Data Engineer

Data Engineer

Calyx Containers Full-Time

About Calyx Containers

Calyx Containers is a B2B packaging company serving the cannabis (mainly for now) food and consumer goods industries. Were building technology that transforms how businesses order track and manage custom packagingfrom instant quotes to production visibility. Our platform integrates sales manufacturing and fulfillment into a unified customer experience called Calyx Command. Calyx Command puts our customers in the drivers seat of their packaging through a space-themed consumer-centric experience. We are pioneering the future of the packaging tech stack while making sure our customers have fun doing it.

About the Role

Were looking for a hands-on Data Engineer to own and scale our data infrastructure. Youll build the pipelines and architecture that unify data across our CRM ERP and production systemsenabling real-time visibility into customer behavior order fulfillment and manufacturing operations. This is a foundational role with significant ownership and growth potential. Weve already built base infrastructure for you to expand upon.

What Youll Do

• Design and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines connecting CRM ERP MES Sales Intelligence and internal application databases
• Own our Data Lake architecture using a Bronze/Silver/Gold medallion pattern for raw ingestion cleansed data and business-ready datasets
• Build and operate our Golden Record System for customer identity resolution across external platforms
• Implement data quality gates freshness SLAs anomaly detection and automated alerting
• Create datasets that power AI features (damage detection document parsing demand forecasting etc)
• Collaborate with product and engineering to expose clean data via REST APIs
• Establish observability dashboards for pipeline health and data lineage

Our Tech Stack

• Database: PostgreSQL (Neon-backed) Drizzle ORM
• Backend: Express TypeScript
• AI/ML: LLM APIs for document parsing and analytics
• Infrastructure: Replit deployments structured logging with Pino distributed tracing
• Data Patterns: Medallion architecture (Bronze/Silver/Gold) CDC-style sync jobs batch and real-time pipelines

What Were Looking For

• 4 years of experience in data engineering or a related role
• Strong SQL skills and proficiency with TypeScript or Python
• Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred) and data modeling
• Familiarity with ERP systems and CRM platforms
• Understanding of identity resolution master data management and data quality principles
• Comfort working across the stackyoull touch APIs database schemas and monitoring
• Self-starter who thrives with autonomy in a fast-moving environment

Nice to Have

• Experience in manufacturing packaging or cannabis industry compliance
• Exposure to production/MES systems like LabelTraxx
• Background with event-driven architectures or real-time streaming
• Familiarity with Drizzle ORM or similar TypeScript-first database tooling

Why Join Us

• Ownership: Youll define how we collect store and use data across the company
• Impact: Your work directly powers customer-facing features and operational decisions
• Growth: Opportunity to build and lead a data team as we scale
• Modern stack: TypeScript end-to-end no legacy systems to maintain
• Profit Sharing: Ability to participate in the companys profit-sharing plan

MORE ABOUT US:

Our team is composed of bright hardworking creative and highly motivated individuals looking to make an impact on the world. We seek like-minded colleagues who share our values and want to apply their experience energy and enthusiasm to help grow and scale a dynamic business in a rapidly expanding industry. The Calyx Containers culture fosters the personal and professional growth in a challenging and rewarding environment. We operate at a fast pace demand high personal standards and offer everyone the opportunity to contribute skill-build and develop their talents.

Benefits and Perks offered to full time employees:
-Flexible Paid Time Off
-Comprehensive benefits offerings including: Medical (with company-funded HRA) Dental Vision Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance Life Insurance Headspace Care Mental Health effective the first day of the month following hire.
-401(k)
-Ability to make an immediate impact
-Monthly team meetings and frequent social events

An ideal Calyx candidate looks like:
-Has experience in the cannabis and/or packaging industry
-Thrives in a fast-paced environment
-Handles ambiguity with a positive attitude
-Rolls up their sleeves to help their team

How success is measured at Calyx:
First 30 days spent getting to know the company and our team!
Ability to make an immediate impact - were growing quickly and want you to help cultivate that!
Living our core values:
--X-treme Ownership
--Be Quick But Dont Hurry
--Sustainability Is Multi-Dimensional
--We Are Square: Quality Does Not Cut Corners
--Customer Is The Only Boss
--Earn Success Every Day
--The Biggest Failure Is The Failure To Ask For Help
--Better Together: Cultivate An Inclusive Environment

Calyx Containers is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe strongly in fair hiring practices and in creating a welcoming environment for all team members. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation national origin genetics disability age or veteran status. Diversity drives innovation; inclusion drives success. We believe a multitude of approaches and ideas enable us to deliver the best results for our workforce workplace and customers. We are committed to fostering a culture where all employees can share their passions and ideas so we can tackle the toughest challenges in our industry and pave new paths to limitless possibilities.
Calyx is committed to providing access equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment and activities. To request reasonable accommodation please contact (Please note that applications should not be emailed to this address).