Staff Sdet- Data Lake

About Alkami The Alkami Platform is a cloud-based solution for all digital banking needs Alkami helps clients transform through retail and business banking digital account opening payment security and data and marketing solutions Alkami equips financial institutions to adapt quickly to market needs keep users engaged and drive long-term growth Alkami partners in the ongoing transformation of banks and credit unions delivering the turnkey solutions they need to build a thriving digital banking community for customers and members About Alkami As a TechFin company we heavily invest in the technology needed to power a high-performing platform for financial institutions and their growing user base Alkamis platform is built with scale speed data and availability as underlying foundational pieces with a developer first mindset We invest in modernizing our platform to scale to 50MM members users with cloud-native technologies like streaming Kubernetes data lake service mesh and observability We are transforming digital banking with our growth mindset and digital innovation driving engagement and revenue for the financial institutions we serve TestStrategy Framework Development Architectandimplementend-to-endautomatedtestingframeworkstailoredfordata lakes warehouses and ETL pipelines Developcomprehensivetestplans includingfunctional integration regression performance and security testing for big data systems Defineandimplementdataqualitychecks datavalidationprocesses andmonitoring pipelines to ensure system reliability Leadership Mentorship ActasatechnicalleaderbymentoringSeniorSDETsandJuniorSDETs onbest practices advanced testingmethodologies andinnovativeapproachestoquality assurance Provideguidanceoncomplex datatestingscenarios debuggingstrategies andthe adoption of emerging testing tools and techniques PerformanceOptimization Establishtesting KPIstomeasuretheperformance reliability andscalabilityofdata pipelines and applications Identifyandaddressbottlenecksindataprocessingandtransformationworkflows through rigorous performance testing Collaboration Communication Collaboratewithdataengineers productmanagers andDevOpsteams toensure testing efforts align with business and technical goals Participateincross-functionaldesign discussionstoproactivelyidentifyqualityrisks and advocate for testable and maintainable system designs Communicateteststrategies progress andresultseffectivelytostakeholders including non-technical audiences Innovation ContinuousImprovement Research evaluate andimplementcutting-edgetoolsandtechnologiestoimprove testing efficiency coverage and reliability Championacultureofqualitybyintroducinginnovativetestingmethodologiesand fostering collaboration across teams OperationalResponsibilities Supportproductionenvironmentsbymonitoringdataqualityandaddressingon-call issues during critical escalations PartnerwithDevOpsteamstoenhance CI CDpipelines ensuring smoothintegrationof automated tests and deployments Knowledge Skills Qualifications Required ExtensiveProgrammingExpertise MasteryofPython SQL andother scripting languages for building advanced testing tools and frameworks ETLTesting Tools In-depthknowledgeofETLtesting toolssuchasPytest PyDeequ Soda Great Expectations and AWS Glue Data Quality BigDataExpertise In-depthknowledge ofbigdatatoolslikeApacheSpark Kafka and Airflow with experience testing and validating large-scale data pipelines CloudPlatforms AdvancedexpertisewithAWSbigdataservicesGlueandAirflow including hands-on experience designing and testing cloud-based data solutions LeadershipSkills Proven abilitytoleadandmentor teams providingtechnical guidance and fostering a collaborative environment Report Tools Hands-on experience with reporting and visualization tools such as AmazonQuickSight Tableau orPowerBI withtheabilitytovalidatereportaccuracy and integrity DataGovernance Strongunderstandingofdatagovernanceprinciples including privacy security and compliance best practices DataStreams DeepexpertiseinstreamingtechnologiessuchasKafka Kinesis or equivalent with experience testing real-time data pipelines DevOpsIntegration ExpertiseinCI CDprocesses infrastructureascode and containerized deployment using tools like Docker Kubernetes and Jenkins Excellentproblem-solvinganddebuggingskills forresolvingcomplex technicalissues Strongverbalandwritten communicationskills withtheability toarticulatecomplex technical concepts to diverse audiences Demonstratedability toworkindependentlyandleadcross-functionalinitiatives Preferred MPPDataWarehouses Experiencewithmassivelyparallel processing MPP data warehouses like Redshift Greenplum or Snowflake FinTechExpertise BackgroundinfinancialtechnologyorSaaSenvironmentswithan understanding of industry-specific data challenges SecureCoding Practices Knowledgeofsecure codingpractices access controls and tools like AWS Lake Formation