Remote Senior Staff Engineer, Data

Description:

• As a Senior Staff Engineer, Data, you will be a key technical leader driving the design, implementation, and evolution of FloQast’s core data platform.
• You will define the standards and patterns that power data ingestion, governance, storage, processing, and access across all product and analytics systems.
• Your work will enable teams across engineering, product, and business operations to build on a reliable, scalable, and secure data foundation.
• You will lead the design of scalable and reliable data pipelines, storage solutions, and access layers using modern cloud-native technologies.
• You will own and evolve the core data platform components, including event streaming, lakehouse architecture, batch & streaming ETL, and data cataloging.
• You will define best practices for data quality, lineage, privacy, and access control to ensure regulatory compliance and trust in the data.
• You will work closely with Product, Analytics, Infrastructure, and Security teams to align data platform capabilities with organizational goals.
• You will mentor engineers across the organization, establish coding and architectural standards, and influence the strategic direction of the platform.
• You will evaluate and integrate emerging technologies that improve performance, observability, developer experience, and cost efficiency.

Requirements:

• You must have 10+ years of software engineering experience with deep expertise in data infrastructure, distributed systems, or backend platform engineering.
• You should have a proven track record of designing and delivering production-grade data platforms at scale, supporting hundreds of TBs of data and thousands of jobs per day.
• Strong experience with tools like Snowflake, dbt, Kafka, Airflow, Spark, and cloud-native technologies such as AWS, GCP, or Azure is required.
• You must have hands-on experience building APIs and services for data access, metadata management, and platform observability.
• Familiarity with data privacy regulations, including GDPR, SOC2, and HIPAA, as well as enterprise-grade security practices is necessary.
• You should be an effective communicator and collaborator who can influence both engineering and non-engineering audiences.
• Experience in a startup or high-growth SaaS environment is preferred.
• Exposure to AI/ML data pipelines or real-time analytics platforms is a plus.

Benefits:

• The base pay range for this position is $188,000 - $282,000, and compensation is not limited to base salary.
• FloQast offers a competitive and elaborate Benefits Package, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Family Forming benefits, Life & Disability Insurance, and Unlimited Vacation.
• FloQast reserves the right to amend, change, alter, and revise pay ranges and benefits offerings at any time.
• All applicants acknowledge that the specific pay range is contingent upon meeting the qualifications and requirements of the role, and for the successful completion of the interview selection process.