Staff Data Engineer

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Code for AmericaGovernment Technology
Code for America employees may work remotely across the US. Code for America employees main residence must be within the US., Collaborative working hours: we aim to hold all internal meetings between 10 AM - 3 PM PT.Full-TimeStaff
Salary128,945 - 157,850 USD per year
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Job Details

Languages
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
Experience
7+ years of experience in data engineering or related technical fields
Required Skills
PythonSQLSnowflakePostgresBigQuerydbtR

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience in data engineering or related technical fields.
  • Expert-level SQL proficiency.
  • Experience with Python and R.
  • Experience with Postgres and cloud-based data warehousing (e.g., BigQuery, Snowflake).
  • Expertise in data orchestration tools such as Dagster.
  • Expertise in dbt for data transformation and modeling.
  • Experience with business intelligence tools like Metabase, Tableau, PowerBI, or Looker.
  • Experience ensuring data pipeline accessibility for Data Scientists using notebook tools like Hex.
  • Experience with cloud infrastructure and infrastructure as code.
  • Strong collaboration skills to manage cross-functional relationships and decision-making.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
  • Demonstrated ability to use and validate AI coding tools.

Responsibilities

  • Lead cross-functional technical planning to translate architecture requirements into scalable solutions.
  • Create and optimize new data pipelines, transfers, and compliance-oriented infrastructure.
  • Implement data transformation, integration, and validation processes to support analytics.
  • Partner with DevOps to apply deployment, monitoring, and operational standards.
  • Lead technical investigations to resolve data issues and recommend process improvements.
  • Champion privacy, security, and governance throughout the data lifecycle.
  • Mentor engineers and data scientists on best practices, pipeline design, and architecture.
  • Contribute to team standards and documentation.
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