Staff Data Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Establish multi-quarter technical strategy for the data platform in collaboration with the Data Engineering Manager

• Transform project concepts into actionable execution plans while ensuring clarity and alignment on large, complex cross-functional projects

• Cultivate relationships with both technical and non-technical stakeholders to pinpoint key areas for intervention

• Lead advocacy discussions and training initiatives to promote adoption

• Design and construct scalable, robust, and efficient data platforms to meet analytic and operational requirements

• Evaluate specifications and pull requests across the organization to influence sound design choices

• Advocate for AI-assisted self-service analytics and AI-driven development

• Enhance system performance, observability, reliability, and scalability

• Identify new infrastructure and software patterns as necessary

• Disseminate knowledge through technical documentation, code reviews, tech talks, mentoring, and proposed standards

• Engage in the Data Engineering on-call rotation

• Diagnose and resolve complex issues across multiple systems and services

• Collaborate with engineering and business teams to anticipate requirements, strengthen the platform, and enable new functionalities

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 8 years of experience building data or backend systems, with technical efforts spanning multiple teams

• Proficiency in AI-assisted software development

• Strong expertise in Python for data pipelines and maintainable production software

• In-depth knowledge of SQL and cloud data warehousing in Snowflake or BigQuery

• Experience in developing software systems or closely collaborating with software teams

• Skilled in using containers and orchestration tools, preferably Airflow

• Proficient with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform

• Experienced with Kubernetes, Kafka, and streaming data pipelines

• Familiar with cloud computing services like AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure

• An AI-forward mindset and a passion for AI adoption

• Exceptional written and verbal communication abilities

• Capable of customizing communication for diverse audiences and influencing without direct authority

• Dedicated to team success, mentoring, continuous learning, and self-motivated adoption of new tools and techniques

• Must reside in the United States, excluding AK, DE, HI, IA, LA, MS, MT, OK, and SC

• Must possess legal authorization to work in the United States

• Candidates must be 18 years of age or older

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote work options available throughout the US or from the modern office located in Manhattan, NY

• Unlimited vacation policy

• Paid opportunities for volunteering

• Technology stipend of $4,000 every two years

• Work-from-home stipend of $500 annually

• Learning stipend of $500 each year

• Monthly stipends for physical, mental, wellness, and learning through Holisticly

• Monthly lifestyle stipend via Fringe

• Comprehensive health benefits: medical, dental, vision, prescription, FSA, HRA, HSA, and family/dependent coverage

• Traditional and Roth 401(k) plans with immediate company match through Vanguard

• Basic, supplemental, and dependent life insurance

• Short-term and long-term disability coverage

• Company-paid parental leave up to 20 weeks for birthing parents and up to 12 weeks for non-birthing parents

• Family-building benefits offered through Progyny

• Discounts at DICK’S Sporting Goods and family-of-brands for teammates

• Incentives and equity included in the competitive total rewards package for eligible roles