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Founding Machine Learning / AI Search Engineer
Cupertino, CA, US
$160k-$310k/yr On-SiteFull Time
HiringCafe
HiringCafe: Building a 100× better job search engine to take on Indeed and LinkedIn.
Build the ML and AI search behind HiringCafe — ranking, recommenders, retrieval, and LLM agents that surface jobs people would never find on their own.
Python, PyTorch, Elasticsearch, LLMs
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Lead Data Engineer
Los Angeles, California, United States
$130k-$170k/yr HybridFull Time
EXL
EXLNASDAQ: EXLS: Provides data analytics and digital operations solutions to businesses.
6+ YOE2+ MgmtLead data engineering role requiring 6-8 years of experience, Databricks stack, SQL, Python, PySpark, data warehousing, Airflow, cloud platforms, and leadership responsibilities.
Databricks, SQL, Python, PySpark, Airflow, Cron, AWS, GCP, Azure, Tableau, Power BI, Hadoop, Hive, HBase, Pig, Spark
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Lead Data Engineer
Los Angeles, California, United States
$174k-$230k/yr RemoteFull Time
Atticus
Atticus: Platform connecting people to disability benefits and legal aid.
4+ YOE4+ years data engineering; BigQuery/dbt; Dagster/Airflow; SQL; Golang/Python; modernize data systems; strong cross-team collaboration
BigQuery, dbt, Dagster, Airflow, SQL, Golang, Python
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Lead Data Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$215k-$246k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Capital One
Capital OneNYSE: COF: Financial services offering credit cards, banking, and loans.
4+ YOEFour+ years application development; two+ years big data; one year cloud computing; Bachelor’s degree.
Java, Scala, Python, SQL, NoSQL, Redshift, Snowflake, Hadoop, Kafka, Spark, MapReduce, Hive, Unix/Linux, Cloud Computing, JavaScript, Shell scripting
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Lead Data Science Engineer
Santa Monica or United States
HybridFull Time
UP.Labs
UP.Labs: Builds and scales mobility-focused startups with corporate partners.
8+ YOE8+ years in Data Science, Data Engineering, and ML; startup experience; hands-on ML development; cloud and data infra expertise; strong collaboration and communication.
Azure, GCP, AWS, Databricks, Snowflake, Fivetran, DBT, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, OpenTofu
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Lead Data Engineer
Fremont, California, United States
$141k-$307k/yr HybridFull Time
Lam Research
Lam ResearchNASDAQ: LRCX: Designs and manufactures wafer fabrication equipment for the semiconductor industry.
8+ YOEBachelor's degree in CS/CE/Information Systems, 8+ years in data engineering/architecture, strong Microsoft Azure experience, proficiency in Python, SQL, Spark, experience building production-grade data pipelines and modern data architectures for AI/ML.
Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Fabric, Python, SQL, Spark, Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Synapse, Neo4j, Azure AI Search, CI/CD
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Lead Data Engineer
Alameda, California, United States
$155k-$175k/yr RemoteFull Time
World Market
World Market: Retailer of imported home furnishings and international food products.
10+ YOE10+ years data engineering experience, 5+ years with Snowflake, expert SQL and Python, experience with Airflow, dbt, Git, CI/CD, Terraform, data modeling (Kimball), API design and production support.
Snowflake, SQL, Python, Airflow, dbt, Git, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Terraform
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Lead Data Engineer, Data Platform
San Francisco, California, United States
HybridFull Time
CrewAI
CrewAI: Platform for orchestrating collaborative multi-agent AI systems.
Experienced data engineer to own data platform, build pipelines, define trusted metrics, improve instrumentation, and make data self-serve for product and go-to-market teams.
SQL, Python, Redshift, Snowflake, BigQuery, Postgres, dbt, Cube, Metabase, Looker, Mode, OpenTelemetry, Rails
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Lead Data Engineer
Beverly Hills, California, United States
$180k-$250k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Alo Yoga
Alo Yoga: Sells yoga apparel and provides wellness and fitness services.
6+ YOE6+ years data/platform engineering experience; strong AWS/cloud, event-driven architectures (Kinesis/Kafka), dbt, SQL, Python, modern warehouses (Redshift/BigQuery/Snowflake), Tableau/ThoughtSpot, CI/CD and platform design.
AWS, Kinesis, Kafka, dbt, Redshift, BigQuery, Snowflake, Tableau, ThoughtSpot, SQL, Python, GCP, Azure, CI/CD
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Lead Data Engineer (Hybrid)
Los Angeles or Mexico City or United States or Mexico or Dominican Republic or Ukraine
HybridFull Time
SimplePractice
SimplePractice: Practice management software for health and wellness professionals.
7+ YOE7+ years in data/analytics engineering, BS/MS in related field required, expert SQL, Snowflake and DBT experience, proficiency with Python, cloud (AWS) and data orchestration tools.
SQL, Snowflake, DBT, Airflow, Prefect, Airbyte, Fivetran, Kafka, AWS, S3, RDS, Redshift, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, Parquet, ORC, Looker, Tableau, Sisense, Python, Unix/Linux, curl, Kinesis
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Senior Data Engineer - Data Lead
San Francisco, California, United States
$150k-$250k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Foundry Robotics
Foundry Robotics: An AI-native robotics manufacturer focused on deploying advanced assembly and production capability for robotics companies and national-security-critical hardware.
5+ YOE5-7 years data engineering experience; TB–PB-scale pipelines; Spark/Flink/Kafka/Airflow/dbt; Python/SQL; Go/Java/TypeScript a plus; cloud data services; architecture and governance; independent, end-to-end ownership.
Spark, Flink, Kafka, Airflow, dbt, Python, SQL, Go, Java, TypeScript, AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes
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Lead Data Engineer (Fremont, CA, US, 94538)
Fremont, California, United States
$141k-$307k/yr HybridFull Time
Lam Research
Lam ResearchNASDAQ: LRCX: Manufacturing equipment used to fabricate advanced semiconductor microchips.
8+ YOEBachelor’s degree in CS/CE/IS; 8+ years in data engineering; Azure cloud experience; Python, SQL, Spark; Lakehouse/Medallion patterns; cross-functional collaboration.
Azure, Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse, Python, SQL, Spark, Neo4j, Vector Search, Retrieval-Augmented Generation
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Data Engineering Lead
San Jose, California, United States
$170k-$450k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Hark
Hark: An AI focused on next-generation multimodal intelligence and hardware-enabled interfaces.
5+ YOELead data engineering for scalable multi-modal pipelines; 5+ years in data engineering; strong infra experience with Spark/Beam/Flink; collaborate with researchers and engineers.
Spark, Beam, Flink, DVC, Delta Lake, Iceberg
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Lead Engineer, Data Platforms
Tempe or Phoenix or Alabama or Arizona or California or Colorado or Florida or Idaho or Kansas or Kentucky or Missouri or New Mexico or Nevada or Oklahoma or Oregon or Tennessee or Texas or Utah or Washington or Wyoming or Louisiana or Illinois or Indiana or North Carolina or Ohio or Michigan or New Jersey or Arkansas or Georgia
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Dutch Bros
Dutch BrosNYSE: BROS: Operates and franchises drive-thru shops serving handcrafted beverages.
7+ YOE7+ years data/software engineering experience (4+ years on backend or data infrastructure). Bachelor\u0002s in CS or related (or 4 years experience). Expert Python and SQL, Snowflake, Airflow, Power BI, AWS services, CI/CD, DataDog, Kafka, ETL/ELT tools, data governance, and strong communication skills.
Python, SQL, Snowflake, Snowpipe, SnowSQL, Airflow, Microsoft Power BI, AWS, IAM, VPC, Glue, S3, SFTP, Lambda, CloudWatch, SNS, Gitlab CI/CD, DataDog, Kafka, Workato, ADF, Matillion, DBT, Databricks, Fivetran, pyspark
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Senior/ Lead Data Solution Engineer
Redwood City, California, United States
$127k-$169k/yr HybridFull Time
Meltwater
Meltwater: Global media intelligence and social analytics platform for businesses.
Design and implement scalable data solutions; lead data modeling and migrations; build dashboards; collaborate across teams; expert in Snowflake, AWS, SQL, Tableau; AI/ML experience.
Snowflake, AWS RDS, MySQL, Tableau, Fivetran, Boomi, Redshift, Salesforce, Snowflake Cortex
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Lead Data Platform Engineer
Burbank or Orlando or Seattle
$156k-$219k/yr HybridFull Time
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney CompanyNYSE: DIS: Produces media content and operates global theme parks.
7+ YOE7+ years in Scala/Java/Python; lead data/software projects; data lakehouse; cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP); Snowflake; CI/CD; data modeling.
dbt, Python, Airflow, Snowflake, Java, SQL, ETL, ELT, AWS, Azure, GCP
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Sr Data Engineer
Glendale or San Francisco
$139k-$186k/yr HybridFull Time
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney CompanyNYSE: DIS: Produces movies, operates theme parks, and provides streaming services.
5+ YOE5+ years data engineering experience (1+ year senior/lead), strong Python/Java/SQL, streaming pipeline experience (Kafka/Flink/Spark/Kinesis), embedding/vector store experience, workflow orchestration, and data architecture skills.
Python, Java, SQL, Kafka, Flink, Spark, Kinesis, Pinecone, Weaviate, FAISS, pgvector, Airflow, Dagster, Databricks, LangChain, LangGraph, S3, Glue, MWAA, Datadog, Prometheus
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Lead Data Engineer, Analytics & Insights
South San Francisco, California, United States
$160k-$210k/yr HybridFull Time
Agtonomy
Agtonomy: Software for autonomous agricultural and off-road machinery fleets.
7+ YOE7+ years building production data systems; deep SQL and time-series modeling; ClickHouse or OLAP experience; strong Python; React experience building analytics UIs; familiarity with dbt/Cube/MetricFlow; high standards for data quality.
ClickHouse, React, Grafana, Python, Go, Rust, TypeScript, C++, BigQuery, Snowflake, Druid, Pinot, dbt, Cube, MetricFlow, SQL, React Native
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Data Platform Lead
Los Angeles or United States
$210k/yr RemoteFull Time
Jump
Jump: Unified ticketing and fan engagement platform for sports teams.
8+ YOE2+ Mgmt8+ years in data engineering with 2+ years managing engineers; hands-on Snowflake/dbt or equivalent cloud warehouse experience; experience building multi-tenant data products, data ingestion at scale, AI-on-data, and strong engineering fundamentals.
Snowflake, dbt, Redshift, Databricks, BigQuery, LLMs, AWS, IAM, S3, Lambda, Glue, CI/CD, infra-as-code
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Principal Data Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$207k-$276k/yr HybridFull Time
Early Warning Services
Early Warning Services: Operates payment and risk solutions for the financial industry.
15+ YOE15+ years in software, FinTech, leading cross-functional teams; expert in data engineering, SDLC, cloud, and architectures; hands-on with Java, microservices, big data, and CI/CD.
Java, Spring, Microservices, Kafka, Oracle, SQL, JavaScript, Python, Hadoop/S3, Spark, TensorFlow, PyTorch, CI/CD, Git, Jenkins, Terraform, AWS, GCP, Azure, Jira, Confluence
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Data Engineer - Lead
Irvine, California, United States
$110k-$150k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Tata Consultancy Services
Tata Consultancy ServicesNational Stock Exchange of India: TCS: Global provider of IT services, consulting, and business solutions.
8+ YOE8+ years experience in data engineering with Databricks, Apache Spark, Airflow/Astronomer, CI/CD, DevOps and platform/incident management; strong leadership and stakeholder skills.
Databricks, Apache Spark, Apache Airflow, Astronomer, CI/CD, DevOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
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