Data & Intelligence Platform Lead at Summer.fi

<h4 data-start="225" data-end="696">Who We Are</h4> <p>Summer is a Certified B Corp® on a mission to restore financial freedom for the 46 million Americans burdened by student debt. We combine deep policy expertise with powerful technology to simplify every step of college cost planning and loan repayment. We have helped people save an average of $278 per month and more than $1.8 billion in total savings to date.</p> <p>By partnering with leading employers, cities, and financial institutions, including ADP, the City of New York, Banc of California, Norton Healthcare, and the American Federation of Teachers, Summer helps millions of Americans move closer to a debt-free future.</p> <p>Backed by $30 million in funding from top investors including Rebalance Capital, SemperVirens, QED Investors, General Catalyst, and Flourish Ventures, we’re building the infrastructure that powers student loan relief and education affordability in America.</p> <h4 data-start="1224" data-end="1468">Your Role</h4> <p>We are seeking a Data & Intelligence Platform Lead to join our Engineering team. In this role, you will be the foundational architect of Summer’s Data & Intelligence Platform. You will lead evolution from an application-first data culture—currently reliant on tribal knowledge and an ad hoc data lake—to an enterprise-grade platform capable of powering strategic business insights and AI-driven debt optimization at massive scale.</p> <p>You will architect the "Identity" strategy that stitches together disparate federal and private data sources into a definitive user profile, ensuring Summer is Data Centric, AI-Native, and strategically prepared to navigate the complex business landscape intrinsic to the student loan ecosystem.</p> <p>You will also support the business as a whole, including preparing data artifacts, processes, and governance methodologies to enable Sales, Marketing, Operations, and the entire Summer team.</p> <h4 data-start="2102" data-end="2343">What You’ll Do</h4> <ul> <li data-start="2102" data-end="2343"> <h4><strong>Strategic Data Leadership</strong></h4> <ul> <li><strong>Full enterprise data management:</strong> Define and execute the strategy for end-to-end data lifecycle management, including ingestion, storage, processing, quality, and accessibility, establishing data as a first-class, reliable asset across all business functions.</li> <li><strong>Borrower Identity Architecture:</strong> Lead the "stitching" of disparate data sources (federal servicers, payroll, and private lenders) to create a high-fidelity, 360-degree view of a user’s debt history.</li> <li><strong>Mature the Data Lake:</strong> Mature our c