Staff Data Engineer

United States. Posted 3 days ago

The role

A Staff Data Engineer will set the technical direction for identity and audience data. You will design data models, build production pipelines, and lead how the team builds with AI.

What you will do

Own identity data by designing data models and matching logic.
Build and maintain identifier mappings with external partners.
Build and run production pipelines behind data products.
Build consent, opt-out, deletion, and access controls into identity data.
Create data quality frameworks, monitoring, and anomaly detection.
Lead design reviews and build-versus-buy decisions.
Mentor data engineers through design and code reviews.
Build agent harnesses, shared skills, and guardrails for AI-generated work.

Required qualifications

8+ years in data engineering or backend data systems, including production pipelines on high-volume data
Ad tech or martech experience with identity and audience data
Hands-on identity resolution experience, such as entity resolution or match tables
Familiarity with common ad tech identifiers
Experience with advertising data
Expert SQL and Python
Deep BigQuery or Snowflake experience
Modern stack such as dbt and Airflow
Track record of setting technical direction across teams
Clear communication with engineers and business leaders
Comfort using AI coding tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex

Nice to have

consumer data is a plus
Data clean room experience
Streaming pipelines with Kafka or Pub/Sub
Building AI developer tooling: agent harnesses, MCP servers, evals, or CI guardrails
Background in ad tech, martech, or consumer data products
Experience building for privacy and governance: consent, opt-outs, deletion, and state privacy laws

Benefits

company equity
401(k) matching
work-from-home flexibility
subsidized health benefits
performance-based bonus
paid parental leave
flexible and generous time off

Before you apply

Consumer Edge is currently hiring employees who reside in the following states or in Washington, DC: CA, CO, CT, FL, ID, IL, LA, MA, MD, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI

About the company

Consumer Edge is a leading data and insights-as-a-service (IaaS) company specializing in the global consumer, B2B, and healthcare economies.