Staff Data Engineer

Jobot; New York (NY); Remote; USD 170,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual performance bonus

Medical, dental, vision coverage

401k with 4% match

Unlimited PTO

Remote flexibility

Competitive compensation packages

Job summary

Jobot, a fintech firm, is seeking a highly skilled Principal Data Engineer to design, build, and scale enterprise data pipelines and architectures to support analytics, reporting, and data products. This remote, senior role emphasizes ELT, dimensional modeling, and modern cloud data platforms.

This hands-on position offers generous pay and benefits including annual performance bonuses, medical/dental/vision coverage, 401(k) with 4% match, unlimited PTO, and remote flexibility.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience building ELT pipelines in a Data Warehouse environment.
• Strong experience with dimensional data modeling (Kimball, Data Vault, Medallion).
• Hands-on expertise with: dbt, Airflow or Dagster.
• Strong experience with Snowflake or similar cloud data warehouses.
• Distributed data systems.
• Kubernetes environments.
• Deep understanding of: Append-only data modeling & point-in-time data structures.
• Column-oriented / analytical SQL modeling.
• Strong proficiency in: Python
• SQL.
• Experience implementing: Test-driven development (TDD) for data pipelines
• Git-based workflows and CI/CD best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and scale modern data pipelines and architectures.
• Own the data lifecycle—from ingestion through curated data marts.
• Lead ELT development and dimensional modeling initiatives.
• Collaborate with Data & Analytics to support analytics, reporting, and data products.

Skills

ELT pipelines

Dimensional modeling

Python

SQL

Cloud platforms

Data quality

dbt

Airflow

Dagster

Snowflake

Kubernetes

CI/CD

TDD

Git

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent

Tools

dbt

Airflow

Dagster

Snowflake

Kubernetes

Job description

Fintech firm hiring remote Principal Data Engineer / Generous pay + benefits

Salary: $170,000 - $205,000 per year

A bit about us:

We are seeking a highly skilled Principal Data Engineer to join our Data & Analytics team. This individual will play a critical role in designing, building, and scaling modern data pipelines and architectures to support enterprise analytics, reporting, and data products.

The ideal candidate has deep expertise in ELT development, dimensional modeling, and modern cloud data platforms, with a strong focus on performance, scalability, and data quality. This is a highly technical, hands-on role with significant ownership across the data lifecycle—from ingestion through curated data marts.

Why join us?

• Annual performance bonus
• Medical, dental, vision coverage
• 401k with 4% match
• Unlimited PTO
• Remote flexibility
• Competitive compensation packages

Job Details

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of experience building ELT pipelines in a Data Warehouse environment
• Strong experience with dimensional data modeling (Kimball, Data Vault, Medallion)
• Hands-on expertise with: dbt, Airflow or Dagster
• Strong experience with:
• Snowflake or similar cloud data warehouses
• Distributed data systems
• Kubernetes environments
• Deep understanding of:
• Append-only data modeling & point-in-time data structures
• Column-oriented / analytical SQL modeling
• Strong proficiency in:
• Python
• SQL
• Experience implementing:
• Test-driven development (TDD) for data pipelines
• Git-based workflows and CI/CD best practices

Preferred

• Experience working within modern data mesh or data platform architecture
• Exposure to real-time or streaming pipelines
• Experience supporting large-scale analytics or BI environments

Jobot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide an inclusive work environment that celebrates diversity and all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (40 and over), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Jobot also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is Jobot’s policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.