Data Engineer

We are changing FINANCE to finance CHANGE!
At Climate First Bank, we’re redefining what banking can be. As a Florida Benefit Corporation and FDIC-insured commercial bank, we offer a full suite of personal and business services—including solar, residential, commercial, ESOP Banking, Structured Finance and SBA loans—all designed to power a better future. We’re proud to be a Certified B Corporation, a member of 1% for the Planet, and part of the Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV), reflecting our deep commitment to sustainability, transparency, and ethical banking.
With branches in St. Petersburg, Winter Park, Mount Dora, and a growing digital presence, we’re proving that banking can be a force for good. We don’t just support environmental and social causes—we’re built on them.
Under our Holding Company, Climate First Bancorp, we are also powered by OneEthos. OneEthos operates at the intersection of fintech and traditional banking to expand access to inclusive, values-driven financial services. Regulated by the Federal Reserve Bank, it equips Community Banks, Credit Unions, CDFIs, and Green Banks with ethical lending tools—especially in climate finance and solar lending.
Join the Movement
We’re seeking driven, mission-aligned individuals ready to make an impact. If you’re passionate about sustainability, thrive in a fast-paced, results driven environment, and want to be part of something bigger, you will feel right at home.
Our team is one of goal-setters, go-getters, problem solvers, thought leaders, and changemakers. We celebrate wins, tackle challenges head-on, and push boundaries. Fueled by purpose, we thrive where perseverance and passion turn ambitious goals into reality.
Thrive at Climate First Bank
At Climate First Bank, we’re investing in your future. We offer a comprehensive, people-first benefits package that supports your health, finances, and work-life balance. Please note that benefit eligibility varies by employment status and that benefits for part-time employees may differ from those listed below.
Compensation — In addition to the base salary, this position may be eligible for an annual bonus, incentives and equity. Actual compensation is based on industry salary ranges, internal salary structures, experience, skills and other job-related factors.
Health Coverage — 100% employer-paid for employees; employer contribution for dependents by Us
Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
Health Savings Account (HSA)
Free Telemedicine access via Teladoc
Financial Wellness & Wealth Building
401(k) with 6% Employer Match — No Vesting Period.
Employee Stock Options
Exclusive Employee Banking Perks
0% Financing for Employee Solar Loans
Employee Only Mortgage Product with exclusive interest rates and terms.
0% Financing for Eligible Electric Vehicles (EVs)
Referral Incentives
Generous Paid Time Off
2–4 Weeks of Vacation based on officer level plus additional tenure-based time.
64 Hours of Paid Sick Time for all full-time employees.
Protection & Peace of Mind
Company-Paid Life Insurance
Short- & Long-Term Disability Insurance
Voluntary Life, Accident & Critical Illness Coverage
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with free counseling, legal, and financial services.
Now Hiring: Data Engineer
All Climate First Bank employees must be willing to embrace the vision of an inclusive, equitable, and regenerative economic system. The Data Engineer designs, builds, maintains, and improves the Bank’s enterprise data pipelines, integrations, databases, and analytical data models. The role owns the flow of data from source connection through ingestion, transformation, validation, storage, monitoring, and delivery to reporting and analytics consumers. This hands-on role spans cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. The Data Engineer integrates core banking platforms, operational databases, APIs, files, SaaS applications, and cloud data platforms while emphasizing secure, reliable, documented, and business-ready outcomes. The successful candidate must combine strong SQL, data integration, scripting, data quality, and troubleshooting skills with practical judgment and clear communication.
What You’ll Contribute as a Data Engineer
Data Architecture and Pipeline Ownership
Design, develop, operate, and improve end-to-end ETL and ELT pipelines from enterprise sources to business-ready datasets and analytical models.
Own source connectivity, extraction, transformation, loading, validation, storage, monitoring, recovery, documentation, and operational support.
Build maintainable solutions that meet defined business needs without unnecessary complexity; balance immediate delivery with a scalable foundation.
Evaluate existing pipelines, rebuild unstable or obsolete processes, and select patterns based on business value, risk, cost, performance, security, and supportability
Data Integration and Source Connectivity
Integrate Microsoft SQL Server and other relational databases, ODBC sources, REST APIs, SaaS applications, secure file locations, shared datasets, CSV, JSON, Parquet, and other approved sources.
Develop reusable ingestion patterns for authentication, pagination, rate limits, token renewal, retries, logging, exception handling, and schema changes.
Support batch, incremental, snapshot, near-real-time, and streaming patterns when justified by business requirements.
Maintain source-to-target mappings and document how source fields become standardized, validated, and usable information.
SQL, Database Engineering, and Data Modeling
Create complex SQL queries, views, stored procedures, functions, tables, keys, and transformation logic.
Manage SQL Server from the database perspective, including schemas, objects, data structures, permissions coordination, backup requirements, troubleshooting, and performance.
Design normalized structures and analytical models, including facts