products, hiring the best talent, and giving them the chance to meaningfully contribute to a vast market opportunity
• Ample opportunity and encouragement to stay current with external training
• A phenomenal culture that keeps getting better

During the last three months, you would have:

• Design, develop, and maintain relational databases for data storage and data mining. •Design, deploy, and manage the organization's data architecture.
• Perform data warehouse design and testing, including data design, database architecture, metadata, and repository creation.
• Create and support the ETL process to extract the data from source systems and place it into the data warehouse.
• Work closely with data analysts, data scientists, and other data consumers to optimize reports by defining business requirements and populating the data warehouse table structure.
• Design data warehouse schematics and layouts and develop capacity planning.
• Create and implement effective metrics and monitoring processes.
• Develop processes and procedures for entering information into data warehousing systems and for ensuring its reliability.
• Seek continuous improvement in performance of data warehouse and ensure security of data. •Collaborate with technology and management teams to understand structural requirements and define standards for how data will be stored, consumed, integrated, and managed across the organization and translate into a usable blueprint.
• Build an inventory of data needed to implement architecture and create a vision for how data will flow through the organization.
• Design and build complex data models, approve modifications, and implement systems. Implement measures to ensure data accuracy and accessibility, constantly monitoring and refining the performance of data management systems. Produce and enforce database development standards.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, technology-related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in data engineering while applying DWH/ETL best practices in traditional SQL (SQL Server, Oracle, Teradata) and/or big data environments (e.g., Hadoop, Spark, Hive
• 5+ years of experience with data modeling standards and data architecture.
• 5+ years of experience with Python/C#/Java development and software development principles.
• 2+ years of experience working on AWS, Azure, or GCP building data pipelines using data lakes, streaming, and serverless technologies.
• 1+ years in leading or mentoring other team members.
• Experience working in an agile and collaborative environment consisting of engineers, data analysts, data scientists, and other data consumers to build and optimize datasets to meet business requirements.
• Comfortable with enterprise systems architecture, distributed computing and logging (preferably ELK stack
• Experience with JIRA or other project management tool
• Experience and willingness to work on-call shifts as needed to support the team

Paylocity's Awards:

• Glassdoor's Employees Choice Award in 2014 and 2017
• 9-time Winner on Chicago Area's 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For
• Inc Magazine listed Paylocity as an Inc 5000 Fastest Growing Privately Held Firm from 2007-2013
• Ranked #13 on Built in Chicago Top 100 Digital Companies for 2016
• Ranked #24 on Forbes 2013 List of Top 100 Digital Companies in Chicago
• Ranked #38 on Crain's Fast Fifty List of Chicago's Fastest Growing Companies in 2014
• Ranked #334 on Deloitte's 2014 Technology Fast 500 List of Fastest Growing Companies in North America

Our award-winning culture has made this the place employees want to be. We have plenty of opportunities for you to grow your career within Paylocity, and offer benefits like Tuition Reimbursement so you can continue to learn and develop your skills. You could say our growth game is strong. We also reward hard work with a flexible, casual work environment and plenty of perks. From picnics, to game nights, to holiday parties, there's no shortage of ways to have fun.
We also offer the following benefits and perks:

• Competitive pay
• Comprehensive benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401k)
• Flexible work hours
• Paid Parental Leave
• Ample volunteer opportunities and events
• Health and wellness program
• Stock purchasing options (NASDAQ: PCTY)

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Paylocity is an equal opportunity employer. Paylocity is committed to the full inclusion of all individuals. We comply with federal and state disability laws and make reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. To request reasonable accommodation in the job application or interview process, please contact [email protected]
This role can be performed from any office in the US. The pay range for this position in Colorado is $115,666.00 - $184,000.00/yr; however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This position is eligible for an annual restricted stock unit grant based on individual performance in addition to a full range of benefits outlined here. This information is provided per the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act. Base pay information is based on market location. Applicants should apply via www.paylocity.com/careers.