Data Engineer

StartupSphere; Thousand Oaks (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 113,000; Full time

Job summary

StartupSphere in Thousand Oaks is seeking a Data Engineer who can transform vague technology requests into crisp, client-centric systems. This junior role offers $80,000 - $113,000, the freedom to own your roadmap, and a team that helps you grow.

You will optimize performance, tune Tableau queries, and translate business requirements into technical tasks. Expect a growth plan and mentorship to develop beyond the Thousand Oaks office.

Qualifications

• Experience thriving in a safety-first, deadline-driven setting.
• Pattern recognition across many technology engagements.
• Comfort being measured against a clear junior bar.
• Working knowledge of Data Wrangling alongside transferable Feature Engineering chops.
• The judgment to say no to good ideas at the wrong time.

Responsibilities

• Optimize application performance, latency, and resource utilization at scale.
• Tune Tableau queries until the CA database stops timing out under load.
• Turn vague technology tickets into crisp, testable LightGBM acceptance criteria.
• Translate people-centered business requirements into technical specifications and tasks.
• Wire Plotly APIs to Feature Engineering consumers so data lands where Thousand Oaks teams expect it.

Skills

Data wrangling

Feature engineering

Written communication

Deadline-driven

Pattern recognition

Safety-first

Tools

Tableau

LightGBM

Plotly

Job description

We need a Data Engineer who can take a vague technology request and return a client-centric system that does exactly, and only, what was asked. This make-it-better junior role offers $80,000 - $113,000, the freedom to own your roadmap, and a team that helps you grow.

Key Responsibilities

• Optimize application performance, latency, and resource utilization at scale
• Tune Tableau queries until the CA database stops timing out under load
• Turn vague technology tickets into crisp, testable LightGBM acceptance criteria
• Translate people-centered business requirements into technical specifications and tasks
• Wire Plotly APIs to Feature Engineering consumers so data lands where Thousand Oaks teams expect it

What You'll Bring

• Experience thriving in a safety-first, deadline-driven setting like StartupSphere
• Pattern recognition earned across many technology engagements
• Comfort being measured against a clear junior bar
• Working knowledge of Data Wrangling alongside transferable Feature Engineering chops
• The judgment to say no to good ideas at the wrong time
• Written communication clear enough to survive a forwarded email chain

StartupSphere is an autonomy-rich, fiercely independent Thousand Oaks company that would rather earn trust slowly than buy attention quickly. We build an environment where playfully-serious ideas get tested quickly and credit is shared fairly.

You will see $80,000 - $113,000 on the offer, plus a growth plan, a mentor, and benefits tuned for life beyond the Thousand Oaks office.

As of today's date, this Data Engineer req has not been filled.