Staff Principal Data Engineer
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San Francisco, CA - USA
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Job Summary
About Orum
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Were building the next generation of Orums data platform including a modern analytics stack powered by ClickHouse BigQuery dbt and Looker. This platform supports customer-facing analytics internal business intelligence product decision-making and future AI-powered products.
Were looking for a Principal/Staff Data Engineer to own this ecosystem end-to-end a foundational data hire with broad responsibility across data engineering (70%) and analytics/BI (30%). Youll own the architecture reliability and evolution of our data platform working closely with Engineering Product Finance Go-to-Market and Operations to build scalable data systems and a trusted analytics layer the whole company can use.
What youll do
Define and drive Orums data platform architecture and technical roadmap
Build and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines from PostgreSQL application systems and event streams into ClickHouse BigQuery and other analytical systems
Design robust dbt transformation layers and reusable well-documented data models
Own the reliability performance cost and scalability of ClickHouse and BigQuery workloads
Build real-time and batch data pipelines for analytics product and AI use cases including large-scale event call transcript and conversational data
Establish standards for data quality testing lineage governance and observability
Own Orums Looker environment end-to-end including LookML models explores dashboards permissions and performance
Develop a trusted semantic layer with consistent metric and dimension definitions company-wide
Partner with Product Finance GTM and Operations to translate business questions into scalable data models dashboards and self-service analytics
Support high-impact ad hoc analysis and help establish processes for dashboard ownership metric governance and data literacy
What were looking for
8 years of experience in Data Engineering Analytics Engineering Platform Engineering or related data roles
Deep expertise in SQL data modeling dimensional modeling and analytics-oriented schema design
Hands-on experience with dbt and modern ELT architectures
Strong experience with analytical databases and warehouses such as ClickHouse and BigQuery
Experience owning or administering Looker in production including LookML development and performance optimization
Experience with streaming technologies such as Kafka Pub/Sub or similar
Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure distributed systems and data platform architecture
Ability to operate with high ownership drive ambiguous initiatives independently and communicate complex data concepts to technical and non-technical audiences alike
Bonus if you have:
Deep experience operating ClickHouse at scale
Experience owning or migrating a Looker implementation
Experience with product analytics or customer-facing analytics platforms
Familiarity with LLM infrastructure embeddings RAG systems or AI data pipelines
Experience with conversational telephony or other large-scale unstructured datasets
Experience in high-growth startup environments
Company Values
Excellence - Deliver high-quality work across every function
No Jerks - Build a team thats respectful inclusive and collaborative
Accountability - Own outcomes and follow through
Integrity - Always act honestly with customers partners and each other
Stewardship - Manage our resources responsibility for sustainable growth
Great Ideas Win - Innovation thrives when the best ideas lead no matter where they come from
Benefits and Perks (FTE)
Flexible Vacation Policy
30 paid holidays annually including observed holidays the first Friday of every month off and a two-week year-end holiday break.
Meaningful stock options in Orum
90% coverage for employees and dependents for healthcare dental and vision insurance plans
Comprehensive Life & Disability package
Parental leave for the primary or the secondary
$1k equipment reimbursement for work-related items thats yours to keep
Company retreats and meetups for all employees to connect in person
Company ERG - Women Of Orum (WOO)
Orum Is An Equal Opportunity Employer
Were committed to continually adding to our diverse team that represents various backgrounds perspectives and skills. We do not discriminate based on race religion color national origin gender (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions) sexual orientation gender identity gender expression age status as a protected veteran status as an individual with a disability or other applicable legally protected characteristics. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability you may contact us at In short we want you to join in on the ride if youre talented for one of our roles with no other qualifiers.
Orum Is An Equal Opportunity Employer
Were committed to continually adding to our diverse team that represents various backgrounds perspectives and skills. We do not discriminate based on race religion color national origin gender (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions) sexual orientation gender identity gender expression age status as a protected veteran status as an individual with a disability or other applicable legally protected characteristics. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability you may contact us at In short we want you to join in on the ride if youre talented for one of our roles with no other qualifiers.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
