Avant · Chicago
Data & AI
Avant is a high-growth fintech company dedicated to creating rewarding financial products for the everyday consumer. As a profitable, scale-up organization, we are focused on accelerating our market share growth and expanding our suite of product offerings. We’re looking for builders and problem-solvers to join our Chicago-based team and help us define the next chapter of our growth.
As a Senior Analytics Engineer, you will be at the heart of Avant’s technical evolution. This isn’t a maintenance role; you’ll be a key player in designing and building the foundational data and analytics solutions that power our products and decision-making. Alongside that build work, you’ll partner directly with Business Operations and Product teams – understanding their needs, shaping those needs into a solution concept, and planning the work before implementing it on our stack.
You will tackle the dual challenge of scaling our core systems for the future while pioneering the practical application of Generative AI to create real business differentiation.
You will join a focused, agile team with significant autonomy and a mandate to build and optimize. If you are a curious, hands-on engineer who thrives on variety and wants to shape how a successful fintech scales its most critical capabilities, this is the opportunity for you.
What you’ll do at Avant:
Build and Evolve Our Data Platform
Design and implement solutions to automate the end-to-end data lifecycle.
Seamlessly integrate our complex ecosystem of systems, tools, and partner organizations.
Develop data solutions that empower teams with self-service access to data and insights, while ensuring rigorous adherence to data and process governance.
Evolve and expand our core data and analytics stack – working with technologies like Databricks, dbt, Spark, Kafka, and Airflow – to make advanced capabilities accessible to everyone, with a growing emphasis on agentic development.
Partner closely with Business Operations and Product teams: understand their needs and challenges, shape a clear solution concept, and build the tools that will accelerate their work.
Shape Our Approach to GenAI
Move beyond the hype and contribute to the practical adoption of GenAI, focusing on solutions that deliver real business value.
Help define patterns and practices for enabling reliable, observable, and cost-effective GenAI tooling for broad use across the organization.
Empower analysts with agentic tooling that will help streamline and automate their daily operations.
Why you’re at fit at Avant:
Experience: 5+ years of experience in data or platform engineering.
Technical Foundation: Strong data engineering and software development skills, experience building and deploying data solutions on modern data platforms like Databricks, and a solid understanding of data modeling and process automation. While our stack is SQL and Python heavy, we value engineering principles over specific tool expertise.
Consultative Approach: Comfortable in a business-facing environment – you can work with non-technical stakeholders to understand their processes and challenges, and turn that understanding into a solution concept and technical specification.
Problem-Solving Mindset: You can operate at multiple levels of abstraction, from high-level system design to hands-on coding. You approach unfamiliar tools and patterns with excitement and a desire to learn.
Pragmatism and Agility: You are a practical thinker who can critically evaluate tools and ideas. You’re comfortable building rapid prototypes and iterating on proofs-of-concept to find the best path forward.
Clear Communicator: You can articulate complex technical ideas and proposals, fostering open and productive design discussions.
What Will Set You Apart
Experience with our core stack: Databricks, dbt, Spark, Kafka, and Airflow.
Familiarity with specific business domains (Accounting/Finance, Credit Risk Modeling, Marketing, etc.)
Personal projects or a demonstrated interest in exploring GenAI or other emerging technologies.
This role is based on our downtown Chicago Office, located in the Merchandise Mart. We highly value collaboration and our hybrid schedule (M, T, Th in-office) enables flexibility to balance work and individual priorities.
Compensation Range:
The base salary range for this job is USD $90,000 - USD $110,000/ Year
Employees new to Avant typically come in below the midpoint of the pay range. The compensation range is based on the level outlined in the job posting, and compensation decisions are dependent on each applicant's experience, skills and abilities.
[If an outstanding applicant's experience and skill level is above or below the qualifications outlined in the job posting, we reserve the right to make an offer at a different level than the one listed in this job posting, which may have a different compensation range.]
This role is eligible for additional incentives, including an annual bonus. These rewards are allocated based on level, impact and performance in the role.
Our benefits include:
Choice of great Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance Plan options
401(k) match
Flexible Time Off
Flexible Work Environment - (i.e. Mon/Tues/Thurs in-person)
Generous Paid Parental Leave, Adoption Assistance and Post-parental leave ramp-up program
Lunch Allowance (Fooda) and In-office Snacks
Summer Fridays
Fun In-Office and Virtual Social Events
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We believe that a diverse set of backgrounds and experiences helps us create the most innovative solutions for our customers. We invite you to apply to our positions even if you do not meet 100% of the qualifications listed in the description. If you’re passionate about our mission and aligned to our values, we hope you’ll come contribute to our awesome culture.
Why Avant is the place for you:
At Avant, we believe our values make a difference:
Authenticity. We show up to work as our whole selves and make sure others can too.
Collaboration. We can only succeed when we do so as a team.
Problem-Solving. The harder the problem, the more satisfying the solution.
Customer. We are all owners of the customer experience.
Initiative. Plan. Adapt. Get Sh!t Done.
We believe that great ideas come from anyone and anywhere, that everyone is an owner who drives change, and that we have more fun when we work together. We're problem solvers who love collaborating with intelligent and highly-motivated people to reshape the face of digital banking. Avant offers terrific perks and benefits, fun social events with employees who actually like hanging out together, and a flexible growth environment where trying your hand at new projects and being the active owner of your career path is encouraged and supported.
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