Data Engineer

About Pagaya

Pagaya is a global technology company making life-changing financial products and services available to more people nationwide, as it reshapes the financial services ecosystem. By using machine learning, a vast data network and a sophisticated AI-driven approach, Pagaya provides comprehensive consumer credit and residential real estate solutions for its partners, their customers, and investors. Its proprietary API and capital solutions integrate into its network of partners to deliver seamless user experiences and greater access to the mainstream economy. Pagaya has offices in New York and Tel Aviv. For more information, visit pagaya.com.

About the Role

We are seeking a talented and motivated Data Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will be a key player in designing, developing, and maintaining robust data pipelines and infrastructure that support our Data Science department. This position offers the opportunity to work with modern technologies in a dynamic production environment, contributing directly to scalable, data-driven solutions that drive business impact.

Responsibilities

• Design, Build, and maintain efficient, scalable data pipelines, ETLs and infrastructure.
• Collaborate with Data Science, BI,business users and Product teams to deliver high-quality data solutions.
• Work with a modern data stack, including Databricks, Snowflake, DBT, Airflow, and AWS services.
• Monitor, debug, and optimize data pipelines to ensure high availability and performance.
• Develop and implement processes for data validation, transformation, and loading from diverse sources.
• Take ownership of projects, managing them from concept to deployment.
• Actively contribute to improving the team’s practices, tools, and processes.

Requirements

• 3+ years as a Data Engineer or similar role.
• Proven expertise in Python.
• Advanced proficiency in SQL for data manipulation.
• Familiarity with monitoring and debugging data pipelines in production environments.
• Experience with data pipeline orchestration systems, such as Airflow.
• Familiarity with cloud-based environments, particularly AWS.
• A team-oriented, proactive individual with a passion for data and problem-solving.
• An enthusiastic, fast-learning, team-oriented, and motivated individual who loves working with data.

Advantages

• Familiarity with data modeling and transformation frameworks like DBT.
• Knowledge of Databricks, Snowflake, or other data platforms
• Excellent coding skills in Python.
• Proficiency in data manipulation libraries such as Pandas and NumPy.

Our Team

Pagaya was founded in 2016 by seasoned research, finance, and technology entrepreneurs, and we are now 500+ strong in New York, Los Angeles, and Tel Aviv.

We move fast and smart, identifying new opportunities and building end-to-end solutions from AI models and unique data sources. Every Pagaya team member is solving new and exciting challenges every day in a culture based on partnership, collaboration, and community.

Join a team of builders who are working every day to enable better outcomes for our partners and their customers.

Our Values

Our values are at the heart of everything we do. We believe great solutions are built through a great community.

• Advance Inclusion- We create a world where everyone can win, designing systems that better represent people and generate sustainable value for our employees, partners and investors.
• Be Accountable Together- We proudly own our actions and our results, taking initiative to ensure our work gets over the finish line as a team.
• Continuously Learn- We challenge ourselves for the sake of getting better as individuals, as teams, and as an organization to deliver for our partners.
• Debate and Commit- We respectfully and openly debate to strengthen our ideas and build shared conviction - once we decide, we go all in, together.
• Dream Big and Act- We boldly tackle complex problems, pressure-test solutions in real-time, and adapt with speed and energy.

More than just a job

We believe health, happiness, and productivity go hand-in-hand. That's why we're continually looking to enhance the ways we support you with benefits programs and perks that allow every Pagayan to do the best work of their life. 

Pagaya is an equal opportunity employer. Pagaya is encouraging diversity and actively seeking applicants from all backgrounds, as are committed to creating a diverse workforce together with an inclusive environment for all. Employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, skills, and business needs.