Lead Data Infrastructure Engineer

Stellic • San Mateo, CA

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About The Position

Stellic is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to take ownership of the next phase of their data platform. This role will be responsible for evolving the platform to support increasing scale, complexity, and product integration, powering everything from internal decision-making to customer-facing insights. The data platform is critical for operations and value delivery, encompassing data ingestion, transformation, aggregation, and presentation. The role requires designing, building, and maintaining customer-facing data systems that extend the core architecture to university partners. As a technical lead, this individual will shape both the platform and how data is leveraged across the product, focusing on building and operating a scalable, adaptable data platform aligned with internal and product needs. The ideal candidate has experience designing and operating data pipelines at scale, with a strong understanding of data models, lineage, and validation, and is comfortable owning both the internal platform and customer-facing products.

Requirements

• 8+ years of data engineering experience with previous technical lead experience
• Deep experience designing and operating data pipelines across ingestion, transformation, and aggregation layers
• Strong expertise in building scalable data processing systems with clear guarantees around correctness and consistency
• Experience designing data models that balance standardization with flexibility across varied requirements
• Strong understanding of data correctness, lineage, and validation in complex data systems
• Familiarity with ensuring compliance with varied regional and partner-specific data requirements
• Clear and effective communication skills for collaborating with product, design, and customer-facing teams
• Deep curiosity, customer empathy, and commitment to engineering as a craft

Nice To Haves

• Experience building and owning customer-facing data systems or data products

Responsibilities

• Own the design, evolution, and operation of Stellic's data pipelines from ingestion through transformation, aggregation, and presentation.
• Design, build, and maintain customer-facing data products built on top of the core data architecture, extending the platform's value directly to university partners.
• Build and maintain systems that ensure consistent and reliable data processing at scale, with clear guarantees around correctness and behavior.
• Design data models and pipelines that balance standardization with flexibility to support diverse regional and institutional requirements.
• Ensure systems meet regional and partner-specific data requirements and compliance constraints.
• Identify and drive improvements across the data platform to support new use cases and increased scale.
• Establish patterns for data correctness, consistency, and maintainability.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Meaningful equity
• Health insurance with Stellic covering 99% of your premium and 75% for dependents
• 401(k)
• Commuter benefits
• Annual international retreats

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed