Senior Data Engineer & Tech Lead, Data Platform

Kastle; West Falls Church (VA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Medical/Dental/Vision

401K

Tuition/Training Assistance

Wellness Program

Job summary

Kastle Systems is a leader in managed security with a global footprint across commercial real estate and government facilities. We seek a Senior Data Engineer to design and govern data infrastructure powering access control, device telemetry, and enterprise integrations.

You will lead a small team, own data pipelines, and collaborate across security hardware, cloud platform, and ERP/CRM systems to deliver trusted data for analytics and compliance reporting.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional data engineering experience, with at least 2 years in a lead or people management role.
• Expert proficiency in Python and SQL with advanced data modeling and warehouse design.
• Hands-on experience with cloud data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Redshift) and data pipeline orchestration tools (Airflow, Prefect, Dagster).
• Experience with streaming architectures (Kafka, Kinesis) and REST API integration patterns.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain data infrastructure powering the access control platform.
• Lead a team of 3–6 data/analytics engineers and set technical standards.
• Own data pipelines ingesting millions of daily access events and feed ERP/CRM systems.
• Establish master data management and data governance across ERP/CRM.
• Ensure data quality, lineage, and observability across production pipelines.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data modeling

Warehouse design

Cloud platforms

Data pipelines

Real-time data

REST API integration

ERP/CRM data

Data governance

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

BigQuery

Redshift

Airflow

Prefect

Dagster

Kafka

Kinesis

LDAP/AD

NetSuite

SAP

Salesforce

HubSpot

Job description

Kastle Systems is a leader in managed security with a global footprint across commercial real estate and government facilities. We seek a Senior Data Engineer to design and govern data infrastructure powering access control, device telemetry, and enterprise integrations.

You will lead a small team, own data pipelines, and collaborate across security hardware, cloud platform, and ERP/CRM systems to deliver trusted data for analytics and compliance reporting.