Staff Data Platform Engineer - Big Data & Analytics

Slickdeals; San Mateo (CA); Hybrid; USD 195,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Healthcare plans

401K matching

Development reimbursement

Job summary

Slickdeals is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead our data engineering ecosystem, focusing on scalable, reliable big data platforms. You’ll mentor engineers, shape architecture, and drive analytics, experimentation, and machine learning initiatives across the business.

The role involves Databricks, dbt, Airflow, AWS, Tableau, and AtScale. Hybrid schedule in San Mateo, CA or Las Vegas, NV, with base pay $195k-$260k and strong bonus and benefits.

Qualifications

• Degree in a quantitative field (BS/BA/BE)
• 10+ years in software engineering
• 7+ years building large-scale data solutions
• Strong SQL, Python, and dbt proficiency

Responsibilities

• Architect, evolve, and maintain core ETL/ELT pipelines using dbt, Airflow, and Databricks.
• Design and optimize semantic models to support BI tools like Tableau.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration with Analytics, Product, and Engineering to deliver reliable, timely data.
• Own observability, performance, and reliability of data workflows across environments.
• Guide infrastructure decisions in AWS (S3, Kafka, EC2, Lambda, IAM), balancing scalability and cost.
• Drive cost optimization and platform hygiene across data storage, compute, and tooling.

Skills

SQL

Python

dbt

Education

BS/BA/BE in quantitative field

Tools

Databricks

Airflow

AWS

Job description

Slickdeals is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead our data engineering ecosystem, focusing on scalable, reliable big data platforms. You’ll mentor engineers, shape architecture, and drive analytics, experimentation, and machine learning initiatives across the business.

The role involves Databricks, dbt, Airflow, AWS, Tableau, and AtScale. Hybrid schedule in San Mateo, CA or Las Vegas, NV, with base pay $195k-$260k and strong bonus and benefits.