Senior Data Engineer / Data Platform

We are hiring a Senior Data Engineer / Data Platform Lead to build and own the first practical version of our internal data platform.

This is a hands-on builder role , not just reporting, governance, or pure ML.

You will design and implement:

• Raw, staged, and curated data layers
• Document-heavy workflows (OCR, parsing)
• Data normalization and schema design
• Metadata, lineage, and data structure standards
• Datasets for dashboards and internal AI

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and improve AWS-based data platform architecture
• Develop ingestion workflows from multiple systems and data sources
• Handle structured and unstructured data, including document processing
• Normalize and transform data into usable schemas
• Define metadata, naming conventions, and lineage tracking
• Prepare datasets for dashboards, analytics, and internal AI use
• Implement data quality checks and validation processes
• Document data structures, pipelines, and workflows
• Work closely with engineering leadership on integrations and priorities

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in data engineering or data platform roles
• Strong hands-on experience with data pipelines and platform ownership
• Strong AWS experience
• Strong SQL and data modeling skills
• Experience with structured and unstructured data
• Experience with ingestion, normalization, and dataset preparation
• Strong English communication skills (written and spoken)
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, evolving environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with data lake or lakehouse architectures
• Experience with OCR or document-heavy workflows
• Experience preparing data for AI or retrieval-based systems
• Experience in regulated industries (fintech, healthtech, etc.)
• Experience building analytics-ready datasets
• Experience mentoring junior team members

Bonus Skills

• AWS Glue, Athena, or similar tools
• Data lineage and metadata tooling
• Exposure to credit or financial data

What We're Looking For

We want a senior builder-owner who can:

• Work with messy, real-world data
• Prioritize and sequence work effectively
• Build practical solutions (not just design them)
• Communicate clearly in a remote, async environment