# Staff Backend Engineer - Data Platform

**Company:** [Haus](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/haus)
**Location:** Seattle, WA, San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $180k – $220k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Python, SQL, dbt, Dagster, Airflow, Temporal, BigQuery, Databricks, GCP, AWS, React, Fivetran, Airbyte, Terraform, Distributed Systems
**Posted:** 2026-08-27

> Staff Backend Engineer building distributed data-platform services, ingestion workflows, APIs, and validation pipelines that automate customer data onboarding. Requires 4+ years of backend experience, with strong Python, SQL/dbt, orchestration, cloud warehouse, and infrastructure skills.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Develop workflows that help customers connect their data and configure ingestion with minimal human intervention.
- Access, ingest, normalize, and validate customer data from ad-network APIs, customer warehouses, and partner tools.
- Build, maintain, and extend long-running workflows, APIs, distributed backend services, data pipelines, customer-facing UIs, and ingestion scripts.
- Contribute to the team’s AI (MCP) services.
- Partner with Customer Success to build custom data models for customers.
- Participate in an on-call rotation.

## Requirements
- 4+ years of experience building backend services and APIs.
- Proficiency in Python and SQL/dbt.
- Strong fluency with a modern orchestrator such as Dagster, Airflow, or Temporal.
- Experience with cloud data lakehouses or warehouses such as BigQuery or Databricks.
- Experience with cloud infrastructure, including Google Cloud or AWS.

## Nice-to-haves
- Experience with React or other frontend frameworks.
- Experience with Fivetran or Airbyte.
- Experience with Terraform.
- Experience integrating with commerce platforms such as Shopify and Amazon Seller/Vendor.
- Earlier-stage startup experience.

## Benefits
- Flexible paid time off.
- Equity.
- Health, dental, and vision insurance with multiple plan options.
- Work-from-home stipend.
- Events and offsites.
- Free lunch when working from the office.
- New parent leave.

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