What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Engineer / Developer position at Simplicity Group?
Job Description
Position Title: Data Engineer/Developer
Reports to: VP, Technology
Department: Development and Technology
Location: Simplicity Office, 3600 American Blvd W, Minnesota; 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:
Compensation (based On Experience)
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 products. Simplicity Group 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, Simplicity Group has assisted with the placement of more than $10
billion of insurance financial assets and has $10 billion of assets under management and advisement as
of Q3 2024. Simplicity Group is a fast-growing business, focused on organic growth initiatives to help its
distribution partners expand their businesses. It is also focused on growing by acquisition. Simplicity
Group has over 1,000 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 Simplicity Group’s day-to-day business.
For more information, please visit simplicitygroup.com.
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 products. Simplicity Group 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, Simplicity Group has assisted with the placement of more than $10 billion of insurance financial assets and has $10 billion of assets under management and advisement as of Q3 2024. Simplicity Group is a fast-growing business, focused on organic growth initiatives to help its distribution partners expand their businesses. It is also focused on growing by acquisition. Simplicity Group has over 1,000 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 Simplicity Group’s day-to-day business. For more information, please visit simplicitygroup.com.
Position Title: Data Engineer/Developer
Reports to: VP, Technology
Department: Development and Technology
Location: Simplicity Office, 3600 American Blvd W, Minnesota; 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.
- Hands-on experience with building data-focused processes in languages such as Laravel/PHP, Python, or other languages.
- Knowledge and experience working in cloud platforms like AWS and/or Azure.
- Experience working with complex data objects in various formats like JSON, XML and across different DB designs like MySQL, MS SQL, and Salesforce DB’s.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or related field.
- Proven experience in data engineering, ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes, and data pipeline development.
- Knowledge of or experience with Salesforce data models, API’s and high-level architecture. Experience with other CRM tools and their data is also a plus.
- Experience with Business Intelligence tools such as Domo, Microsoft PowerBI, or other BI tools.
- Agile development experience working with tools such as Atlassian Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket.
- Experience with financial services products such as insurance, wealth management, or related fields is a plus.
- Certification or coursework in data engineering or related technologies.
- Excellent problem-solving skills, analytical thinking, and attention to detail.
- Effective communication and teamwork abilities to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams.
- Proven success working in both a team environment as well as independently.
Compensation (based On Experience)
- Base salary: $110,000 - $130,000
- This is an exempt position
- Annual performance bonus target: 10%
- Employee benefits (medical, dental, vision, life insurance, other)
- 401k with employer match
- Paid Time Off
- Paid parking
- This role is an in-office position
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 products. Simplicity Group 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, Simplicity Group has assisted with the placement of more than $10
billion of insurance financial assets and has $10 billion of assets under management and advisement as
of Q3 2024. Simplicity Group is a fast-growing business, focused on organic growth initiatives to help its
distribution partners expand their businesses. It is also focused on growing by acquisition. Simplicity
Group has over 1,000 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 Simplicity Group’s day-to-day business.
For more information, please visit simplicitygroup.com.
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 products. Simplicity Group 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, Simplicity Group has assisted with the placement of more than $10 billion of insurance financial assets and has $10 billion of assets under management and advisement as of Q3 2024. Simplicity Group is a fast-growing business, focused on organic growth initiatives to help its distribution partners expand their businesses. It is also focused on growing by acquisition. Simplicity Group has over 1,000 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 Simplicity Group’s day-to-day business. For more information, please visit simplicitygroup.com.
Salary : $110,000 - $130,000
