Data Engineer, Infrastructure FinOps
Costa Mesa, CA - USA
Job Summary
ABOUT THE TEAM
Andurils Infrastructure Engineering organization provides the digital foundations for all aspects of our business. We are
evolving into a more data-driven approach for designing building and managing the critical infrastructure that ingests transforms and serves massive datasets to power analytics machine learning and intelligent applications.
ABOUT THE JOB
We are seeking a highly skilled Data Engineer with a strong software engineering foundation to help build and scale our next-generation data platform. This is a high-impact role where you will have the autonomy to architect robust systems that unlock critical business insights from complex large-scale data
WHAT YOULL DO
Design and Build Scalable Data Pipelines: Architect develop and maintain robust and efficient ETL/ELT pipelines to
process petabyte-scale data from a wide variety of sources using platforms like Google BigQuery Databricks and
Palantir Foundry .
Apply Software Engineering Principles: Treat data infrastructure as a software product. Develop reusable
frameworks libraries and tools to accelerate data pipeline development and ensure reliability using best practices like
version control code reviews and CI/CD.
Architect and Model Data: Design and implement well-structured performant data models and schemas in our data
warehouse and data lakehouse environments optimized for both analytical querying and application use.
Ensure Data Quality and Reliability: Implement comprehensive data quality checks monitoring and alerting to
proactively identify and resolve data issues. Troubleshoot and optimize performance bottlenecks in data processing and
storage layers.
Be a Force Multiplier: Collaborate closely with data scientists analysts software engineers and business stakeholders
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 5 years of experience in a data engineering or a similar software engineering role ideally building data products in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong programming proficiency in Python.
- Hands-on expertise with at least one major cloud data platform such as Google BigQuery Databricks or an enterprise data system like Palantir Foundry.
- Expert-level SQL and query optimization skills on large-scale datasets.
- Solid understanding of data modeling concepts ETL/ELT design patterns and data warehousing/lakehouse principles.
- Experience with a major cloud environment (GCP AWS Azure) including its security ecosystem and containerization technologies (Docker Kubernetes).
- Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a US Top Secret security clearance.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Hands-on experience with data orchestration and transformation tools like Spark PySpark and dbt.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform CloudFormation) for managing data resources.
- Knowledge of real-time data streaming technologies (e.g. Kafka Flink Pub/Sub).
- Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines for data applications (e.g. GitHub Actions Jenkins).
- Experience with or a strong interest in learning how to develop data services and data products using modern software architecture and API design principles.
- Familiarity with data visualization tools such as Tableau
US Salary Range
$146000 - $194000 USD
The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience education and/or training critical skills and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Andurils total compensation package. Additionally Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees including:
Healthcare Benefits
- US Roles:Comprehensive medical dental and vision plans at little to no cost to you.
- UK & AUS Roles:We cover full cost of medical insurance premiums for you and your dependents.
- IE Roles: We offer an annual contribution toward your private health insurance for you and your dependents.
Additional Benefits
- Income Protection: Anduril covers life and disability insurance for all employees.
- Generous time off: Highly competitive PTO plans with a holiday hiatus in December. Caregiver & Wellness Leave is available to care for family members bond with a new baby or address your own medical needs.
- Family Planning & Parenting Support: Coverage for fertility treatments (e.g. IVF preservation) adoption and gestational carriers along with resources to support you and your partner from planning to parenting.
- Mental Health Resources:Access free mental health resources 24/7 including therapy and life coaching. Additional work-life services such as legal and financial support are also available.
- Professional Development:Annual reimbursement for professional development
- Commuter Benefits:Company-funded commuter benefits based on your region.
- Relocation Assistance:Available depending on role eligibility.
Retirement Savings Plan
- US Roles:Traditional 401(k) Roth and after-tax (mega backdoor Roth) options.
- UK & IE Roles:Pension plan with employer match.
- AUS Roles:Superannuation plan.
The recruiter assigned to this role can share more information about the specific compensation and benefit details associated with this role during the hiring process.
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