Job Description

Job Description

Staff Data Engineer - Houston, TX or US Remote

A Series B funded startup who are building the infrastructure that powers how residential HVAC systems are monitored, maintained, and serviced are looking for a Staff Data Engineer to join their team.

What will I be doing:

• Help architect and build the core data platform that powers the company's intelligence - from ingestion and transformation to serving and analytics
• Design and implement scalable data pipelines (batch and streaming) across diverse data sources including IoT sensors, operational databases, and external systems
• Work with high-performance database technologies
• Define foundational data models and abstractions that enable high-quality, consistent access for analytics, product, and ML workloads
• Collaborate with AI/ML, Product, and Software Engineering teams to enable data-driven decision-making and real-time intelligence
• Establish engineering best practices for data quality, observability, lineage, and governance
• Evaluate and integrate modern data technologies (e.g., Redshift, S3, Spark, Airflow, dbt, Kafka, Databricks, Snowflake, etc.) to evolve the platform's capabilities
• Mentor engineers across teams

What are we looking for:

• 8+ years of experience as a software or data engineer, including ownership of large-scale data systems used for analytics or ML
• Deep expertise in building and maintaining data pipelines and ETL frameworks (Python, Spark, Airflow, dbt, etc.)
• Strong background in modern data infrastructure
• Proficiency with SQL and experience designing performant, maintainable data models
• Solid understanding of CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and observability best practices
• Experience enabling ML workflows and understanding of data needs across the model lifecycle
• Comfort working with cloud-native data platforms (AWS preferred)
• Strong software engineering fundamentals
• Excellent communicator

What's in it for me:

• Competitive compensation up to $250,000 dependent on experience and location
• Foundational role as the first Staff Data Engineer
• Work hand-in-hand with the Head of Data to design and implement systems, pipelines, and abstractions that make us an AI-native company

Apply now for immediate consideration!

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