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Senior Data Systems Engineer

January· Engineering
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New York City$200k - $231kFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

As the first Data Systems Engineer, you will own the foundation under every decision we make: what data lands, what our reports say, and what we offer to consumers. You’ll design scalable data infrastructure to power all stages of the consumer credit lifecycle and set data standards trusted by all downstream users.

Responsibilities

  • You've built and owned a data pipeline end to end.
  • You design for failure. Safe replayability, recovery that self heals where possible and has a clear runbook when it doesn’t
  • You treat data quality as a key indicator of pipeline health
  • You can own migrating a legacy system into a durable data pipeline by identifying the highest impact opportunities first, and you know when to build vs. buy.
  • You've collaborated with multiple stakeholders/data consumers, with an ability to manage asks and hold boundaries where they need to be held
  • You draw ownership lines through writing and influence instead of authority, and explain tradeoffs equally well to engineers and non-engineers.
  • You already use AI deeply in your own work and want to go further, including by architecting systems that repair themselves.
  • You love building 0 to 1, and you want the shape of a function to be yours.
  • 4+ years in software engineering, data engineering or data platforms.

Qualifications

  • 4+ years in software engineering, data engineering or data platforms.

Skills

Required:Data pipeline design and ownershipData qualitySystem design for failureLegacy system migrationStakeholder collaborationAI integrationCommunication and influence
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About January

Humanity in consumer finance starts with data.

January helps consumers take control of their debt with flexible payment options, settlements, and easy online account management.

consumer financeAI-enabled solutionsdebt recoverycompliancecredit lifecycle insightsthird party recoveriesconsumer relationships
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