Data Engineer (Remote - US)

Jobgether

65d • $170,000 - $185,000

About The Position

As a Data Engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role in designing and scaling a data platform that empowers teams with reliable, high-quality data. You will define the technical vision, drive architectural decisions, and guide squads in solving complex data challenges across distributed systems. This role combines hands-on engineering with strategic influence — ensuring scalability, security, and efficiency across all data services. You’ll collaborate closely with engineers, analysts, and business leaders while mentoring others to raise the bar in technical excellence.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in data engineering with a focus on large-scale, cloud-based infrastructure.
• Proven expertise in distributed systems and tools such as AWS, EMR, Glue, Kafka, Iceberg, and dbt.
• Strong understanding of data architecture patterns (e.g., medallion/lakehouse, schema evolution, streaming ingestion).
• Proficiency in CI/CD, version control, observability, and incident management frameworks.
• Experience developing engineering standards or frameworks used across multiple teams.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to influence across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in regulated industries (e.g., healthcare, finance) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement the data platform’s long-term technical roadmap to ensure reliability, scalability, and performance.
• Lead architectural decisions, advising on data storage formats, frameworks, and governance standards.
• Drive cross-team initiatives to improve observability, schema consistency, and platform automation.
• Partner with stakeholders to deliver self-service data tooling that enhances operational efficiency.
• Continuously improve system maintainability, reliability, and cost efficiency through automation and modern engineering practices.
• Act as a mentor and coach to other engineers, fostering technical growth and high-quality development practices.
• Evaluate new technologies to enhance platform performance, security, and developer experience.
• Support incident management and participate in on-call rotations to maintain platform resilience.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, plus Employee Assistance Program.
• 401(k) plan with company match, along with flexible spending and health savings accounts.
• Up to 23 days of PTO per year, in addition to company holidays.
• Up to 14 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Fully remote and flexible work environment that prioritizes work-life balance.
• Opportunity to work on innovative, high-impact data solutions within a fast-growing, mission-driven team.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees