Data Engineer, Data Infrastructure & Analytics

Neighbor; Lehi (UT); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Generous PTO

11 paid company holidays

401(k) plan

Infant care leave

On-site gym/showers open 24/7

Job summary

Neighbor is hiring a Software Engineer, Data to build and scale our data infrastructure for actionable insights across all 50 states. You’ll own pipelines from production sources to a semantic layer and BI tools, joining a small, high-leverage data team as its first dedicated data engineer.

Stack includes dbt and Dagster on Redshift and Athena, with Superset for BI; you’ll mentor analysts, collaborate with product, engineering, marketing, and finance, and help translate data into business value.

Qualifications

• Expert-level SQL with ability to write, tune, and optimize complex queries for high-volume environments.
• Hands-on experience designing and maintaining data lakes or cloud-based data warehouses.
• Deep understanding of data integration patterns including data ingestion, transformation, and automated cleansing (ETL/ELT).
• Strong ability to translate complex datasets into actionable narratives using BI and reporting tools.
• Proven track record of using quantitative analysis to solve ambiguous problems and drive strategic decisions.

Responsibilities

• Design and build robust pipelines to ingest data from diverse sources (APIs, logs, relational DBs).
• Ensure reliable execution of ETLs/ELTs to maintain data integrity and freshness.
• Standardize analytics workflows with version control, CI/CD, and automated data validation.
• Develop a robust semantic layer to enable self-service analytics for stakeholders.
• Monitor cloud compute utilization and data model performance for high-availability reporting.
• Serve as a strategic technical partner to leadership across Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Finance.
• Mentor data analysts and data scientists on engineering best practices.

Skills

SQL mastery

Data engineering

ETL/ELT

BI tools

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in quantitative/technical fields

Tools

dbt

Dagster

Redshift

Athena

Superset

Job description

Neighbor is hiring a Software Engineer, Data to build and scale our data infrastructure for actionable insights across all 50 states. You’ll own pipelines from production sources to a semantic layer and BI tools, joining a small, high-leverage data team as its first dedicated data engineer.

Stack includes dbt and Dagster on Redshift and Athena, with Superset for BI; you’ll mentor analysts, collaborate with product, engineering, marketing, and finance, and help translate data into business value.