Senior Data Engineer

Role overview A senior data engineer is needed to join a high-performing data team managing petabytes of data that powers experimentation, analytics, and growth decision-making for a fast-scaling consumer technology company. This role sits inside a SWAT-style function, rotating through the organization's most urgent data challenges in 6 to 26 week engagements. The work spans architectural design, hands-on pipeline and modeling implementation, and coaching of engineering standards across the data stack.

Responsibilities - Design efficient data architectures, secure stakeholder buy-in, and implement them reliably at scale. - Set and uphold standards for code and infrastructure maintainability and performance through documentation and peer review. - Partner with analytics, business intelligence, finance, sales, marketing, and product stakeholders to identify data needs and deliver enabling processes. - Champion data governance as a core component of engineering workflows. - Evolve and scale the data platform to support business growth and platform stability. - Ramp quickly into new problem domains, diagnose complex issues, and balance rapid delivery with high-quality outputs.

Requirements - 5+ years of software or data engineering experience with expert-level, hands-on Python and SQL practice. - Track record of taking ownership in high-stakes situations, demonstrating urgency, and integrating new technologies to drive measurable business outcomes. - Evidence of designing and implementing well-architected solutions for complex, large-scale data engineering challenges. - Deep experience in database design, warehouse data modeling, and developing distributed systems. - Ability to communicate intricate technical detail clearly to both technical peers and non-technical stakeholders and drive alignment.

Nice to have - Predictive modeling and machine learning experience.

Benefits and work setup - Remote-first flexibility with the ability to work from anywhere and choose suitable hours. - Unlimited PTO, company-wide recharge days, and annual team offsites. - Weekly food delivery credits and travel discounts. - Generous parental leave and a flexible return-to-work plan for growing families. - Competitive salary, equity options, annual bonus, retirement matching, and top-tier benefits packages. - Wellness budgets, personal development funds, and team-level learning resources.