Data Engineer
About The Position
Cross Screen Media is seeking a Data Engineer to join their team. The company, founded by industry veterans, provides customers with a new way to plan and execute video advertising campaigns. The ideal candidate will have a strong work ethic and a passion for the fast-paced startup environment. This role involves critical thinking about data modeling, system connectivity, and designing for scale. The Data Engineer will work alongside a senior data engineer and collaborate with a small, high-output team to develop the data layer for their product, ScreenSolve. Current tools and platforms include Python, Airflow, dbt, AWS, and Snowflake. This is a fully remote position, with quarterly in-person team meetings at the Alexandria, VA office and biannual company offsites for all employees.
Requirements
- BS in Computer Science or equivalent
- 5+ years experience in software/data engineering
- Strong SQL skills
- Experience with ETL/ELT techniques
- Strong sense for data architecture — you can look at a set of requirements and reason about how data should be modeled, where it should live, and how schemas should be designed for clarity and reuse
- Experience with dbt
- Experience with Airflow or similar orchestration tools
- Experience with Snowflake or similar cloud data warehouses
- Experience working with AWS
- Unix/Linux fundamentals
Nice To Haves
- Experience with AI coding tools
- Exposure to ad tech concepts & terminology
Responsibilities
- Design and develop data pipelines, with an eye toward how they fit into the broader data architecture
- Make data modeling and schema design decisions — choosing the right structure for how data is stored, accessed, and extended
- Think beyond the immediate task: consider how today's integration point becomes tomorrow's platform surface area
- Deliver features rapidly using AI-assisted development tools (Claude Code, etc.)
- Contribute to definition of user stories
- Collaborate with other members of the team on development & integration
- Write unit tests and maintain high code quality, per both static code analysis & team standards
- Be available on a rotating schedule for production issues
Benefits
- Competitive salary with high bonus potential
- Collaborative and creative atmosphere, with inspired leadership
- Career advancement opportunities
- Recognition and reward for outstanding performance
- Great medical, dental & vision Insurance packages
- Competitive 401K with company match to plan for the long term
- Unlimited paid-time-off
- Transportation benefits & cell phone reimbursement
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
1-10 employees
