Discover. A brighter future.

With us, you’ll do meaningful work from Day 1. Our collaborative culture is built on three core behaviors: We Play to Win, We Get Better Every Day & We Succeed Together. And we mean it — we want you to grow and make a difference at one of the worlds leading digital banking and payments companies. We value what makes you unique so that you have an opportunity to shine.

Come build your future, while being the reason millions of people find a brighter financial future with Discover.

Job Description:

What Youll Do

The Senior Associate Data Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, maintaining, and testing data solutions for the product using the enterprise framework. This role will apply learned software delivery capabilities and have the desire to learn higher levels of craftmanship. Senior Associate Data Engineers contribute opinions to design decisions and actively participate in agile ceremonies. This person actively manages and escalates risk and customer-impacting issues within the day-to-day role to management.

How Youll Do It

Independently executes a variety of data integration solutions, recognizes data related patterns, and solicits advice on potential approaches.
Contributes opinions to design decisions and understands design tradeoffs.
Develops skills in data warehouse tools, Cloud, agile and other technologies involved in data integration.
Demonstrates and applies knowledge of:
o Data Integration concepts and tools
o DW Design concepts and Metadata documentation
o Data Profiling tools
o Data Security
o Data Quality
Regularly contributes to team agile ceremonies and helps new engineers with onboarding.
Troubleshoots production issues and defects.
Identifies and executes test scenarios and shares test results.
Participates in the on-call rotation for support.

Qualifications Youll Need

The Basics

Bachelors in Computer Science
1+ years Data Platform Administration / Engineering
For roles requiring Dreyfus Rating – Internal applicants only: technical proficiency of Advanced Beginner on the Dreyfus Engineering scale.

Physical and Cognitive Requirements
The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable a qualified individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position as required by federal, state, and local laws:

Primarily remain in a stationary position.
No required movement about the work environment to complete the major responsibilities of the job.
Primarily performed indoors in an office setting.
Ability to operate office equipment such as but not limited to computer, telephone, printer, and calculator.
Ability to communicate verbally.; Ability to communicate in written form.

Bonus Points If You Have

Strong hands-on experience and understanding of working in a cloud environment such as AWS
Experience with EMR (Elastic Map Reduce), Spark
Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins
Experience with the following technologies: Gradle, Terraform, Ansible, GitHub/GitFlow, PCF/OCP/Kubernetes technologies, Artifactory
Experience working with relational or no-SQL databases, Cloud Tools
Other programming languages (Unix scripting, Python, etc.)
ETL/ELT Tools (Ab Initio, DataStage, Informatica)
Data analysis skills, including data cleansing, data visualization, and/or critical thinking
Experience in supplemental tools and technologies involved in data integration (Unix/Linux, TWS/Control-M or alike, BI stack)

External applicants will be required to perform a technical interview.

**Discover will not sponsor or transfer employment work visas for this position. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.**

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Application Deadline:

The application window for this position is anticipated to close on Apr-20-2025. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. The posting may be available past this date, but it is not guaranteed.

Compensation:

The base pay for this position generally ranges between $73,500.00 to $124,300.00. Additional incentives may be provided as part of a market competitive total compensation package. Factors, such as but not limited to, geographical location, relevant experience, education, and skill level may impact the pay for this position.

Benefits:

We also offer a range of benefits and programs based on eligibility. These benefits include:

Paid Parental Leave
Paid Time Off
401(k) Plan
Medical, Dental, Vision, & Health Savings Account
Short and Long Term Disability, Life, and Accidental Death & Dismemberment insurances
Recognition Program
Education Assistance
Commuter Benefits
Family Support Programs
Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Learn more at mydiscoverbenefits.com.

What are you waiting for? Apply today!

All Discover employees place our customers at the very center of our work. To deliver on our promises to our customers, each of us contribute every day to a culture that values compliance and risk management.

Discover is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other legally protected status. (Know Your Rights)

Discover complies with federal, state, and local laws applicable to qualified individuals with disabilities and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations. If you require a reasonable accommodation to search for a position, to complete an application, and/or to participate in an interview, please email HireAccommodation@discover.com. Any information you provide regarding your accommodation needs will be kept confidential and will only be used to determine and provide necessary accommodation.

At Discover, we are committed to creating an inclusive and equitable workplace through our Fair Chance Hiring practices. Fair Chance Hiring means that we base our hiring decisions on an applicant’s qualifications rather than their criminal record. All our positions are subject to Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. Our applicants go through a background check, and we follow all applicable local laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Hiring Ordinance (LA County Fair Chance).

Positions marked as remote eligible are limited to remote locations within the country in which the position is based.

Applicants must be 18 or older at the time of hire.