Coast

Lead Data Engineer

Coast
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Base Salary

$170k - $220k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Own the data warehouse and establish standards and patterns for data ingestion and efficient data modeling.
  • Build data catalog and semantic-layer capabilities that make data discoverable and accessible across the company.
  • Define data security standards including tokenization, RBAC, and row-level security.
  • Develop patterns for data consumption, including reverse ETL and safe access for AI agents.
  • Guide product engineering teams toward building DDD-based data products and educate nontechnical users on AI-enabled data consumption.
  • Contribute to data pipelines in Python, CI/CD pipelines for data products, and dbt data tests.
  • Lead and mentor a horizontal Data Engineering team while partnering with analytics and product engineering teams.
  • Develop strategies for warehouse cost management, data security, and AI-ready data access.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of hands-on experience across modern ETL/ELT, orchestration, data warehouses, columnar stores, BI tooling, and SQL optimization.
  • Experience with Redshift or Snowflake, Dagster, dbt, and medallion architecture.
  • Proficiency in Python.
  • Experience leading a horizontal Data Engineering team and collaborating with analytics and product engineering teams.
  • Mentorship experience with data engineers and members of other teams who work with data products.
  • Experience using AI tools in daily work and enthusiasm for expanding their use.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to build processes and structure in ambiguous environments with a bias toward action.
  • Must be based in New York City and able to work in the office 3–4 days per week.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Flexible paid time off, including vacation, personal well-being time, and paid holidays.
  • Financial wellness resources, equity tax advisory access, and a company-sponsored 401(k).
  • Paid parental leave.
  • $400 accessories allowance for items such as keyboards, mice, and headphones.
  • Education stipend.
  • Free lunch every Friday.
  • New York City-based role requiring in-office work 3–4 days per week.

Tech Stack

Amazon RedshiftdbtPythonSnowflakeSQL

Categories

Data Engineering
Coast

About Coast

51-200 employees

Coast builds a fleet and fuel payment card and spend-management platform for U.S. businesses that operate vehicle fleets. Managers can set spend policies, track fuel and maintenance costs, and connect transactions to live telematics through native integrations with Samsara and Fleetio. Privately held and headquartered in New York, Coast was founded in 2020 to modernize B2B card payments for commercial fleets.

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