Staff Data Engineer: AI-Driven Home Data Platform (Remote)

Acceler8 Talent; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation up to $250,000

Foundational role as the first Staff Data Engineer

Opportunity to work closely with the Head of Data

Job summary

A dynamic tech startup is seeking a Staff Data Engineer to architect and build a core data platform. This role calls for a candidate with extensive experience in creating scalable data pipelines and a robust background in modern infrastructure. You will work closely with various teams to drive data-driven decision making and establish data governance. Competitive compensation is offered, reaching up to $250,000 depending on experience and location.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience as a software or data engineer, focused on large-scale data systems.
• Deep expertise in building and maintaining data pipelines for analytics or ML.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code practices.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build the core data platform for intelligence.
• Design and implement scalable data pipelines across diverse sources.
• Collaborate with AI/ML, product, and engineering teams for data-driven decisions.

Skills

Building and maintaining data pipelines

ETL frameworks (Python, Spark, Airflow, dbt)

SQL proficiency

Cloud-native data platforms (AWS preferred)

Data modeling

CI/CD best practices

Software engineering fundamentals

Tools

Redshift

S3

Spark

Airflow

dbt

Kafka

Databricks

Snowflake

Job description

A dynamic tech startup is seeking a Staff Data Engineer to architect and build a core data platform. This role calls for a candidate with extensive experience in creating scalable data pipelines and a robust background in modern infrastructure. You will work closely with various teams to drive data-driven decision making and establish data governance. Competitive compensation is offered, reaching up to $250,000 depending on experience and location.