Data Engineer / Developer

Job Description

Job Description

Position Title : Data Engineer / Developer

Reports to : VP, Technology

Department : Development and Technology

Location : Simplicity Summit Office; 86 Summit Ave, Summit, NJ 07901; In-office

Classification : Full-time; Exempt

Summary / Job Objective : As a data engineer / developer, you will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining scalable data pipelines and infrastructure that are used for collecting, storing, processing, and analyzing large volumes of data.

Essential Job Functions : Your role involves collaborating with business stakeholders, outside partners, other software developers, analysts, and other stakeholders to ensure data availability, reliability, and quality for decision-making and operational purposes.

Primary Responsibilities :

• Data Processing and Transformation : Implement data processing and transformation using state-of-the-art tools and processes. Build on top of existing capabilities and develop both custom features (e.g., Laravel / PHP, Python, or other frameworks) or enterprise software (e.g., Informatica, Mulesoft, or other tools).
• Data Pipeline Development : Design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable data pipelines for ingesting, transforming, and loading structured and unstructured data from various sources into data storage systems.
• Data Infrastructure : Manage and optimize data storage solutions, including databases, operational data stores, and data warehouses, to ensure high performance, reliability, and security.
• Data Quality and Governance : Implement data quality checks, monitoring, and governance processes to ensure data accuracy, consistency, and compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Performance Tuning : Identify and address performance bottlenecks in data pipelines and infrastructure through optimization, tuning, and capacity planning.
• Collaboration : Work closely with data scientists, analysts, software engineers, and business stakeholders to understand data requirements, develop data solutions, and support analytical use cases.
• Documentation : Document data pipelines, infrastructure configurations, and best practices for data engineering standards, ensuring knowledge sharing and team collaboration.

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Additional Qualifications (Preferred) :

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Compensation (based on experience)

Benefits

Location : Simplicity Summit Office; 86 Summit Ave, Summit, NJ 07901

Company Description

Headquartered in Summit, New Jersey, Simplicity Financial Marketing Group Holdings (“Simplicity Group”) is a financial holding company in the independent financial services sector that specializes in the distribution of retirement and financial planning solutions. Simplicity Group and its wholly-owned Broker-Dealer, partners with insurance and investment professionals to help provide consumers with guaranteed income and life insurance products, wealth accumulation strategies, disability, and long-term care protection in support of a holistic financial strategy.

Through its vast distribution network of insurance, wealth, and institutional channels, Simplicity Group has assisted with the placement of more than $10 billion of insurance assets and has $10 billion of assets under management and advisement as of Q4 2024. Simplicity Group is a fast-growing business, focused on organic growth initiatives to help its distribution partners expand their businesses. Simplicity Group has over 1,100 employees and 70 operating subsidiaries. Simplicity Group is owned by two of the leading San Francisco-based financial and tech-enabled services private equity firms and by its operating Partners, who help drive the company’s day-to-day business.

For more information, please visit simplicitygroup.com.

Company Description

Headquartered in Summit, New Jersey, Simplicity Financial Marketing Group Holdings (“Simplicity Group”) is a financial holding company in the independent financial services sector that specializes in the distribution of retirement and financial planning solutions. Simplicity Group and its wholly-owned Broker-Dealer, partners with insurance and investment professionals to help provide consumers with guaranteed income and life insurance products, wealth accumulation strategies, disability, and long-term care protection in support of a holistic financial strategy.\r\n\r\nThrough its vast distribution network of insurance, wealth, and institutional channels, Simplicity Group has assisted with the placement of more than $10 billion of insurance assets and has $10 billion of assets under management and advisement as of Q4 2024. Simplicity Group is a fast-growing business, focused on organic growth initiatives to help its distribution partners expand their businesses. Simplicity Group has over 1,100 employees and 70 operating subsidiaries. Simplicity Group is owned by two of the leading San Francisco-based financial and tech-enabled services private equity firms and by its operating Partners, who help drive the company’s day-to-day business.\r\n\r\nFor more information, please visit simplicitygroup.com.