Lead - Data Engineer

About Zeta

Zeta is a Next-Gen Banking Tech company that empowers banks and fintechs to launch banking products for the future. It was founded byBhavin Turakhia and Ramki Gaddipati in 2015.Our flagship processing platform - Zeta Tachyon - is the industry’s first modern, cloud-native, and fully API-enabled stack that brings together issuance, processing, lending, core banking, fraud & risk, and many more capabilities as a single-vendor stack. 20M+ cards have been issued on our platform globally.Zeta is actively working with the largest Banks and Fintechs in multiple global markets transforming customer experience for multi-million card portfolios.Zeta has over 1700+ employees - with over 70% roles in R&D - across locations in the US, EMEA, and Asia. We raised $280 million at a $1.5 billion valuation from Softbank, Mastercard, and other investors in 2021.

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About the Role

As a Data Engineer, you will be part of the team owning the migration of data for a medium to large-sized Bank in the US. The role will entail ensuring the successful migration of data from legacy systems to the Zeta platform. This role has a good mix of internal technical knowledge sharing and execution as well as Client interaction where you will find yourself playing a crucial role in designing, developing, and implementing data migration solutions to facilitate the seamless transition of data from legacy systems to Zeta platform.

Responsibilities

• Planning and strategy - Work with the Client counterparts to understand the overall scope of the program, timelines, bottlenecks etc. and come up with a high-level migration strategy and plan to convert the existing volumes from the Bank onto the Tachyon Cor
• Program execution and governance - Contribute heavily to the overall migration execution. Ensure all the rituals are followed religiously, risks are identified well in advance and called out, work on the mitigation plans, and ensure that the async updates are shared with relevant stakeholders without fail. Participate in the daily and weekly cadences as well as the governance calls with the senior client counterparts.
• Platform understanding - Develop a deep understanding of the Tachyon platform and associated functional and technical concepts including various types of product and policy configurations, platform capabilities around integration and extension mechanisms, data transmission and data migration. Be hands-on and try out the various platform capabilities including APIs etc. to build a first-hand understanding and know-how of the platform.
• Data Migration Strategy - Preparing Data Migration Strategy documents which will include Data transfer approach, Reconciliation approach, Quality assurance, number of mock runs/Dress rehearsals planned, Data storage/transfer/retention/deletion plan, impact of migration on bank's surround systems like core banking, data warehouse, mobile app etc.
• Cut-over/Go live Migration - ensure smooth cutover by closely working with various stakeholders like payment schemes, bank's teams (like marketing, operations, call center), regulators, auditors etc. Ensure that migration of Keys and related cryptographic data is accomplished
• Liaising with Product teams - Liaising with various product and program managers of Zeta to analyze and understand the Tachyon data Architecture as well as preparation of the migration script for the ETL from legacy systems
• Technical problem solving - Work closely with our clients and assist them in migration and using our platform and solutions in an effective manner. Provide assistance with integrations using APIs, Events, batch files and data extracts. Help debug client issues using your domain, technical and platform understanding and using standard debugging practices.
• Migration Scripting - develop data migration pipelines using ETL tools, scripting languages, and code. Lead Mock migration exercise to ensure that the scripts are able to handle all the migration requirements without any issues

Skills

• Data-oriented
• Bias for action
• Logically strong first principles thinker
• Excellent written/verbal communication and interpersonal skills especially with external stakeholders
• Rigorous attention to detail
• Ability to comprehend complex technical products/solutions and prioritize/reason out trade-offs
• Ability to solve an abstract requirement by breaking it into smaller problems sets and marrying it with what’s supported in the product 
• Product mindset to effectively capture functional requirements and map them to the Product landscape/technical specifications
• Excellent documentation skills - should be able to create detailed documents with relevant content (Data flow diagrams, flow charts, etc.)
• Strong stakeholder relationship management skills – able to influence and manage the expectations of senior executives internally and externally.
• Hands-on, i.e. ‘roll-up-your sleeve’ attitude

Experience and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in engineering (computer science, information systems)
• 10+ years of experience in Technology and Delivery roles combining more than one of-
• Data Architecture 
• Software Development and Data Engineering 
• Implementation and Data Migration or Data Conversion
• Must have been involved in the data migrations of few large sized clients
• Prior experience in a client-facing role with medium to large clients 
• Prior experience in Credit Card Migrations is a must
• Good experience in conducting workshops with large senior management groups and presenting solutions to a large audience

Equal Opportunity

Zeta is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, cultures, and communities to apply and believe that a diverse workforce is key to our success