Staff Data Engineer (Backend Data Specialist)
Core
Design and evolve scalable data pipelines and platforms while contributing to backend services and system architecture.
Role type
Staff Data Engineer (Backend Focus)
Builds
Scalable data pipelines, platforms, and backend services
Domain
Data engineering and backend systems
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
SQL, distributed systems, event-driven architectures, system design, CI/CD, version control, testing
Preferred skills
Modern data tooling, cloud platforms, mentoring
Technologies
dbt, spark, snowflake, apache airflow, cloud
Responsibilities
Design and evolve scalable data pipelines and platforms, Contribute to backend services and system architecture, Ensure data systems are reliable and performant, Set and drive best practices across data and backend engineering, Mentor engineers and support technical decision-making, Troubleshoot complex system and data issues
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with architectural influence