Staff Data Infrastructure Engineer

Experience we're seeking

• 10+ years as a Data Platform Engineer, Software/Infrastructure Engineer specializing in data, or Data Engineer in a high-code, high-scale environment
• Track record of driving technical strategy and cross-functional alignment, including defining roadmaps for a data platform or infrastructure domain
• Deep expertise building full-stack data platforms: data warehousing, ingestion pipelines, orchestration, monitoring and alerting, CI/CD, developer tooling, cloud infrastructure, and third-party integrations
• Architectural fluency in warehouse design patterns, performance tuning, cost management, and permissions strategies on MPP analytics databases (Snowflake strongly preferred; Databricks, BigQuery, or Redshift also relevant)
• Experience leading technical initiatives end-to-end across multiple teams and codifying engineering standards
• Proficiency designing and operating cloud infrastructure at scale (AWS preferred) using infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Pulumi, AWS CDK)
• Strong Python engineering skills; solid SQL foundations; comfort with distributed systems
• Experience maintaining and scaling pipeline orchestration infrastructure (Airflow/Astronomer preferred)
• Mentorship track record growing junior and mid-level engineers

Bonus points for

• Agentic Data Engineering (automating data infrastructure tasks, auditing permissions, optimized CI)
• APM and observability tooling (DataDog, New Relic) and data quality/observability frameworks
• ETL/ELT best practices at scale
• Data security and compliance in regulated environments, especially PHI
• Greenfield platform development in a high-growth startup
• Docker, GitHub Actions, dbt, Spark
• Build vs. buy decision-making and vendor evaluation

Compensation and Benefits

The expected base pay range for this position is $212,000 - $265,000. In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for an equity grant.

Benefits offered include:

• Equity compensation
• Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
• HSA / FSA
• 401K
• Work-from-Home Stipend
• Therapy Reimbursement
• 16-week parental leave for eligible employees
• Carrot Fertility annual reimbursement and membership
• 13 paid holidays each year as well as a Holiday Break during the week between December 25th and December 31st
• Flexible PTO
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Training and professional development