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title: 'Data Services Engineer SR at Sagent'
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# Data Services Engineer SR at Sagent

- **Company:** Sagent
- **Location:** Austin, TX
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-07-31
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-06
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/sagent/jobs/6132131004

## Job description

Why you'll LOVE Sagent:

You could work anywhere. We know you are talented and looking for something inspiring and impactful. A place where you will make a difference and have a great time doing it!

By choosing Sagent, you can be part of our mission to make loans and homeownership simpler and safer for all consumers.

Sagent powers servicers and consumers. You power Sagent!

Overview:

We are a leading Mortgage Servicing, SaaS-based company that thrives on innovation and excellence. We are currently seeking an experienced Senior Data Services Engineer to design, build, and optimize the data solutions that power our Mortgage Servicing platform. This individual will serve as a technical expert in data engineering, applying strong programming, cloud, and database skills to solve complex business problems and enable data-driven decision making across the organization.

The ideal candidate combines strong software engineering fundamentals with deep expertise in Python, cloud platforms, and database technologies, and brings an understanding of Mortgage Servicing or Financial Services to help ensure technical solutions align with real business and regulatory needs.

Your day-to-day at Sagent:

Data Engineering and Development:

- Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and services using Python and modern data engineering frameworks.
- Develop and optimize ETL/ELT processes to extract, transform, and load data from a variety of sources into cloud-based data platforms.
- Write efficient, well-tested, production-quality code to support data ingestion, transformation, and delivery.

Cloud & Database Engineering:

- Architect and implement data solutions on cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, or GCP), leveraging managed services for storage, compute, and orchestration.
- Design, tune, and maintain relational and NoSQL databases to support high-volume, high-availability data workloads.
- Monitor and optimize database and pipeline performance, troubleshooting issues to ensure reliability and scalability.

Data Analysis and Insight Generation:

- Utilize advanced data preparation, modeling, analysis, and visualization techniques to extract insights and knowledge from data.
- Investigate complex business problems and provide actionable, data-driven insights to support strategic decision-making.

Technical Leadership and Collaboration:

- Serve as a technical leader, providing guidance and mentorship to junior engineers in data engineering and analysis best practices.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams — including Product Management, Business Analysts, and Software Engineering — to design and implement data-driven solutions.

We would love to hear from you if you have:

- Completion of a four-year college degree in a relevant discipline with 4 years of experience in a related field, or completion of an advanced degree (Masters or higher) in an applicable and relevant field, or equivalent experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.
- Strong proficiency in Python for data engineering, automation, and analysis including object-oriented design, modular application development, and production-quality coding practices.
- Experience designing & developing Python based backend services with any of FastAPI/Flask/Django
- Solid experience on Object oriented practices, APIs, database integrations and dependency management.
- Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP), including their core data and storage services.
- Solid experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases, including schema design, query optimization, and performance tuning.
- Proven experience building and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines and data workflows.
- Experience in Mortgage Servicing or Financial Services, with an understanding of how technical solutions support business and regulatory needs.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across technical and business teams.

Additional Skills/Technical Knowledge Preferred:

- Experience with big-data technologies such as Databricks, Spark, or Dataproc.
- Familiarity with data warehouse platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift, or BigQuery).
- Working knowledge of additional programming languages such as Java, R, Ruby, Scala, or C++.
- Experience with CI/CD, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and infrastructure-as-code.
- Knowledge of a mortgage servicer's typical technology ecosystem including servicing systems, default systems, workflow management, data integrations, and data warehouses.
- Experience supporting Agile software development teams.

## #LI-AN1

Perks!

As a Sagent Associate, you will be eligible to participate in our benefit programs beginning on Day #1!  We offer a comprehensive package including Remote/Hybrid workplace options, Health Benefits, Unlimited Flexible Time Off, Family Planning Services, Tuition Reimbursement, Paid Family Leave, 401(k) Matching, Pet Insurance, In-person and Virtual Social Experiences, Career Pathing, Focus Time Fridays and much, much more!

Why Sagent?

Sagent is transforming the mortgage servicing industry by bringing the modern experience customers now expect from loan originations to loan servicing. Our platform lets customers manage their home-owing lives from anywhere while giving servicers lower costs, scale compliance and higher servicing values through full market cycles.

Sagent is a joint venture that combines Fiserv Inc.'s decades of market-leading fintech expertise with Warburg Pincus' skill in growing technology companies. We hire innovators and doers to disrupt the last and most complex frontier of lending and housing. We're growing fast and need you to help shape our future.

Sagent is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

## About Sagent

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Sagent provides a modern, unified mortgage loan servicing platform that powers banks and lenders to make homeownership simpler and safer for millions of consumers.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Venture Round in April 2026)
- **Headquarters**: Coppell, Texas, United States
- **Founded**: 2018
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Mortgage loan servicing software (Fintech / Real Estate Technology)
- **Target customers**: B2B – banks, lenders, and mortgage servicers of all sizes
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “To be the lending technology of choice. To deliver superior value through market-leading technology that drives efficiency for lenders and engagement for consumers.”

## Products & Services
- **[Dara Platform](https://sagent.com/)**: Unified, cloud-native mortgage servicing platform that integrates core servicing, default management, analytics, and consumer engagement into a single real-time system. Covers escrow, loss mitigation, bankruptcy & foreclosure, call center operations, and compliance.
- **[Analytics](https://sagent.com/)**: Embedded operational intelligence providing real-time visibility into portfolio performance, compliance, and risk; includes predictive models for propensity and recapture.
- **[Consumer (Mobile-First Experience)](https://sagent.com/)**: A mobile app and web portal allowing homeowners to manage their mortgage, submit hardship requests, and communicate with servicers in real time.
- **[Default Suite](https://sagent.com/)**: End-to-end default management with decisioning, automated workflows, collections, loss mitigation, claims, foreclosure/bankruptcy, and an integrated attorney network.
- **[Core Servicing](https://sagent.com/)**: Daily servicing operations tools for all loan types, designed for real-time efficiency and compliance at any scale.
- **[Dara AI](https://sagent.com/)**: Agentic automation that reduces manual effort while preserving control, auditability, and regulatory confidence.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding – Venture round raised in April 2026 (investor not named); annual revenue not publicly available (a third-party estimate of $12.5M is cited, but should be treated as unverified [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/sagent-kop))
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: No specific investors or strategic partners disclosed in search results. The company acquired ISGN Corporation in 2019 and merged with defi Solutions in 2019.
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount of 523 employees as of mid-2026, representing +8.6% year-over-year growth. Recent hire of Kyle Draisey as Chief Information Security Officer (May 2025). Active job postings with a quarterly increase of 200%.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Unified real-time platform**: Dara eliminates system fragmentation and manual rework by consolidating all servicing operations, data, and consumer touchpoints on one cloud-native platform.
- **Compliance automation**: Daily real-time loan-level rules, automated risk/compliance testing, and audit trails reduce regulatory reconciliation overhead.
- **Agentic AI**: Dara AI focuses on execution (not experimentation), integrating with real-time data to automate workflows while maintaining auditability.
- **Open API ecosystem**: Configurable, open-API architecture built for the cloud, enabling easy integration and reduced tech-ops burden.
- **Migration expertise**: Decades of experience migrating large, complex servicing portfolios, making transitions predictable and low-risk.

## Strategic Focus
- Modernizing legacy mortgage servicing infrastructure to reduce lender costs and improve homeowner experience.
- Expanding agentic automation and predictive analytics to drive operational efficiency and customer retention.
- Scaling the unified Dara platform to capture market share from fragmented, legacy competitors.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Certified as a Great Place to Work® (2024). 89% of employees feel welcomed upon joining, and 77% say Sagent is a great place to work (vs. 57% at a typical U.S. company) [Great Place to Work](https://www.greatplacetowork.com/certified-company/7020302).
- **Values**: Integrity, respect, relentless commitment, relevance, and reliability.
- **Work Environment**: Offices in Coppell, TX (HQ), King of Prussia, PA, and Chennai, India. Remote/hybrid policy not explicitly stated, but job postings indicate both U.S. and India-based roles.
- **Notable Perks**: Emphasis on trust, collaboration, and making a difference. Employees report high levels of autonomy and support for taking time off.
- **Engineering Culture**: Strong technical team (268 in technical roles), with modern cloud-native stack (Kubernetes, open APIs, real-time data). Active recruitment for DevOps, software development, and data roles.

## Sources
1. [Sagent Official Website](https://sagent.com/)
2. [Sagent Careers Page](https://sagent.com/careers/)
3. [Sagent Leadership Page](https://sagent.com/leadership/)
4. [Sagent LinkedIn Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/company/sagent-kop)
5. [Great Place to Work – Sagent](https://www.greatplacetowork.com/certified-company/7020302)

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