Staff Data Engineer
Location: Remote
Compensation: Salary
Reviewed: Tue, Jun 23, 2026
This job expires in: 29 days
Job Summary
Leading the architectural design of a data platform, the full-time Staff Data Engineer will drive technical strategy for large-scale enhancements and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure scalable, reliable, and secure data systems.
Key responsibilities
- Lead the architectural design and evolution of the data platform, defining its future roadmap
- Drive technical strategy for platform enhancements while balancing long-term goals with incremental delivery
- Produce architectural artifacts and act as a technical mentor for the Data Engineering team
Required qualifications
- 8+ years of software development experience, with at least 5+ years in data engineering or data platform roles
- Proven experience designing and delivering large-scale, cross-functional technical projects
- Extensive experience architecting and deploying data infrastructure in a cloud environment (AWS preferred)
- Deep architectural knowledge of the modern data stack, including data warehouses (Snowflake) and transformation tools (dbt)
- Strong proficiency in Python and SQL, with a high standard for code quality and system design
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