Lead Data Engineer

About the company

Small accounting firms in New York use our engagement letter and e-signature tool, and most heard about us from a colleague. Profitable, no outside investors, and no plans to take any. We grow when customers pay us. Releases go out Tuesday mornings, never on Fridays.

Pinegrid needs someone who writes solid SQL and Python and treats pipelines like production software. This role is fully remote within the US. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

Your responsibilities

• Respond to pipeline failures and backfill data when needed.
• Design table layouts and partitioning for Parquet, Delta Lake or Iceberg.
• Process large datasets with Spark on Databricks or EMR.
• Maintain CI for data code and review pull requests.

What you'll need

• 8-10 years of data engineering, or backend work with data at volume.
• Understanding of dimensional modeling and slowly changing dimensions.
• Hands-on with an orchestration tool such as Airflow.
• Strong Python for data processing.
• Patience with messy source data and the habit of documenting assumptions.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of GDPR, CCPA or HIPAA data handling rules.

Pay and benefits

Salary: $235,000 - $270,000 per year

• Health, dental and vision coverage starting on day one.
• 401(k) with 4% match.
• Paid time off.
• Paid holidays.
• Stock options.
• Paid sick leave.
• Employee assistance program.

Start dates are flexible, usually within a few weeks of an offer.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Pinegrid.