Staff Data Engineer - Lead

About DAT

DATis an award-winning employer of choice and a next-generation SaaS technology company that has been at the leading edge of innovation in transportation supply chain logistics for 45 years. We continue to transform the industry year over year, by deploying a suite of software solutions to millions of customers every day - customers who depend on DAT for the most relevant data and most accurate insights to help them make smarter business decisions and run their companies more profitably. We operate the largest marketplace of its kind in North America, with 400 million freights posted in 2022, and a database of $150 billion of annual global shipment market transaction data. Our headquarters are in Denver, CO, and Beaverton, OR, with additional offices in Missouri, and Bangalore, India. For additional information, see www.DAT.com/company.

Job Application Deadline: 02/28/2025

The Opportunity

DAT is looking for aStaff Data Engineer, Lead to join our Data Engineer team.

Candidate profile

As a Staff Data Engineer - Lead, you will be responsible for developing data engineering patterns and practices within the organization and in the team. You will support us in designing, building, and maintaining our data infrastructure, with special focus on reusability, availability and scalability in AWS. You will have the opportunity to work on challenging platform and data-related problems and to have a measurable impact on the organization. Designing and building the evolution of data as a product including coordination across multiple systems, data privacy, data quality, and discoverability while introducing new ideas, patterns and technologies in support of our customers and internal stakeholders.

What You'll Do

• Supporting us with evolving our data platform architecture
• Knowledgeable of implementing known patterns and their impact to a data platform, such as Event Driven, CQRS, event sourcing, Saga pattern, etc
• Developing, documenting and communicating methods and processes to be utilized within our existing and future technology stack (DBT, Airflow, Snowflake, Kafka, Traditional ETL)
• In depth knowledge of AWS
• Experience with DW modeling (kimball, inmon, data vault and concepts such as data mesh)
• Providing solutions for complex business problems, enabling insights that can empower better decision-making
• Provide technical leadership within the team and cross functionally
• Develops strong working relationships with other leaders in the information technology organization by providing continuous assistance, technical acumen and thought leadership
• Collaborating with senior leadership on strategic data projects
• Takes an active role in fostering a culture of learning and excellence

The Skills and Experience You'll Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical discipline
• 7 years of relevant engineering experience
• You are a strong data engineer having worked with DBT, Snowflake, Kafka, cloud based services (AWS S3, EMR, Glue)
• You bring hands-on experience in creating and managing an enterprise-scale Data Platform, while setting best practices for development teams, including security, privacy, monitoring & alerting, and CI/CD (ideally, AWS, Terraform, MySQL, Airflow, Tableau, Oracle, Snowflake)
• Leverage data to prioritize your work and to influence others
• Willing to implement change and improvements when seeing an opportunity
• Experience building and operating large scale, distributed systems
• Knowledge of professional software engineering practices and best practices for the full software development and technology management life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations; Agile a plus
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Interest in continuous learning and improvement

Why DAT?
DAT is an award winning employer of choice.

For starters, we have a hybrid work environment, but we also know what makes a great workplace. We have a time-tested and resolute set of operating values predicated on integrity, mutual respect, open communication, and executing with excellence. These values inform our strategic vision as much as any one of our products does. We've been an employer of choice in the Portland metropolitan area for four decades, and within one year of opening our Denver office, DAT was #26 on Built In Colorado's 100 Best Places to Work In Colorado.

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and AD&D insurance
• Parental Leave
• Up to 20 days of paid time off starting in year one
• An additional 10 holidays of paid time off per calendar year
• 401k matching (immediately vested)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Short- and Long-term disability sick leave
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Savings Accounts
• Tuition Reimbursement Program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Additional programs - Employee Referral, Internal Recognition, and Wellness
• Free TriMet transit pass (Beaverton Office)
• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Work on impactful projects in a cutting-edge environment
• Collaborative and supportive team culture
• Opportunity to make a real difference in the trucking industry
• Employee Resource Groups

This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship.

For Colorado-based candidates, in compliance with Colorado's Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, theminimum salary for this role is $160,000.00 benefits. The maximum compensation for this role can vary significantly depending on your job-related skills and experience. DAT considers factors such as scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education and training, core skills, internal equity, and market and business elements when extending an offer.

DAT embraces the value of a diverse workforce, and believes it is a core strength of our company that we encourage those values in every DAT employee, at every level of our organization, regardless of tenure or rank. We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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