Data Operations Engineer III

Zone 5 Technologies • San Luis Obispo, CA

170d • $130,000 - $170,000

About The Position

Join us at Zone 5 Technologies where innovation and cutting-edge technology drive pioneering advancements in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Based in the vibrant city of San Luis Obispo CA, we're seeking talented individuals to join and contribute to our growing team. We thrive on pushing boundaries and inventing solutions to real-world challenges. Join a community of forward-thinkers who collaborate to create impactful products with a global reach. Our team, consisting of engineers and professionals, is prepared to overcome new frontiers and deliver innovative solutions in the field of unmanned aircraft systems. Join our dynamic team as a Data Operations Engineer III to design and maintain robust, scalable data pipelines that convert terabytes of unstructured field data into clean, versioned datasets for model training and analysis.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience)
• 5-7+ Strong experience in Python and data management tools
• Familiarity with at least one distributed processing framework
• Experience with data validation, schema enforcement, and QA tooling
• Understanding of basic statistics and data profiling

Responsibilities

• Design and implement data ingestion pipelines for AI/ML purposes based on efficient and industry standard practices
• Establish field methods to capture metadata and data from the field
• Enforce schema validation and integrity checks on data ingestion
• Build and manage DAG pipelines to generate datasets
• Track and manage data versioning and lineage
• Integrate tools for validation and data profiling
• Coordinate outsourced data labeling workflows and QA sampling plans
• Build internal dashboards for visibility into data quality and flow health

Benefits

• Competitive total compensation package
• Comprehensive benefit package options include medical, dental, vision, life, and more
• 401k with company-match
• 4 weeks of paid time off each year
• 12 annual company holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 51-100 employees