Staff Engineer - Data Foundations
Core
Architecting and building the foundational data layer, shared data models, data contracts, and semantic layer to ensure data trust and consistency across the company.
Role type
Staff Data Architect / Data Foundation Lead
Builds
Shared data models, data contracts, semantic layer, and data products
Domain
Financial Technology / Data Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Data architecture, data modeling, data contracts, semantic layer design, data lineage, cross-functional leadership, technical prototyping, stakeholder management, mentorship
Preferred skills
Experience with greenfield data initiatives, working across time zones
Technologies
(Not explicitly listed)
Responsibilities
Design target architecture for shared data models and semantic layers; define and own core metrics; establish data contracts between producers and consumers; build data lineage from the start; guide domain teams in publishing datasets; build prototypes and solve hard problems in the data stack; partner with Product, Finance, Compliance, and Platform Engineering; mentor engineers in Data Foundations and domains
Seniority
Staff, technical leader