Staff Data Engineer — Scale Analytics Platform & Pipelines

LeafLink; United States; On-site; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO

Stock option plan

Volunteer Time Off (VTO)

Competitive compensation and 401k

Comprehensive health coverage

Commuter Benefits

Job summary

LeafLink is seeking a Staff Data Engineer to help lead the evolution of our data platform and analytics infrastructure. This role will design and scale systems that power analytics, reporting, and operational insights across the organization.

Staff Data Engineers influence how data is modeled, moved, and consumed, partnering with engineering, finance, product, and operations to ensure the data platform remains reliable, scalable, and capable of supporting critical decision-making.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience building production data pipelines and analytics infrastructure.
• Strong SQL skills and experience modeling large datasets.
• Strong Python experience for building pipelines and automation.
• Experience with Airflow, dbt, or similar orchestration and transformation tools.
• Experience with modern data stack tools such as Fivetran, Redshift, or Sigma.
• Experience with AWS and serverless data processing such as Lambda.
• Strong understanding of data warehouse architecture and analytics engineering.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives across teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and lead development of scalable data pipelines using Airflow, dbt, and Python.
• Guide architecture and evolution of the company data platform.
• Build integrations across modern data stack tools including Fivetran, Redshift, and Sigma.
• Develop serverless data services using AWS services such as Lambda.
• Partner with stakeholders to define reliable data models and analytics datasets.
• Improve pipeline reliability through testing, monitoring, and observability.
• Mentor engineers and analysts on data modeling and platform best practices.
• Drive improvements in data governance and documentation.

Skills

SQL

Python

Airflow

dbt

Redshift

AWS

Data modeling

Tools

Fivetran

Sigma

dbt

Redshift

Lambda

Job description

LeafLink is seeking a Staff Data Engineer to help lead the evolution of our data platform and analytics infrastructure. This role will design and scale systems that power analytics, reporting, and operational insights across the organization.

Staff Data Engineers influence how data is modeled, moved, and consumed, partnering with engineering, finance, product, and operations to ensure the data platform remains reliable, scalable, and capable of supporting critical decision-making.