Senior Data Engineer

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Chicago / $110000 - $145000 annum

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Salary
SALARY:

$110000 - $145000

Location

LOCATION

Chicago

Job Type
JOB TYPE

Permanent

Senior Data Engineer

Chicago | Hybrid (3 days onsite)
$145,000 Base + 10% Bonus

Harnham is partnering with a fast-growing, well-capitalized financial services company to hire a Senior Data Engineer into a high-impact, business-facing role. This is an opportunity to join a lean, high-performing data team where engineers have real ownership, visibility, and influence over decision-making.

The company operates in the lending and credit space and has continued to perform strongly in uncertain economic conditions. Data plays a critical role in their growth strategy, particularly across credit analytics, acquisition, and operational reporting.


The Role

As a Senior Data Engineer, you will be responsible for building and maintaining modern data infrastructure while working closely with analytics and business stakeholders. This is not a siloed platform role - you'll be expected to understand business problems, design clean data models, and clearly communicate insights.

You'll work in a fast-paced agile environment with short sprint cycles and a strong emphasis on ownership and collaboration.


Key Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and infrastructure in a modern cloud environment

  • Develop advanced SQL models and Python workflows to support analytics and reporting use cases

  • Build and maintain data marts and warehouse layers, including cleaning and consolidating legacy data

  • Partner closely with analytics and business teams to translate business questions into reliable data solutions

  • Support new initiatives involving credit-related data and pipeline migrations

  • Ensure data quality and reliability through testing, monitoring, and best practices


What We're Looking For

Required:

  • 5+ years of experience in data engineering

  • Advanced SQL skills (CTEs, window functions, complex transformations)

  • Strong Python experience

  • Hands-on experience with AWS and Snowflake

  • Strong data modeling experience

  • Excellent communication skills and comfort working with non-technical stakeholders

  • Proven stability and ownership mindset

Nice to Have:

  • Experience with dbt and/or Airflow

  • Background in financial services, fintech, payments, or lending

  • Exposure to credit or transaction-level data

  • Familiarity with monitoring or observability tools


Why Apply?

  • High-visibility role with direct impact on business decisions

  • Modern data stack and meaningful technical ownership

  • Collaborative, low-ego team culture

  • Stable business with strong growth plans

  • Hybrid working model (3 days onsite in Chicago)


If you're a Senior Data Engineer who enjoys working close to the business and wants to make a tangible impact, we'd love to speak with you.

Apply now or reach out to Harnham for a confidential discussion.

CONTACT

Oisin Ennis
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Senior Recruitment Consultant

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