Company :
Toorak Capital Partners is an integrated correspondent lending and table funding platform that acquires business purpose residential, multifamily and mixed-use loans throughout the U.S. and the United Kingdom. Headquartered in Tampa, FL., Toorak Capital Partners acquires these loans directly from a network of private lenders on a correspondent basis.
Summary :
- The role of the Lead Data Engineer is to develop, implement, for building high performance, scalable data solution to support Toorak's Data Strategy
- Lead Data architecture for Toorak Capital.
- Lead efforts to create API framework to use data across customer facing and back office applications.
- Establish consistent data standards, reference architectures, patterns, and practices across the organization for both OLTP and OLAP (Data warehouse, Data Lake house) MDM and AI / ML technologies
- Lead sourcing and synthesis of Data Standardization and Semantics discovery efforts turning insights into actionable strategies that will define the priorities for the team and rally stakeholders to the vision
- Lead the data integration and mapping efforts to harmonize data.
- Champion standards, guidelines, and direction for ontology, data modeling, semantics and Data Standardization in general at Toorak.
- Lead strategies and design solutions for a wide variety of use cases like Data Migration (end-to-end ETL process), database optimization, and data architectural solutions for Analytics Data Projects
Required Skills :
Designing and maintaining the data models, including conceptual, logical, and physical data models5+ years of experience using NoSQL systems like MongoDB, DynamoDB and Relational SQL Database systems (PostgreSQL) and Athena5+ years of experience on Data Pipeline development, ETL and processing of structured and unstructured data5+ years of experience in large scale real-time stream processing using Apache Flink or Apache Spark with messaging infrastructure like Kafka / PulsarProficiency in using data management tools and platforms, such as data cataloging software, data quality tools), and data governance platformsExperience with Big Query, SQL Mesh(or similar SQL-based cloud platform).Knowledge of cloud platforms and technologies such as Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services.Strong SQL skills.Experience with API development and frameworks.Knowledge in designing solutions with Data Quality, Data Lineage, and Data CatalogsStrong background in Data Science, Machine Learning, NLP, Text processing of large data setsExperience in one or more of the following : Dataiku, DataRobot, Databricks, UiPath would be nice to have.Using version control systems (e.g., Git) to manage changes to data governance policies, procedures, and documentationAbility to rapidly comprehend changes to key business processes and the impact on overall Data framework.Flexibility to adjust to multiple demands, shifting priorities, ambiguity, and rapid change.Advanced analytical skills.High level of organization and attention to detail.Self-starter attitude with the ability to work independently.Knowledge of legal, compliance, and regulatory issues impacting data.Experience in finance preferred.