Remote Lead Data Engineer

Description:

• Verdigris is on a mission to sustain and enrich human life through responsive energy intelligence.
• The company’s AI sensors automate energy management and predict unseen equipment failures in mission-critical buildings.
• The Lead Data Engineer will be responsible for designing systems that are reliable, scalable, and performant.
• The role involves collaborating with Product Management to understand use cases and engineer products that support a strong user experience.
• The engineer will own schema design and data modeling for energy metering and building management system (BMS) data.
• Responsibilities include architecting and maintaining cost-effective and performant next-generation data storage solutions.
• The Lead Data Engineer will lead data architecture decisions and build robust, scalable ETL/ELT pipelines.
• The position requires ensuring performance and efficiency of analytical queries across large datasets and developing data quality, validation, and governance standards.
• The team operates fully remote with daily virtual standups and a two-week sprint cadence, primarily working from 10:00am PST to 6:00pm PST.

Requirements:

• Candidates must align with core working hours from 10:00AM PST to 5:00PM PST in either Pacific, Mountain, or Central timezones.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in data engineering with large-scale, high-throughput systems is required.
• Proven experience in designing dimensional models and OLAP schema, including fact and dimension tables, is necessary.
• A deep understanding of columnar stores and database internals, such as ClickHouse, Druid, StarTree, or Pinot, is essential.
• Strong SQL skills and proficiency with Python for data pipelines are required.
• Experience handling updates, inserts, and type-2 dimensions for time-series or large-scale event stores is needed.

Benefits:

• Joining Verdigris offers the opportunity to make an impact in a mission-driven startup focused on energy management and climate change.
• Employees can expect a supportive environment that values differing perspectives and encourages candid feedback.
• The company promotes a culture of innovation and aims to create an opportunity-filled environment for curious minds.
• Verdigris is an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.