# Data Engineer

**Company:** [Baseten](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/baseten)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, New York, NY
**Role:** Data Engineering
**Salary:** $180k – $250k/yr
**Skills:** Apache Beam, Kafka, Airflow, OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Data Pipelines, Semantic Layers, Batch Processing, Streaming Data, Data Modeling
**Posted:** 2026-03-18

> Builds and scales internal data platform by designing data models, pipelines, and analytics infrastructure to transform raw product/business data into reliable datasets for company-wide decision-making. Partners with stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Finance, Marketing, and Sales.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Design and maintain **core data models and semantic layers**
- Develop and orchestrate **batch and streaming** data pipelines using technologies such as Apache Beam, Kafka, Airflow, or similar frameworks
- Analyze **inference and infrastructure telemetry**, including data from OpenTelemetry, Grafana, and other observability tools
- Define and maintain **company-wide metrics** across product usage, performance, and customer lifecycle
- Enable **self-service analytics** through agents and tools, with well-structured semantic layers and context
- Ensure **data reliability and quality** through testing, documentation, and governance

## Preferred Qualifications
- Understanding of **inference metrics** such as latency, throughput, token usage, and model performance
- Experience supporting B2B SaaS and/or **consumption-based** platforms
- Application of forecasting and predictive modeling (e.g., ARIMA, Prophet) to business processes

## Benefits
- Competitive compensation, including meaningful equity
- 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance for employee and dependents
- Generous PTO policy including company wide Winter Break
- Paid parental leave
- Company-facilitated 401(k)

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