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Staff Data Engineer

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Location: Remote
Compensation: To Be Discussed
Reviewed: Mon, Nov 02, 2026
This job expires in: 29 days

Job Summary

To enhance the quality and scalability of data engineering in a remote setting, the full-time Staff Data Engineer will lead complex initiatives, establish engineering standards, and empower teams to develop reliable data solutions independently.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead diagnosis and remediation of Snowflake performance issues, establishing approaches for workload optimization and cost visibility
  • Define and implement dbt project conventions and promote maintainable transformation design across teams
  • Establish repeatable data quality and operational excellence practices, improving monitoring and incident triage processes
Required Qualifications
  • 8+ years of software or data engineering experience
  • Expert-level, hands-on experience with Snowflake, including query profiling and performance tuning
  • Extensive production experience with dbt, including model design and CI/CD practices
  • Advanced SQL and strong Python skills for building reusable tools and data workflows
  • Experience operating large-scale cloud data platforms and ensuring pipeline reliability

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