# Staff Data Engineer

**Company:** [DAT Freight & Analytics](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/dat-freight-analytics)
**Location:** Denver, CO
**Role:** Data Engineering
**Salary:** $134k – $175k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** dbt, Snowflake, Kafka, Aws S3, Amazon Emr, Aws Glue, Terraform, Apache Airflow, Tableau, MySQL, Oracle, Python, SQL, Cqrs, Data Mesh
**Posted:** 2026-08-27

> Leads architecture and technical governance for an enterprise-scale data platform, driving distributed systems, data modeling, cloud infrastructure, and operational best practices. Requires 7+ years of engineering experience and a bachelor’s degree.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead the design and evolution of a scalable, available, and performant modern data platform.
- Apply architectural patterns including event-driven architecture, CQRS, event sourcing, and Saga patterns to complex data challenges.
- Establish and communicate standards and processes for dbt, Airflow, Snowflake, Kafka, and traditional ETL.
- Partner with senior leadership and IT leaders on strategic data initiatives, providing technical leadership and thought partnership.
- Architect and manage enterprise-scale data platforms, including security, privacy, monitoring and alerting, and CI/CD best practices.
- Implement advanced data modeling approaches such as Kimball, Inmon, and Data Vault, and advance modern concepts such as Data Mesh.
- Solve complex business problems through data-enabled solutions.
- Enforce best practices across the software development lifecycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control, and testing.
- Mentor engineers and foster a culture of learning and technical excellence.
- Use data to prioritize work and influence stakeholders, and proactively improve platforms and processes.

## Requirements
- 7+ years of relevant professional engineering experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Strong data engineering experience with dbt, Snowflake, Kafka, and cloud services including AWS S3, EMR, and Glue.
- Hands-on experience with Terraform, Airflow, Tableau, MySQL, and Oracle.
- Deep knowledge of professional software engineering practices across the technology management lifecycle.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

## Nice-to-haves
- Experience with Agile development.
- Experience with event-driven architecture, CQRS, event sourcing, Saga patterns, and Data Mesh.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Salary: $134,000–$175,000 plus target bonus for Colorado-based candidates.
- Medical, dental, vision, life, and AD&D insurance.
- Parental leave and flexible vacation time.
- Paid holidays.
- 401(k) matching with immediate vesting.
- Employee stock purchase plan.
- Short- and long-term disability leave.
- Flexible spending and health savings accounts.
- Employee assistance, referral, recognition, wellness, and employee resource group programs.

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