Staff Data Engineer
Core
Designing scalable data models, establishing analytics engineering standards, and modernizing orchestration infrastructure to power executive dashboards and business decisions. (via careerplan.io/jobs/11161-staff-data-engineer-at-dropbox)
Role type
Staff Data Engineer (Analytics Platform)
Builds
Shared, reusable data models, certified metrics frameworks, and modernized analytics pipelines
Domain
Technology / Data Engineering / Analytics
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Dimensional data modeling, SQL (Spark SQL), Python, Data orchestration (Airflow), dbt, Cross-functional technical leadership
Preferred skills
Databricks (Unity Catalog, Delta Lake), Lakehouse architectures, Data governance tools (Atlan, Monte Carlo), Metrics/semantic layer tools (MetricFlow)
Technologies
Airflow, dbt, Spark SQL, Python, Databricks, Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, Atlan, Monte Carlo, Great Expectations
Responsibilities
Lead design of shared fact tables and conformed dimensions; Standardize data engineering practices and CI/CD workflows; Modernize orchestration and establish secure dev/test environments; Implement shift-left data governance with data contracts and SLOs; Translate metric definitions into reliable data pipelines; Improve pipeline observability and failure recovery; Integrate AI-native tooling into data development lifecycle
Seniority
Staff, strategic technical leadership & cross-team alignment