brightwheel
#1 platform for early education
Staff Data Engineer
Location
United States
Posted
15 days ago
Salary
$154K - $237K / year
Bachelor Degree6 yrs expEnglishAmazon RedshiftBig QueryPythonSpark
Job Description
• Architect and lead the evolution of our modern data platform, driving technical decisions on tooling, infrastructure patterns, and scalability strategies that support both traditional analytics and AI/ML workloads at scale
• Design and build production LLM pipelines and infrastructure that power intelligent operations.
• Own end-to-end data acquisition and integration architecture across diverse sources (CRMs, clickstream, third-party APIs), establishing patterns and frameworks that enable self-service data access while maintaining data quality and governance
• Create shared abstractions and tooling for AI – for example, common prompt and tool patterns, logging and monitoring, and reusable components – so other engineers can build on a consistent foundation.
• Shape our data and system architecture so AI can safely stitch together longitudinal signals across product, billing, support, and operations and recommend what should happen next, not just report what happened.
• Lead by example in AI-augmented engineering, using AI to multiply your own speed, mentoring L2/L3 engineers, and raising the bar for how we design, ship, and operate AI-powered features.
• Mentor and influence engineering culture, conducting design reviews, providing technical guidance to engineers across the organization, and championing data platform adoption and best practices
Job Requirements
- 6+ years of work experience as a data engineer, backend engineer, full stack or DevOps engineer with strong proficiency in Python and modern data engineering practices
- Applied AI impact at scale: Proven track record of shipping AI / LLM-powered features into production with clear, measurable impact on key metrics (for example, engagement, time saved, satisfaction, or retention), ideally across more than one product area.
- Hands-on experience with large language models (LLMs) in real applications, including prompt and tool design, retrieval-style patterns (such as RAG), and evaluation and monitoring in production.
- Strong computer science fundamentals (e.g., data structures, algorithms, and systems design) and a generalist mindset, comfortable moving between backend, data, and UX to get the job done.
- Experience designing, developing, and deploying ML/LLM/AI pipelines in production environments, including experience with model serving, feature engineering, and MLOps practices
- Expert-level understanding of distributed data processing technologies and their internals (e.g., Spark execution model, query optimization in Redshift/BigQuery/Snowflake, storage formats like Parquet/ORC)
- Proven track record of independently architecting scalable data solutions, from requirements gathering and technical design through implementation and cost optimization, with focus on long-term maintainability and ROI.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Generous paid parental leave
- Flexible PTO so you can recharge when you need it
- Local retirement or savings plans (e.g., 401(k) in the U.S.)
Related Guides
Related Categories
Related Job Pages
More Data Engineer Jobs
Data Engineer15 days ago
Full TimeRemoteTeam 51-200H1B No Sponsor
Senior Data Engineer transforming healthcare data at Machinify
AirflowAWSCloudKafkaPythonSparkSQL
Data Engineer15 days ago
Full TimeRemoteTeam 11-50Since 2020
Staff Data Engineer owning customer data migration platform at Hauler Hero
ETLHibernatePandasPythonSQL
United States
Data Engineer15 days ago
Full TimeRemoteTeam 1,001-5,000
Senior Data Architect responsible for architecting the Databricks landscape
AWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformPySparkPythonSparkSQLUnityVault
Florida
Database, Data Warehouse Developer
Decision FoundryA Global, Salesforce Marketing Cloud Implementation Partner.
Data Engineer15 days ago
Full TimeRemoteTeam 201-500H1B No Sponsor
Database/Data Warehouse Developer at Decision Foundry supporting analytics and data solutions
AWSAzureCloudETLGoogle Cloud PlatformMS SQL ServerMySQLPythonSQLSSIS