Senior Staff Data Engineer
Core
Define and drive strategy for data reliability, quality, and operational excellence across the organization, establishing standards and frameworks for a scalable data ecosystem.
Role type
Senior Staff Data Engineer (Technical Lead)
Builds
Organization-wide data quality standards, reliability/observability frameworks, incident management practices, and data engineering SDLC practices.
Domain
Fintech / Blockchain / Data Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Data architecture, pipeline design, distributed data systems, data quality frameworks (SLAs, contracts, governance), SLI/SLO modeling, incident management, cross-team technical leadership, CI/CD, testing strategies
Preferred skills
High-growth or regulated environment experience (fintech, payments, crypto), modern data tooling (orchestration, transformation, metadata, observability), Python or Go programming
Technologies
Astronomer (Airflow), BigQuery, dbt, Dataplex, Kubernetes, Python, Go
Responsibilities
Define and implement organization-wide data quality standards and governance frameworks; Design and scale reliability and observability frameworks including SLI/SLO models; Establish and evolve incident management practices including escalation paths and postmortems; Develop and standardize data engineering SDLC practices including CI/CD and testing; Drive cross-functional prioritization of reliability initiatives; Lead ecosystem-wide platform improvements and architectural decisions; Own and deliver complex, high-impact data initiatives in ambiguous environments
Seniority
Senior Staff, hands-on IC with strategic leadership
