Senior Data Engineer, Public Sector

Segment (Twilio); Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 150,400 - 259,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Retirement benefits

Learning stipend

PTO

Commuter stipend

Job summary

Scale is seeking a Senior Data Engineer for the Public Sector to build scalable analytics infrastructure. You will develop pipelines, data models, and BI environments supporting millions of tasks processed via APIs.

A Secret security clearance is required, with Top Secret preferred for higher access levels. You will collaborate with operations, finance, and engineering to deliver reliable data foundations and self-service tools for stakeholders, ensuring data quality and consistency across the

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience applying data modeling and analytics.
• Ability to design extensible, scalable data schemas and pipelines.
• Mastery of SQL and relational databases; Python or R experience.
• Experience building reliable transformation layers with DBT.
• Ability to translate ambiguous business processes into data-driven solutions.

Responsibilities

• Develop pipelines to deliver single-source-of-truth data.
• Improve pipelines and enable self-service for stakeholders.
• Perform data quality audits and reporting accuracy tests.
• Create scalable analytics solutions and data models.
• Implement data warehouse, data mart, and BI environments.
• Maintain security clearance (Secret; Top Secret preferred).

Skills

SQL

Data modeling

Relational databases

Python

Data pipelines

DBT

R

Tools

DBT

Job description

Senior Data Engineer, Public Sector

As a Data Engineer for the Public Sector business unit, you will build Scale's analytical and business‑intelligence infrastructure. Scale's customers process millions of tasks through our APIs, and we’re looking for a talented Data Engineer to build scalable solutions to support this growth.

Responsibilities

• Work with operations, finance, and engineering to drive the development of pipelines that provide single‑source‑of‑truth foundational accuracy
• Continuously improve ongoing data pipelines and simplify self‑service support for business stakeholders
• Perform regular system audits and create data quality tests to ensure complete and accurate reporting of data/metrics
• Develop repeatable, scalable analytical solutions, such as data models, improved pipelines, or better underlying tables
• Implement Scale's data warehouse, data mart, and business intelligence reporting environments and help users transition their workflows to these systems
• Have an active Secret security clearance (Top Secret preferred)

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant work experience in a role requiring application of data modeling and analytic skills
• Ability to create extensible and scalable data schema and pipelines that lay the foundation for downstream analysis
• Mastery of SQL and relational databases; experience with programming languages such as Python or R
• Experience building a reliable transformation layer and pipelines from ambiguous business processes using tools such as DBT to create a foundation for data insights

Benefits

• Base salary range for this full‑time position in WashingtonDC: $150,400 – $259,000 USD
• Equity and benefits, including comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits, a learning and development stipend, generous PTO, and a commuter stipend

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