Staff Data Engineer: Platform Architect & Mentor

Headway; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 212,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage

401K

Work-from-Home Stipend

Therapy Reimbursement

16 paid holidays and holiday break

Job summary

Headway is seeking a Staff Data Engineer in San Francisco to lead architectural direction, establish data standards, and drive scalable data models. You will mentor engineers, own data platform roadmap, and partner across the organization with data scientists and core software teams to ensure trustworthy data for critical decisions.

The role emphasizes data quality governance, multi-functional initiatives, and integration with modern data tools in a high-impact, mission-driven environment.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of data engineering experience.
• Expert in Snowflake, dbt, Airflow, Python.
• Proven architectural ownership and mentoring.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the data platform roadmap.
• Mentor and elevate other data engineers.
• Collaborate with data scientists and software engineers to ensure data quality and availability.

Skills

Data engineering

Cloud architecture

Mentoring

Data modeling

Leadership

Marketplace experience

Tools

Snowflake

dbt

Apache Airflow

Python

Job description

Headway is seeking a Staff Data Engineer in San Francisco to lead architectural direction, establish data standards, and drive scalable data models. You will mentor engineers, own data platform roadmap, and partner across the organization with data scientists and core software teams to ensure trustworthy data for critical decisions.

The role emphasizes data quality governance, multi-functional initiatives, and integration with modern data tools in a high-impact, mission-driven environment.