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Our world-class culture is shaped by dedicated team members who are driven to succeed as professionals individually and together as a team. Backed by a strong product, exceptional people, and a stable financial foundation, we’ve grown into a leading provider of used and new car financing across the country.\nOur Engineering and Analytics Team Members utilize the latest technology to develop, monitor, and maintain complex practices that help optimize our success. Our Team Members value being challenged, are encouraged to express their ideas, and have the flexibility to enjoy work life balance. We build intrinsic value by partnering with all functions of our business to support their success and make strategic business decisions. We focus on professional development and continuous improvement while enjoying a casual work environment and Great Place to Work culture!\nAs a Software Engineer II, Data, you will design and build scalable, reliable, and observable data models and data pipelines across batch and streaming architectures, supporting structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data.Outcomes and Activities:\nThisposition will work from home; occasional planned travel to an assigned Southfield, Michigan office location may be required. However, this position is permitted to work at a Southfield, Michigan office location if requested by the team member\nDesigns and builds end-to-end data pipelines across batch and streaming architectures that process structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data with a strong emphasis on data quality, scalability, reliability, and observability.\nPartner with stakeholders to understand data requirements and implement effective data integration strategies.\nWrite unit tests and validate data against acceptance criteria.\nApply and advocate for team coding, documentation, and testing standards.\nConduct impact analysis to assess changes across applications.\nDevelop a strong understanding of business processes to align technical solutions with business needs.\nExperiment with new ideas, validate assumptions, and recommend solutions.\nParticipate in code reviews and communicate application changes.\nDocument code and projects for maintainability and support. This includes reading, writing, and reviewing design documents.\nTroubleshoot production issues and propose effective solutions.\nEngage in continuous learning to improve design, code quality, and domain knowledge.\nCompetencies: The following items detail how you will be successful in this role.\nCustomer Empathy: Customer Empathy is the ability to understand the perspectives, pain points, and experiences of customers. It involves actively putting oneself in the customer’s shoes, comprehending their needs and challenges, and using that understanding to provide a better, more customer-centric experience.\nEngineering Excellence: Engineering Excellence is about bringing great craftsmanship and thought leadership to deliver an outstanding product that delights customers and solves for the business. This involves the pursuit and achievement of high standards, best practices, innovation, and superior solutions.\nOne Team: A One Team mindset refers to a collaborative approach across the organization, where individuals work together seamlessly, without boundaries, as a single, cohesive team. Shared goals, open communication and mutual support create a sense of collective purpose. This enables teams to navigate challenges and pursue shared objectives more effectively.\n Owner’s Mindset: Owner’s Mindset involves adopting a set of behaviors that reflect a sense of responsibility, accountability, strategic thinking, and a proactive approach to managing your domain. As an owner, you understand the business and your domain(s) deeply and solve for the right outcome for the domain(s) and the business.\nRequirements:\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field; or equivalent work experience.\nMinimum 2 years of data engineering experience\nSolid grasp of programming (Python, SQL, Pyspark, etc), data modeling, and database management (SQL/NoSQL).\nExperience designing scalable batch and/or streaming data pipelines.\nStrong understanding of data modeling.\nFamiliarity with data governance, lineage, and quality frameworks.\nFluency with AI tools and ADLC\nWorking knowledge of Databricks\nExperience with Apache Spark\nPreferred:\nHands-on experience with AWS data services (e.g., S3, Glue, Lambda, MSK).\nProficient in CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, code quality enforcement, and environment management for production-grade data systems.\nExperience in orchestration and transformation frameworks such as Airflow, dbt, and Dagster, along with cloud-native platforms like Databricks.\nKnowledge and Skills:\nOperates with full autonomy on large-scale, complex data projects. Go to for a data domain.\nAnticipates edge cases, performance bottlenecks, and data quality risks\nAbility to challenge the status quo and contribute innovative solutions.\nStrong collaboration skills and openness to diverse perspectives.\nAbility to connect technical work to business value.\nStrong communication skills, both verbal and written, across all levels.\nTarget Compensation: A competitive base salary range from $105,603- $152,884. This position is eligible for an annual variable cash bonus, between 7.5 - 15%. Bonus amounts are based on individual performance. Final compensation within the range is influenced by many factors including role-specific skills, depth and experience level, industry background, relevant education and certifications.\nCandidates who reside in the following major metropolitan areas may be eligible for a premium on top of the posted range based on their specific zone: San Francisco, Seattle, Boston, New York City, Los Angeles and San Diego.\nINDENGLP\nBenefits\nExcellent benefits package that includes 401(K) match, adoption assistance, parental leave, tuition reimbursement, comprehensive medical/ dental/vision and many nonstandard benefits that make us a Great Place to Work \nOur Company Values:\nTo be successful in this role, Team Members need to be:\nPositive by maintaining resiliency and focusing on solutions\nRespectful by collaborating and actively listening\nInsightful by cultivating innovation, accumulating business and role specific knowledge, demonstrating self-awareness and making quality decisions\nDirect by effectively communicating and conveying courage\nEarnest by taking accountability, applying feedback and effectively planning and priority setting\nExpectations:\nRemain compliant with our policies processes and legal guidelines\nAll other duties as assigned\nAttendance as required by department\nAdvice!\nWe understand that your career search may look different than others. Our hiring team wants to make sure that this would be a fit not just for us, but for you long term. If you are actively looking or starting to explore new opportunities, send us your application!\nP.S.\nWe have great details around our stats, success, history and more. We’re proud of our culture and are happy to share why - let’s talk!\nRequired degrees must have been earned at institutions of Higher Education which are accredited by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation or equivalent.\nCredit Acceptance is dedicated to providing a safe and inclusive working environment for all. As part of our Culture of Compliance, we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and value our culturally diverse workforce. 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