Senior Data Engineer

Plaid

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Work type
On-site
Location
San Francisco, CA
Salary
$190,800–$238,800 / yr
Posted
38 days ago
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Above market

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This role pays more than 80% of similar roles. Most pay $126,800–$199,700 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $215k versus about $163k for comparable roles.

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About Plaid

Plaid is a financial technology company that builds a data network powering digital finance applications, enabling consumers to securely connect their financial accounts to apps and services. Industry: Financial Technology & Data Infrastructure

Plaid currently has 70 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $190,800–$262,800 across 70 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Data Engineer

The Senior Data Engineer joins the Data Platform team to scale data systems while maintaining correct and complete data. This role involves owning core SQL and Python data pipelines that power the data lake and data warehouse, ensuring high data quality and performance. You will design golden datasets, manage low-level data infrastructure, and build batch and real-time pipelines. The position requires proficiency with SQL, Python, Golang, DBT, Airflow, Redshift, Atlan, Retool, Spark, Kafka, Snowflake, and Databricks. You will solve complex data pipeline issues at scale, evolving analytics schemas from unstructured data to support business leaders. The work focuses on providing reliable datasets and tooling to engineering, product, and business teams to enable faster, data-driven decisions across the entire organization.

What does a Data Engineer earn in California?

Median $187556 from 39 postings across 22 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Own core SQL and Python data pipelines that power the data lake and data warehouse.
  • Design and build datasets with a focus on data quality, performance, and usage principles.
  • Orchestrate data pipelines using tools like DBT, Airflow, and Redshift.
  • Develop and maintain well-documented data with defined quality, uptime, and usefulness.
  • Lead key data engineering projects that drive cross-company collaboration.
  • Create proof-of-concepts that balance technical advancement with user experience and adoption.
  • Manage, deploy, and improve low-level data infrastructure.
  • Advocate for the adoption of industry-standard tools and best practices.

What we're looking for

  • 4+ years of dedicated data engineering experience solving complex data pipeline issues at scale.
  • Experience building data models and pipelines on large datasets ranging from 500TB to petabytes.
  • Proficiency with SQL and modern data orchestration tools like DBT, Mode, and Airflow.
  • Experience working with performant warehouses and data lakes such as Snowflake and Databricks.
  • Experience building and maintaining batch and real-time pipelines using Spark and Kafka.
  • Ability to design and evolve analytics schemas on top of unstructured data.
  • Ability to manage, deploy, and improve low-level data infrastructure.
  • Experience working with stakeholders to collaboratively develop solutions balancing infrastructure and business needs.

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