Senior Data Engineer Data Platform

This is a remote position.

We are hiring a Senior Data Engineer / Data Platform Lead to build and own the first practical version of our internal data platform.

This is a hands-on builder role not just reporting governance or pure ML.

You will design and implement:

• Data ingestion pipelines
  
• Raw staged and curated data layers
  
• Document-heavy workflows (OCR parsing)
  
• Data normalization and schema design
  
• Metadata lineage and data structure standards
  
• Datasets for dashboards and internal AI
  

• Design build and improve AWS-based data platform architecture
  
• Develop ingestion workflows from multiple systems and data sources
  
• Handle structured and unstructured data including document processing
  
• Normalize and transform data into usable schemas
  
• Define metadata naming conventions and lineage tracking
  
• Prepare datasets for dashboards analytics and internal AI use
  
• Implement data quality checks and validation processes
  
• Document data structures pipelines and workflows
  
• Work closely with engineering leadership on integrations and priorities
  

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in data engineering or data platform roles
  
• Strong hands-on experience with data pipelines and platform ownership
  
• Strong AWS experience
  
• Strong SQL and data modeling skills
  
• Experience with structured and unstructured data
  
• Experience with ingestion normalization and dataset preparation
  
• Strong English communication skills (written and spoken)
  
• Ability to work in a fast-paced evolving environment
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with data lake or lakehouse architectures
  
• Experience with OCR or document-heavy workflows
  
• Experience preparing data for AI or retrieval-based systems
  
• Experience in regulated industries (fintech healthtech etc.)
  
• Experience building analytics-ready datasets
  
• Experience mentoring junior team members
  

Bonus Skills

• AWS Glue Athena or similar tools
  
• Data lineage and metadata tooling
  
• Document extraction / parsing systems
  
• Data quality monitoring
  
• Exposure to credit or financial data
  

What Were Looking For

We want a senior builder-owner who can:

• Work with messy real-world data
  
• Prioritize and sequence work effectively
  
• Build practical solutions (not just design them)
  
• Communicate clearly in a remote async environment
  

Benefits

• Work-from-home