Senior Data Engineer

otterai; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 185,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Otter.ai is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join the Data Platform team in Mountain View. You will build foundational data models, pipelines, and platforms to enable self-serve analytics and trustworthy insights at scale.

You will partner with Growth, Product, Sales, Marketing, Data Insights, and Engineering as a technical lead, shaping how data is collected, modeled, and used to drive the business forward.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in data engineering.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Hands-on, actively contributing code and driving projects to completion.
• Strong programming skills in Python and SQL.
• Experience with cloud data warehouses such as Snowflake, BigQuery, or Databricks.
• Experience building and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Experienced with workflow orchestration (Airflow, dbt).
• Has strong data modeling skills and understands how to design for analytical workloads.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS).
• Background in fast-paced tech, AI or SaaS environments.

Responsibilities

• Build and own foundational data models that enable self-serve analytics and key business metrics
• Design, operate, and scale reliable data pipelines and platforms
• Partner with stakeholders to translate business needs into trusted data products
• Influence data collection and logging standards across production systems
• Establish best practices for data modeling, quality, and governance
• Implement data quality checks, statistical validation, and anomaly detection
• Provide technical leadership that improves data reliability and data literacy

Skills

Data engineering

Python

SQL

ETL/ELT pipelines

Airflow

dbt

Data modeling

AWS

5+ years experience

Analytical mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Snowflake

BigQuery

Databricks

Airflow

Job description

The Opportunity

We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join our Data Platform team and build the core data foundations that power analytics, experimentation, and decision-making across the company. In this role, you will design and own foundational data models, pipelines, and platforms that enable self-serve analytics and trustworthy insights at scale.

You will partner closely with Growth, Product, Sales, Marketing, Data Insights, and Engineering teams as a technical thought leader who helps teams extract meaningful value from data. This is a high-ownership role in a growing company, and you will have a direct impact on how data is collected, modeled, and used to drive the business forward.

Your Impact

• Build and own foundational data models that enable self-serve analytics and key business metrics
• Design, operate, and scale reliable data pipelines and platforms
• Partner with stakeholders to translate business needs into trusted data products
• Influence data collection and logging standards across production systems
• Establish best practices for data modeling, quality, and governance
• Implement data quality checks, statistical validation, and anomaly detection
• Provide technical leadership that improves data reliability and data literacy

We're looking for someone who

• Has 5+ years of experience in data engineering
• Has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Is highly hands-on, actively contributing code and driving projects to completion.
• Has strong programming skills in Python and SQL
• Has expertise with cloud data warehouses such as Snowflake, BigQuery, or Databricks
• Has experience building and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines
• Is experienced with workflow orchestration (e.g., Airflow, dbt)
• Has strong data modeling skills and understands how to design for analytical workloads
• Has experience with cloud platforms (preferably AWS)
• Has worked in fast-paced tech, AI or SaaS environments

About Otter.ai

We are in the business of shaping the future of work. Our mission is to make conversations more valuable.

With over 1B meetings transcribed, Otter.ai is the world's leading tool for meeting transcription, summarization, and collaboration. Using artificial intelligence, Otter generates real-time automated meeting notes, summaries, and other insights from in-person and virtual meetings - turning meetings into accessible, collaborative, and actionable data that can be shared across teams and organizations. The company is backed by early investors in Google, DeepMind, Zoom, and Tesla.

Otter.ai is an equal opportunity employer. We proudly celebrate diversity and are committed to building an inclusive and accessible workplace. We provide reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants throughout the hiring process.

Accessibility & Accommodations

Otter.ai is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our hiring process. If you need assistance or an accommodation during any stage of the recruitment process, please contact [e-mail] at least 3 business days before your interview.

Salary range

• Salary Range: $185,000 to $230,000 USD per year.

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