Data Engineer

 SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history, SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services, including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group has more than 130 offices and 80,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group, which is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan. SMFG’s shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges.

In the Americas, SMBC Group has a presence in the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru. Backed by the capital strength of SMBC Group and the value of its relationships in Asia, the Group offers a range of commercial and investment banking services to its corporate, institutional, and municipal clients. It connects a diverse client base to local markets and the organization’s extensive global network. The Group’s operating companies in the Americas include Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC), SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., SMBC Capital Markets, Inc., SMBC MANUBANK, JRI America, Inc., SMBC Leasing and Finance, Inc., Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro S.A., and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd.

The anticipated salary range for this role is between $97,000.00 and $156,000.00. The specific salary offered to an applicant will be based on their individual qualifications, experiences, and an analysis of the current compensation paid in their geography and the market for similar roles at the time of hire. The role may also be eligible for an annual discretionary incentive award. In addition to cash compensation, SMBC offers a competitive portfolio of benefits to its employees.

Role Description

• We are currently seeking a talented and motivated Senior Data Engineer to join our Cloud data solutions team.
•  This role will be responsible for designing, developing & deploying cloud data solutions for risk, regulatory, finance & compliance projects and be at the forefront of on-prem to cloud migration initiative.
• This role will require indirect leadership and mentorship of junior team members.
• Work with business teams, product managers, and other stakeholders to understand business requirements, needs, or process gaps that would be addressed via proposed applications.
• Engage with IT systems architects, database administrators, and cyber security team to meet the back-end functionality demands of the application.
• Liaise with other technology and development teams as needed to coordinate on the integration of applications with the larger company software ecosystem.
• Participate in periodic development meetings to align development priorities and objectives, assign tasks, and share experiences and challenges with applications under development

Role Objectives: Interpersonal

Work with business units as a main point of contact to diagnose and support database design and query issues, as well as provide training on database use and functions. Partner with IT system administrators to perform maintenance and upgrades on database infrastructure, update security lists, and troubleshoot performance and hardware issues. Collaborate with application development team to advise on capacity and resource requirements, maintain data exchange and API structures, monitor job schedules and operate reporting tools. Engage with network administrators to maintain telecommunication structures, network security policy and access lists, and troubleshoot any connectivity issues.

Role Objectives: Expertise

• Extensive experience on Cloud solutions, specifically in Azure
• Experience with Azure cloud services, Azure Data Factory, Gen 2, Azure Databases, Functions, Databricks, etc
• Strong knowledge of Python, Java or similar high-level server-side languages
• Advanced working SQL knowledge on relational databases, preferably on MS SQL Server and databases on Azure cloud
• Experience with the DevOps lifecycle (git, Jenkins, etc.)
• Experience with Jira/Confluence
• Experience with REST web services and microservice architecture
• Databricks Cluster configuration, Unity catalog repository configuration.
• Build large-scale batch and real-time data pipelines with data processing frameworks in Azure cloud platform.
• Partner with architects, engineers, information analysts, business, and technology stakeholders for developing and deploying enterprise grade platforms that enable data-driven solutions.
• Coordinating with platform, APIM, Azure DevOps, and Support.
• Analyze and design technical solutions on Azure to address business needs.
• Develop, test, and modify software to improve efficiency of data platforms and applications.
• Integrating data from a variety of sources, assuring that they adhere to data quality and accessibility standards.
• Enable streaming data use-cases and standard design patterns in a big data environment.
• Review and provide feedback on core code changes and support production deployment.

Qualifications and Skills

Minimum 4 years of software development experience in enterprise applications, preferably in the financial services industry and on data-heavy systems

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or information systems preferred.

Additional Requirements

SMBC’s employees participate in a Hybrid workforce model that provides employees with an opportunity to work from home, as well as, from an SMBC office. SMBC requires that employees live within a reasonable commuting distance of their office location. Prospective candidates will learn more about their specific hybrid work schedule during their interview process. Hybrid work may not be permitted for certain roles, including, for example, certain FINRA-registered roles for which in-office attendance for the entire workweek is required.

We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. SMBC provides reasonable accommodations for employees and applicants with disabilities consistent with applicable law. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please let us know at accommodations@smbcgroup.com.