Snout

Founding Data Engineer

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2 months ago
Remote, United StatesSenior

Base Salary

$165k - $185k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Map, document, and reconcile Snout’s data landscape across application and veterinary practice-management systems.
  • Own and extend the dbt warehouse, including source-system modeling, dimensional modeling, testing, documentation, and data freshness.
  • Own ingestion pipelines and the warehouse rebuild, improving reliability and recommending simplifications or consolidations.
  • Deliver clean, well-modeled data to internal reporting and LLM/AI tooling.
  • Lead stakeholder discovery across GTM, CX, finance, and product, presenting options, trade-offs, costs, and recommendations.
  • Establish the technical foundation for and support the data analyst hired after this role.

Requirements

  • 6+ years of experience building and maintaining production data systems as a data or analytics engineer.
  • Deep SQL and hands-on PostgreSQL experience.
  • Strong production experience with dbt and dimensional or data modeling.
  • Track record of reconciling large, messy datasets from multiple source systems into coherent data models.
  • Pragmatic approach focused on simplicity, cost awareness, and justifying technical complexity.
  • Strong written and verbal communication, including making recommendations and explaining trade-offs.
  • Ability to work independently as the first and only data hire for a period of time.
  • Experience as an early or first data hire who later grew a function or team is preferred.
  • Python or similar experience for pipelines and tooling is preferred.
  • Experience modeling data for LLM/AI consumption is preferred.
  • Veterinary or healthcare data, PIMS systems, subscription or technology startup, Series A/B, or AWS experience is preferred.

Benefits

  • Remote, U.S.-based role.
  • Day 1 medical, dental, and vision benefits.
  • Flexible time off and 11 company calendar holidays.
  • Paid parental leave.
  • Quarterly travel flexibility is expected.
  • Equity is offered.

Categories

Data Engineering
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About Snout

51-200 employees
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