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Staff Data Engineer

US - California🌐 Remote💼 Full-time💰 $170,000–$170,000🗓 2026-08-06 → 2026-09-26

Core

Technical leader for the Data Engineering team, setting direction for systems powering analytics, data science, and operational decision-making.

Role type

Staff Data Engineer (Technical Lead)

Builds

Core data systems, self-hosted orchestration platforms, cloud-native services, and AI-ready datasets.

Domain

Modern Data Stack, Cloud Infrastructure, AI/Agentic Workflows

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Snowflake expertise, technical leadership, mentoring, Python, SQL, self-hosted orchestration, AWS, Infrastructure-as-Code

Preferred skills

dbt, Terraform, event-driven architectures, AI-assisted development platforms

Technologies

Snowflake, AWS, Prefect, Terraform, dbt, Python, SQL

Responsibilities

Own architecture and design decisions for core data systems; Operate self-hosted orchestration platform (Prefect); Manage Snowflake environment (modeling, performance, cost, RBAC); Build and monitor core data tech stack; Advance dbt practice and warehouse optimization; Develop cloud-native services and IaC on AWS; Set technical direction and standards; Mentor junior and mid-level engineers; Support data science and agentic initiatives.

Seniority

Staff, hands-on technical leadership

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