# Staff Software Engineer, Business Data

**Company:** [Stripe](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/stripe)
**Location:** Seattle, WA
**Role:** Data Engineering
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Apache Airflow, Spark, Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, Scala, Java, Go, SQL, Apache Iceberg, Change Data Capture, AWS, Apache Trino, Apache Pinot, Data Warehousing, LLMs
**Posted:** 2026-08-06

> Leads technical delivery for scalable data systems, pipelines, warehouses, and supporting applications while mentoring engineers and partnering cross-functionally. Requires extensive experience with distributed data frameworks, backend development, SQL, data quality, and technical leadership.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead the technical outcomes for a team of engineers, providing mentorship, guidance, and support.
- Partner with recruiting to attract and hire top talent.
- Deliver reliable, efficient data pipelines that scale to user needs.
- Develop subject-matter expertise and manage SLAs for data pipelines and full-stack web applications supporting critical stakeholders.
- Collaborate with product managers and peers to create and improve canonical datasets and data warehouses, use golden paths, and ensure trustworthy data.
- Leverage AI, LLMs, and agents at scale to produce and analyze high-quality data on ambiguous problems.
- Drive key data initiatives through the full development lifecycle, from planning through delivery, while maintaining high quality and timely completion.
- Foster a collaborative, inclusive environment that promotes innovation, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.

## Requirements
- Typically **10+ years of experience** building and operating data systems, pipelines, warehouses, infrastructure, and leading teams.
- Strong engineering background and passion for data, with experience writing and debugging pipelines using distributed data frameworks.
- Ability to investigate data inconsistencies, identify root causes, and resolve data-quality issues.
- Knowledge of a backend development language such as Scala, Java, or Go.
- Strong SQL experience.
- Customer-focused approach and ability to partner with product leaders, business stakeholders, and engineers.
- Effective cross-functional collaboration, rigorous thinking, clear communication, and sound decision-making.
- Ability to thrive with autonomy and responsibility in an ambiguous environment.
- Ability to foster and contribute to a healthy, inclusive, challenging, and supportive work environment.

## Nice-to-haves
- Experience with Iceberg, Kafka, Change Data Capture, Flink, Spark, Airflow, Hive Metastore, Pinot, Trino, or AWS Cloud.
- Contributions to open-source projects.
- Experience creating and maintaining data marts or warehouses for business reporting.
- Experience collaborating with Product, Go-To-Market, Sales, or Marketing teams.
- Interest in innovation and understanding how systems work, with the ability to question and direct architectural decisions.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for leadership, users, and company-wide audiences.

## Similar jobs

- [Senior Staff Data Engineer](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/29501416-f1fb-4cbb-9039-726cd3359598) - SmithRx - Remote - $179k – $252k/yr
- [Staff Software Engineer, Data Catalog](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/ddc84115-d511-4356-a04b-4a4a1c821859) - Airbnb - Remote - $212k – $265k/yr
- [Staff Software Engineer, Ray Data](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/2c3ff4b5-5562-4e74-8b7f-8ec95b004e71) - Anyscale - San Francisco, CA - $240k – $270k/yr
- [Staff Software Engineer, Workflow Platform](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/01070583-7fc6-401d-a3d7-6063b42f2b26) - Pinterest - Remote - $177k – $365k/yr
- [Senior Staff Data Engineer](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/10dfcc77-c181-4d43-8e59-293e0262aef0) - Mozilla

**Apply:** https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/37dc91c5-c5c4-4f50-89f9-532986469fd8
**Canonical:** https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/37dc91c5-c5c4-4f50-89f9-532986469fd8