10 hours ago
Remote, CanadaStaff+
Base Salary
$190k - $220k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own the architecture of the data ingestion and integration platform.
- Define technical direction for event-driven and batch processing, including build, buy, and migration decisions.
- Establish standards for observability, data freshness, and failure handling.
- Lead cross-team design with data engineering, infrastructure, and product.
- Mentor engineers through design reviews, code contributions, and engineering-practice improvements.
- Identify and drive resolution of unscoped platform problems.
Requirements
- 8+ years of software or data engineering experience, including significant experience owning large-scale ingestion, ETL, or integration platform architecture.
- Deep proficiency in Python, strong SQL skills, and cloud data warehouse experience such as BigQuery.
- Experience designing API-based ETL systems at scale using REST, GraphQL, webhooks, authentication, and multi-tenancy.
- Production experience with orchestration tools such as Airflow and containerized infrastructure including Docker and Kubernetes.
- Demonstrated technical leadership setting direction and aligning engineers without direct reporting authority.
- Experience mentoring engineers and improving engineering practices across a team or organization.
- Understanding of authentication mechanisms including OAuth 2.0, API keys, and secrets management.
- Experience with ERP systems, CRMs, CDPs, or other complex enterprise data tools and APIs is a bonus.
- Exposure to event-driven architectures and real-time data processing tools is a bonus.
- Knowledge of data governance, GDPR, SOC2, and security best practices for sensitive data is a bonus.
- Experience in multi-tenant SaaS or large-scale data-intensive environments is a bonus.
Benefits
- Remote-friendly work arrangement with physical offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
- Base salary range of $190,000–$220,000 USD, plus an equity package.
- Medical, dental, and vision healthcare benefits and a 401(k) plan.
- Flexible PTO, 12 company-paid holidays, and 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
- $500 work-from-home stipend.
- Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis, and the interview process typically requires 5–8 hours across 5–7 interviews.
Tech Stack
Categories
Data Engineering
About Northbeam
Through the use of first-party data collection and machine learning, Northbeam delivers actionable insights to DTC and ecommerce brands that result in a clear picture of your customers’ buying behavior.