Data Engineer III - REMOTE

Velera is the nation’s premier payments credit union service organization (CUSO) and an integrated fintech solutions provider. The company serves more than 4,000 financial institutions throughout North America, operating with velocity to help our clients keep pace with the rapid momentum of change and fuel growth in the new era of financial services. Our purpose: We accelerate partners’ success through innovative financial technology solutions and inspired service.

The Opportunity:

This position will excel in designing, developing, testing, maintaining, and supporting secure, scalable, and robust data solutions. The candidate will possess a deep understanding of technical issues, adept troubleshooting skills, and the ability to propose and implement enhancements. This role entails collaborating on the development of data solutions.

The incumbent for this position will need an intermediate to advanced development level skillset allowing them to understand complex technologies, systems, standards, and best practices. The incumbent will exhibit a skilled perspective when identifying and delivering effective data solutions, capable of working independently with minimal supervision.

Day in the Life:

• Work in a fast-paced agile/scrum environment.
• Develop basic to complex Business Objects BI Reports & designs to maintain new and existing technology systems following company standards.
• Accountable to develop and deliver technical documentation.
• Undergo peer code and design reviews to ensure stable and high-quality production-ready code.
• Build and maintain data solutions that meet or exceed industry regulatory requirements.
• Foster and maintain high collaboration with team members, other technical colleagues, and business partners from across the organization.
• Ensure compliance with established SDLC frameworks, including requirements gathering, analysis, design, development, testing, release management, and deployment.
• Ensure compliance with all the audit and security requirements of the company.
• Participate and follow established Agile standards (including attending all Agile events) to create a collaborative and efficient development environment and meet project goals and delivery dates. 
• Ability to lead a team with meeting project commitments, such as project goals, objectives, and corresponding delivery dates.
• Ability to provide engineering leadership and mentorship to junior level engineers.
• Foster innovation to improve on existing challenges and to realize new opportunities.
• Ability to effectively collaborate with Architects to develop and review intended solutions.
• Ability to travel as needed to perform position responsibilities.
• Availability to be on-call as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, related technology field, or equivalent combination of education and experience. 
• Seven years professional work experience in SQL based data development required. Teradata database is preferred.
• Two years of experience performing as a subject matter expert focused on Business Objects Reporting
• Years of experience may be offset by having proficiency in one or more highly specialized technologies or skills. 
• Proficiency of computer engineering fundamentals in object-oriented design, data structures, and algorithms.
• Ability to modify existing SQL code and write complex scripts according to standards and best practices.
• Experience with Databricks, Snowflake, and/or Azure Data Lake is a plus
• Ability to gradually take on more development tasks as learning increases.
• Advanced understanding of data engineering concepts with knowledge in two or more modern programming languages and proficient with SQL.
• Advanced knowledge of data modeling
• Leading and authoring of technical specifications and detailed designs.
• Ability to review code for complex maintainability, coding standards and security issues.

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About Velera

At Velera, inclusion isn’t an initiative – it’s how we work. Guided by a people‑helping‑people philosophy, we cultivate a culture where every employee feels valued, respected and empowered to do their best work. We’re committed to building a diverse workforce and fostering meaningful connection across our teams. Through a remote‑first, flexible environment, we prioritize psychological safety, wellbeing and belonging so individuals and teams can collaborate to thrive. Together, we’re shaping a new era of secure, innovative solutions for the clients and communities we serve. Learn more about what it’s like to work at Velera.

Pay Equity

Actual Pay will be adjusted based on experience and other job-related factors permitted by law.

Great Work/Life Benefits!

• Competitive wages

• Medical with telemedicine

• Dental and Vision

• Basic and Optional Life Insurance

• Paid Time Off (PTO)

• Maternity, Parental, Family Care

• Community Volunteer Time Off

• 12 Paid Holidays

• Company Paid Disability Insurance

• 401k (with employer match)

• Health Savings Accounts (HSA) with company provided contributions

• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

• Supplemental Insurance

• Mental Health and Well-being: Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Wellness program

• Benefits are subject to generally applicable eligibility, waiting period, contribution, and other requirements and conditions

Velera is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local law.

Velera is an Equal Opportunity Employer that complies with the laws and regulations set forth in the following "EEO is the Law" Poster. Velera will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the legal duty to furnish information.

Velera is an E-Verify Employer. Review the E-Verify Poster here.  For information regarding your Right To Work, please click here.

This role is currently not eligible for sponsorship.

As an ongoing commitment to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities please contact a recruiter at [email protected] for assistance.