Senior Data Engineer

Range; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% employer-covered medical insurance

401(k) retirement savings program

Paid Time Off

Comprehensive parental leave

Select meals coverage

Monthly fitness stipend

Early exercise eligibility for equity

Annual compensation reviews

Boomerang Program for entrepreneurship

Job summary

Range is seeking a Senior Data Engineer in McLean, VA to own the data infrastructure as the company expands. You'll work on defining architecture and standards while directly collaborating with a small team.

The ideal candidate has over 5 years in data engineering, experience with cloud warehouse or lakehouse technologies, and has established standards for documentation and testing. Range offers comprehensive health coverage, parental leave, and professional development opportunities.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Data Engineering, specifically as the senior engineer.
• Production experience with modern data toolsets like dbt and cloud warehouse.
• Experience designing type-1/type-2 SCDs in production environments.

Responsibilities

• Own the foundational data model and define structure in the warehouse.
• Set standards for testing, documentation, orchestration, and alerting.
• Build and operate the ingestion layer for data from various sources.
• Architect governance into the data management process.
• Help shape platform decision related to data management.

Skills

Data Engineering

Dimensional Modeling

Documentation Standards

Pipeline Development

Tools

dbt

Fivetran

Python

Job description

Most wealth management is fragmented. Range is building AI-powered wealth management that actually works. One platform – investments, taxes, retirement, estate – all of it. All helping members manage financial complexity. Backed by Google's Gradient Ventures, Cathay Innovation, and Scale Venture Partners. Hyper-growth. Small team. Every person matters.

About the role

As a Senior Data Engineer at Range, you’ll be the technical owner of Range’s data infrastructure at a pivotal moment. We’ve grown organically and have different warehouses and a patchwork of ingestions, processes and standards. We’re building the platform, practices and core data model that the next stage of growth depends on. You’ll define the standards, architecture and foundational data model that will shape how we leverage data for years. You’ll also build governance into the foundation that supports our current regulations and the ones we are growing into.

This role is ideal for a senior data engineer who's done this before with strong opinions on dimensional modeling and data architecture, comfortable making the foundational calls in a fast-moving environment where the data is regulated.

We're excited to hire this role at Range's Headquarters in McLean, VA. All of our positions follow an in-office schedule Monday through Friday, allowing you to collaborate directly with your team. If you're not currently based in the area, but love what you see, let’s discuss relocation as part of your journey to joining us.

What you’ll do with us

• Own the foundational data model. Design how our core entities look and are structured in the warehouse. Make the calls on grain, slowly changing dimensions, snapshot strategy, and the conventions our staging and mart layers are built on.

• Set the standards. Define how we do testing, documentation, orchestration, and alerting across all our data infrastructure and bring our existing warehouses up to that bar.

• Build and operate the ingestion layer. Design and maintain pipelines that move data reliably from internal and external sources into the warehouse, using Fivetran, dbt and Python where each fits best. Implement the data quality checks, alerting, and troubleshooting tools that let us catch issues before stakeholders do.

• Architect for governance. Build role-based access, and audit controls into the foundation so that governance scales with the platform instead of being retrofitted later.

• Help shape the platform decision. We're evaluating our long-term data platform and whether to consolidate on what we have or move to something new. You'll partner with our Head of Data and Analytics on the evaluation and own the migration end-to-end once the decision is made.

What we’re looking for

• 5+ years of experience in Data Engineering, including time as the most senior data engineer on a team or workstream.

• Production experience with a modern data toolset including dbt, a cloud warehouse or lakehouse, and modern orchestration and ingestion tooling.

• Strong dimensional modeling fundamentals — you can defend a choice between Kimball, Inmon, or a hybrid based on the problem in front of you, and you've designed type-1/type-2 SCDs in production.

• Track record of setting standards on documentation, testing and alerting on a team that didn't have them.

What will set you apart

• You’ve built data infrastructure under real regulatory constraints at an RIA, broker-dealer, bank or anywhere SOC 2 / Reg S-P / shaped what you built and how.

• You leverage AI as a force multiplier in your own work. You've developed real instincts for when to lean on it, when to verify, and where it actually accelerates pipeline development, modeling, and debugging.

• You’ve done a warehouse consolidation or platform migration end-to-end where you made the architectural calls and lived with the consequences and not just executed someone else’s plan

Benefits

• Health & Wellness: 100% employer-covered medical insurance for employees (75% for dependents), plus dental and vision coverage

• 401(k): Retirement savings program to support your future

• Paid Time Off: Dedicated time to reset and recharge plus most federal holidays

• Parental Leave: Comprehensive leave policy for growing families

• Meals: Select meals covered throughout the week

• Fitness: Monthly movement stipend

• Equity & Career Growth: Early exercise eligibility and a strong focus on professional development

• Annual Compensation Reviews: Salary and equity refreshes based on performance

• Boomerang Program: After two years at Range, you can take time away to start your own company. We’ll hold your spot for 6 months - and pause your equity vesting, which resumes if you return

Range is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. As a company, we are committed to designing products, building a culture, and supporting a team that reflects the diverse population we serve.