Founding Staff Data Engineer - Remote + Equity

Wag Art; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health insurance

Paid parental leave

Employee recognition programs

Job summary

Wag Art is looking for a Staff Data Engineer to lead the data team from the ground up. You will build an AI-driven data platform that powers valuations and analytics. The ideal candidate has over 7 years of data engineering experience and strong leadership skills.

As the founding technical leader, you’ll work closely with company executives and contribute to architectural decisions, ensuring that we maintain high data quality and governance.

This role offers a competitive compensation package, flexible US remote or hybrid work opportunities, and significant growth potential.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of data engineering experience with at least 2+ years in a technical lead role.
• Proven track record of building or scaling data teams.
• Deep knowledge of data architecture patterns including ETL vs. ELT.

Responsibilities

• Build the data team from scratch and define the hiring roadmap.
• Own the entire data platform architecture from day one.
• Lead design for large-scale ingestion and entity resolution problems.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data team building

Data architecture

Data governance

AI/ML workflows

Education

B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

PostgreSQL

Airflow

Docker

Job description

Wag Art is looking for a Staff Data Engineer to lead the data team from the ground up. You will build an AI-driven data platform that powers valuations and analytics. The ideal candidate has over 7 years of data engineering experience and strong leadership skills.

As the founding technical leader, you’ll work closely with company executives and contribute to architectural decisions, ensuring that we maintain high data quality and governance.

This role offers a competitive compensation package, flexible US remote or hybrid work opportunities, and significant growth potential.