Staff Engineer – Tech Lead

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Job Summary:

Data lies at the heart of everything we do at Socure, and establishing meaningful relationships between data elements is key to the performance of our products. We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Staff Engineer - Tech Lead to lead the design and development of our new Identity Graph project, a greenfield initiative that will form the foundation of all our products. In this role, you will lead a team of talented data and backend engineers while playing a key role in advancing Socure’s identity infrastructure to power the next generation of identity fraud products. Your work will directly impact the scalability, reliability, and performance of solutions critical to Socure’s success.This project has the highest visibility and backing including the CEO, CTO and CPO

Key Responsibilities:
Technical Leadership:

• Lead the architectural design and implementation of scalable, reliable, and secure data platform solutions.

• Provide mentorship and guidance to engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and coaching.

• Establish and enforce best practices in data engineering, including coding, testing, and deployment.

• Define, design, and develop data products for the company

• Design and implement solutions using modern data lakes, warehouses, and graph databases to model complex data relationships.

• Write and review high-quality code to ensure system performance, maintainability, and scalability.

• Implement robust testing frameworks and CI/CD pipelines to support continuous delivery of data products.

• Own the end-to-end development of complex data ETL pipelines for batch and real-time processing, supporting both model training and inference. Ensure data quality and consistency across all pipelines.

• Oversee the development of low latency, scalable, and performant APIs to query the graph and generate ML features.
  

Collaboration and Communication:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product, Engineering, Data Science, Infrastructure) to align data engineering efforts with business objectives.

• Partner with legal and security teams to ensure compliance with PII handling, security, and regulatory requirements.

• Effectively communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Innovation and Continuous Improvement:

• Stay current with emerging technologies and trends in big data, graph databases, and cloud computing.

• Propose and implement new technologies and methodologies to enhance data platform performance and cost-efficiency.

• Contribute to open-source projects and represent Socure in technical communities.

Qualifications:
Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or years experience equivalent.

• 10+ years of professional experience in data engineering, including 4+ years in a lead role.

• Proven ability to lead and grow high-performing technical teams.

Technical Skills:

• Expertise in building large-scale data solutions in modern cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).

• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, SQL, and one or more of Java, Scala, or Go.

• Strong experience with data lakes, data warehouses, and streaming frameworks (e.g., Apache Spark, Kafka, Flink).

• Hands-on experience with graph databases and algorithms (e.g., Neo4j, Amazon Neptune, or OrientDB).

• Strong understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and data structures.

• Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and microservices architecture.

• Well versed in developing highly available, scalable low latency online systems.  

• Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in building ML feature data pipelines using Databricks or similar ecosystems.

• Knowledge of cybersecurity best practices and regulatory compliance.

• Deep understanding of graph algorithms and data processing techniques.

• Prior experience in developing and working with Graphql APIs

• Expertise in JVM based language, performance tuning and caching

• Experience with identity resolution, or fraud detection systems

Salary Disclosure:Base Salary range: $190,000 - $220,000

This represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Final offers may vary from the amount listed based on factors including geography, candidate experience and expertise, and other job related factors. Socure's compensation and rewards package for full time roles includes a market competitive salary, equity,  comprehensive benefits, and, for applicable roles, commissions plans or an annual discretionary performance bonus.

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