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Senior Staff Data Engineer

Location: Remote
Compensation: Salary
Reviewed: Fri, Jul 10, 2026
This job expires in: 30 days

Job Summary

Operating at the architectural level, the full-time Senior Staff Data Engineer will drive platform-wide technical decisions, own critical data infrastructure across the full data lifecycle, and mentor the engineering team in a remote-eligible environment.

Key responsibilities:
  • Drive platform-wide technical decisions and mentor team members
  • Own and evolve critical infrastructure across the full data lifecycle, including data ingestion, storage, enrichment, and serving
  • Architect and deliver new data platform capabilities from inception to general availability, ensuring alignment with organizational standards
Required qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent work experience
  • 8+ years of experience in data engineering, distributed systems, or software engineering with a focus on data infrastructure
  • 5+ years of experience specifically on data platform or data systems teams
  • Expertise in distributed systems design for data workloads, including streaming, batch, and real-time serving
  • Hands-on experience with event streaming platforms and batch processing stacks

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