Data engineer

📐 About this role

We are looking for a Data Engineer to join our small but mighty Data team. This role presents an extremely rare and unique opportunity to influence the architecture and tools that power our data analytics and reporting capabilities. You’ll be at the intersection of engineering, product and data, leading the integration of our product, financial, and business systems. If you are passionate about data modeling and solving complex data problems, we want to hear from you!

Tech stack

Core tools : BigQuery, dbt, Fivetran, Hightouch, Segment, Amplitude, Omni

Periphery tools : Salesforce, Hubspot, Gong, Vitally

🦸🏻‍♀️ Your responsibilities :

Data Workflows : Own, build, and maintain data pipelines, ETL / reverse-ETL processes and BigQuery environment.

Data Quality : Implement an orchestration tool. Design a suite of tests and validations to ensure data consistency, accuracy and integrity.

Data Modeling : Develop reliable and lasting data models, while optimizing for scale.

Documentation : Catalog and document all aspects of our data pipelines. Create the foundation for a data governance program.

Collaboration : Partner with product and engineering teams to deliver data solutions that align with downstream use cases.

Data Leadership : Establish data engineering best practices and serve as a subject matter expert on our data architecture, models and systems.

⭐️ Is this you?

5+ years of hands-on experience in a data engineering role, ideally in a SaaS environment

Expert in SQL, dbt and Python

Advanced knowledge of data engineering tools, frameworks and languages (eg. Airflow, Airbyte, Kafka, github workflows)

Experience working with services in cloud environment (eg. AWS or GCP)

Care deeply about data quality, integrity and security

Thrive in ambiguity and can create paved roads from dirt paths

Bonus points if you have experience with product event / attribute tracking design and implementation

AND

High intellectual curiosity and a proclivity to lean into a new subject matter

A trusted advisor and partner for all levels of the organization

Intrinsically motivated : you set the highest possible bar for what you build and ship

An eye for spotting an opportunity, intuition for determining which ones to prioritize, and courage to follow through

Possesses humility — no work is too trivial if it’s impactful

Resilient and open to honest (and kind) feedback; tough skin

Self-aware and committed to learning the why for both successes and failures

Proactive communication skills, both sync and async

Experience managing and building relationships across multiple departments and stakeholder levels

A natural affinity to our values of connect, challenge, own

#LI-Hybrid

🍩 Benefits & perks (US Full-time employees)

Generous PTO, plus company holidays

Medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family

Paid parental leave for all parents (12 weeks)

Fertility and family planning support

Early-detection cancer testing through Galleri

Flexible spending account and dependent FSA options

Health savings account for eligible plans with company contribution

Annual work-life stipends for :

Home office setup, cell phone, internet

Wellness stipend for gym, massage / chiropractor, personal training, etc.

Learning and development stipend

Company-wide off-sites and team off-sites

Competitive compensation, company stock options and 401k

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