Staff Data Engineer

The role

The first in-house Data Engineer will own and evolve core data infrastructure. You will build reliable, scalable systems and translate business needs into data products by working with Engineering and Business Operations teams.

What you will do

• Own and operate the data warehouse, pipelines, and transformation layer
• Design, build, and maintain scalable, reliable data pipelines
• Partner with data scientists and analysts to deliver clean, well-documented datasets
• Optimize query performance
• Incrementally improve and modernize existing data systems
• Implement data quality monitoring, alerting, and documentation practices

Required qualifications

• 4+ years of professional experience in data engineering
• Hands-on experience with the modern data stack
• Proficiency with BigQuery (or a comparable cloud warehouse), dbt, and an orchestration tool like Dagster or Airflow
• Strong SQL skills
• Fluency in Golang, Python, or another common Data Engineering language
• Track record of improving or modernizing data systems iteratively
• Strong communication and collaboration skills

Nice to have

• Experience transitioning data infrastructure from an outsourced or contractor model to an in-house team
• Familiarity with data observability tools
• Experience supporting or collaborating with a data science function, including ML feature pipelines

Benefits

• Equity for all employees
• Medical and dental insurance with 100% of premiums covered for employees and their families
• 15 vacation days
• ~20 paid holidays each year (including two weeks at end-of-year)
• Free membership to OneMedical
• $600/year internet stipend
• $1,000/year reimbursable stipend for education and training outside of work
• Up to $1,200/year student loan repayment assistance
• 401(k)
• Optional HSA/FSA
• Travel to LA on the company dime

About the company

Atticus is a platform connecting people with disabilities to government benefits and helping victims of accidents, misconduct, and violence get compensation from insurance. It is a Series C startup and a certified B-corp social enterprise.