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Discover. A more rewarding way to work.

At Discover Financial Services, you’ll find yourself in the company of some of the industry’s smartest and most reliable professionals. And at a company that rewards dedication, values innovation and supports growth.

Thrive in an environment that promotes teamwork and shared success. Build on a foundation of mutual respect. Join the company that understands rewarding careers like no other, with this exceptional opportunity:

Job Description:

At Discover Financial Services you can make an impact. Whether it’s developing corporate strategy, innovating new services or supporting IT needs, every employee has the opportunity to be a vital part of our business and make a real difference in people’s lives. It’s the heart of what we do. Discover is one of the most recognized brands in U.S. financial services.

We’re a direct banking and payment services company built on a legacy of innovation and customer service. Our employees have always played a big part in our success. We support, challenge and inspire employees to continually develop their skills, advance their career and help grow our business.

Discover Financial Services is seeking a Principal Data Engineer to join our Advanced Analytics Data team. Successful candidates will partner with our business partners to understand their data needs, and build data pipelines using cutting edge technologies like Kinesis/Kafka. Additionally you will explore the use of Python, Scala, Spark APIs to enrich data for our data scientists.

The ideal candidate will be passionate about Discover Financial Service’s data and its mission.

Where you can make an impact:

Drive highly visible projects include translating business and technology requirements into our Cloud ETL/ELT architecture.
Develop real-time data ingestion and stream-analytic solutions leveraging technologies such as Kafka, Apache Spark, Kinesis, Java, NoSQL DBs, AWS EMR.
Collaborate with cross functional teams such as AWS cloud & platform engineering, DBAs and business teams.
Provide our highest senior level technical capabilities to architect and implement our data on cloud roadmap.

You are:

Highly productive: Ability to deliver with minimal oversight on a day-to-day basis. This role is intended for somebody who is passionate about data and developing solutions to generate data insights.
Fierce fast attitude: Must be motivated to work hard in a fast-paced environment with other high caliber engineers
Multi-tasking and prioritization expertise: Enjoy balancing numerous different priorities and demands.
Learner: Passionate learner who enjoys education through class room training and self-discovery on a variety of emerging technologies
Leader: Decision making capabilities while gathering information and demonstrating leadership to management, and junior level staff.

Skills:

Skills Required:

At a minimum, here’s what we need from you:

BS in Computer Science or related field, or professional experience in data movement.
10+ years of data engineering experience working with structured and un-structured data.
Experience in Agile methodologies is must.
Experience with SQL is a must and exposure to Snowflake is a big plus.
Proficiency in scripting languages such as Shell/Python/Scala/Java is a must.
Well versed with Linux/Unix operating system.
Prior experience with Banking or Financial domain is a big plus.
Good understanding of Big Data technology trends, with knowledge of technologies such as Kinesis, Kafka, Spark, Hive, pySpark.
Experience with one of the ETL tools Abinitio, Informatica or Data Stage

Skills Desired:

Preferred Qualifications

If we had our say, we’d also look for:

Experience with AWS Cloud Services is a big plus.

What are you waiting for? Apply today!

And by the way, while you’re waiting to hear from us, don’t forget to check out the great benefits Discover offers.

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Discover Financial Services is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, among other things, or as a qualified individual with a disability.

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Deepak Sevak

VP of Payments Infrastructure Products and Program Management

BALANCE IS KEY

A supportive environment for pushing the envelope

Deepak Sevak’s team thrives in an adaptive, innovative culture. Recently, they launched a program for the digital modernization of Discover’s network authorization platform, with the goal of building a decoupled cloud-based architecture — ensuring new, more efficient payment capabilities make it to market faster. Despite the constant race of technology, his team doesn’t sacrifice their sanity. “We foster a culture that drives a balance of spending time with loved ones and leveraging that happiness back into work. That drives the energy of an adaptive, innovative fintech culture,” he said.

Our teams continue to think about how to design and architect differently, driving improvement for our customers.

Melissa Douros

VP Digital Design and User Experience

TACKLING NEW CHALLENGES

There’s never a dull moment

Melissa Douros’ design team stays booked and busy. After recently completing a brand overhaul, they are creating a unified digital design language across the organization. As part of these efforts, they launched a new mobile app and got to see its impact firsthand. “It’s rare to see reactions to our visuals, but we did extensive user research and roadshows. There is a smile on people’s faces, a connection being made — that is what we are striving for every day.” Up next, the team will be “eliminating cold handoffs” to ensure every customer interaction is a warm experience.

This team pushes themselves and each other to try new things as we work to deliver the best for our customers.

What are Discover Perks + Benefits

Discover Benefits Overview

Start enjoying great benefits Day 1 — We support you with the same dedication we bring to all of our customers. Our comprehensive benefits package features first-class insurance, financial planning support and excellent perks designed to help you reach your goals and live a rich, healthy life.

Check out more of our amazing employee benefits at mydiscoverbenefits.com

Culture

Volunteer in local community

Discover’s business is built on helping people, and we invest in the community (Blessing Backpacks, Boys & Girls Clubs, Big Brothers/Sisters) to demonstrate our commitment to a brighter future.

Partners with nonprofits

Open door policy

OKR operational model

Team based strategic planning

Open office floor plan

Flexible work schedule

Remote work program

Diversity

Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff

Mandated unconscious bias training

Diversity manifesto

Diversity employee resource groups

Hiring practices that promote diversity

Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

You can open a separate Health Care FSA (HCFSA) and contribute up to $2,650 tax-free from your paycheck to reimburse yourself for eligible out-of-pocket expenses.

Disability insurance

Employees receive Short-Term Disability Insurance at no cost.

Dental insurance

Discover offers two dental plan options — Standard and Premier — both are administered by MetLife.

Vision insurance

Discover offers two vision plan options — Standard and Premier through VSP.

Health insurance

Discover offers a variety of medical plans for you and eligible family members, so that you can choose the benefit plan that suits your needs.

Life insurance

As a Discover employee, you receive Basic Life Insurance of one times your HWEE (up to $500,000) at no cost to you.

Pet insurance

Purchase medical coverage at a discounted rate for your beloved family pet. The more pets you insure, the greater the discount.

Wellness programs

Help balance your work and personal life with a wide variety of free and discounted resource and referral services including family and relationship counseling and financial guidance.

Mental health benefits

Financial & Retirement

401(K)

You may elect to contribute 1% to 30% of your eligible base salary, commissions and bonus on a pre-tax basis, up to IRS limits every year.

401(K) matching

Discover matches up to 6% of the pre-tax contributions you make to the 401(k) Plan.

Employee stock purchase plan

The ESPP provides eligible employees with an opportunity to purchase shares of Discover common stock through payroll deductions at a 5% discount.

Performance bonus

Charitable contribution matching

Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits

Childcare benefits