Senior Data Engineer / Data Platform
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Summary
A hands-on senior data engineer role to build and own the company's first internal AWS-based data platform: designing raw/staged/curated layers, ingestion pipelines, document-heavy OCR workflows, schema normalization, metadata/lineage standards, and datasets for dashboards and internal AI.
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