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Staff Data Engineer

This role is based in the Bay Area and involves a hybrid work approach, balancin💼 Full-time💰 $175,000–$215,000🗓 2026-08-14 → 2026-09-07

Core

Designing, scaling, and governing a modern cloud-based data platform to power smarter decisions for the trucking industry.

Role type

Staff Data Engineer

Builds

Cloud-based data platform serving SMB trucking companies

Domain

Logistics / Trucking / Cloud Data Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | infrastructure

Required skills

Data ingestion (batch/streaming), Cloud-native data platforms (Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, Redshift), SQL, Python, Data governance, Data modeling, Distributed system design, Orchestration tools (Airflow, Dagster, Prefect), Metadata/catalog platforms (dbt, DataHub)

Preferred skills

Setting long-term technical vision, Mentoring engineers, Influencing cross-functional stakeholders

Technologies

Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, Redshift, Airflow, Dagster, Prefect, dbt, DataHub, Amundsen

Responsibilities

Architect and scale ingestion frameworks for diverse data sources; Define and enforce data schemas; Own data governance strategy including quality and lineage; Design system-wide data architecture for analytics and ML; Establish best practices for data modeling and lifecycle management; Partner with product and engineering teams; Mentor other engineers; Drive adoption of modern tooling for orchestration and cataloging

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with strategic direction

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