Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Alkami Technology develops a digital sales and service platform for U.S. banks and credit unions. The Sr. Staff Data Migration Engineer leads complex enterprise customer data conversions for digital banking implementations, shaping migration strategy, governance, operational practices, and cross-functional delivery.
Responsibilities
- Lead the organization’s most complex and strategic data migration initiatives by directing enterprise-scale customer conversion programs, coordinating cross-functional delivery activities, and ensuring successful onboarding outcomes across high-impact implementation engagements
- Serve as the senior migration advisor for executive customer stakeholders by guiding strategic conversion planning, resolving escalated migration challenges, and aligning migration outcomes with customer operational and business objectives
- Drive enterprise migration strategy by balancing operational priorities, data conversion methodologies, resource planning, implementation timelines, and customer readiness requirements across multiple strategic migration engagements
- Influence organizational migration governance and standards by developing scalable migration frameworks, validation methodologies, reconciliation processes, reporting practices, and operational best practices that improve migration consistency and long-term delivery effectiveness
- Partner with executive leadership across Implementation, Technical Consulting, Engineering, Product, and Operations by aligning migration priorities, mitigating operational risks, and supporting strategic customer onboarding initiatives related to enterprise data conversion efforts
- Lead resolution efforts for critical migration escalations by analyzing complex data conversion failures, operational impacts, system dependencies, and customer risks and directing cross-functional mitigation and corrective action strategies
- Guide migration forecasting, operational capacity planning, and portfolio oversight activities by evaluating migration trends, organizational constraints, customer demands, and implementation priorities to support scalable growth and delivery optimization
- Provide thought leadership on enterprise migration architecture, banking data transformation practices, and operational scalability initiatives by identifying emerging migration challenges and recommending strategic solutions that improve conversion quality and customer experience
- Facilitate executive-level communication and stakeholder alignment by presenting migration health metrics, operational risks, portfolio insights, reconciliation outcomes, and strategic recommendations to leadership and customer executives
- Drive operational transformation initiatives by leading process modernization, automation strategy, tooling enhancements, and workflow redesign efforts that reduce manual effort, improve migration reliability, and enhance implementation scalability
- Develop enterprise migration governance and visibility practices by establishing operational metrics, reconciliation standards, reporting frameworks, escalation models, and portfolio health indicators that support organizational decision-making and delivery oversight
- Mentor and influence senior migration engineers and technical implementation teams by providing guidance on strategic migration planning, enterprise troubleshooting methodologies, operational governance, and scalable conversion practices
- Support strategic customer success initiatives by partnering with customer stakeholders to proactively address migration concerns, align onboarding strategies, and improve long-term implementation outcomes and operational readiness
- Analyze enterprise migration portfolio performance by identifying systemic conversion challenges, operational inefficiencies, customer risks, and scalability limitations and recommending strategic improvements that strengthen migration operations across the organization
- Contribute to organizational strategy and business growth initiatives by influencing migration policies, operational priorities, customer onboarding approaches, and cross-functional delivery alignment that improve enterprise implementation effectiveness and customer satisfaction
Skills
- 10–15 years of experience leading enterprise data migration programs, banking systems conversion initiatives, technical implementation operations, or strategic customer onboarding engagements within SaaS, fintech, banking technology, or related technical environments, including experience managing executive stakeholder relationships and organizational migration transformation efforts
- Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Analytics, Information Technology, or a related field
- Deep expertise in enterprise data migration architecture, banking systems conversion, and operational transformation methodologies
- Advanced ability to lead complex migration initiatives involving executive stakeholders, cross-functional operational dependencies, and large-scale customer onboarding efforts
- Strong knowledge of banking data ecosystems, migration governance practices, reconciliation methodologies, and implementation delivery operations
- Experience influencing organizational migration strategy, operational scalability initiatives, and enterprise implementation best practices
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills across executive, technical, operational, and customer audiences
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills related to enterprise migration risk management, operational optimization, and delivery transformation
- Experience developing enterprise migration reporting frameworks, operational standards, validation practices, and governance methodologies
- Recognized leadership and subject matter expertise in strategic migration delivery, banking data conversion operations, and enterprise onboarding practices
- Candidates must be eligible to work in the US for full-time employment
- Experience supporting enterprise fintech, SaaS, or digital banking migration portfolios
- Experience leading operational transformation, migration automation, or implementation scalability initiatives
- Knowledge of SQL, ETL frameworks, scripting, automation tooling, or advanced data transformation architectures
- Familiarity with enterprise onboarding methodologies, banking integration ecosystems, or organizational change management initiatives
- Experience mentoring senior migration engineers, implementation leaders, or cross-functional technical teams
- Experience supporting executive customer escalations, strategic banking conversions, or enterprise transformation initiatives
Benefits
- Remote-first environment
- Unlimited paid time off
- 401(k) with employer match
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