Senior Data Engineer
Content + Source + Freshness • 13 Dec 2025 • 95% confidence
Offer value
Exceptional opportunity for experienced data engineers with competitive compensation and significant impact on business operations.
- Mentor junior engineers and influence project directions
- Work with a modern cloud-native stack on impactful projects
- Highly competitive compensation and growth opportunities
- Requires deep technical expertise and adaptability
Pros
- Direct influence on data-driven business decisions
- Competitive salary with strong growth potential
- Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies
Cons
- Expectations for constant learning and adaptation
- Learning curve associated with new technologies and tools
- May require extended hours to meet project deadlines
Who it's for
Senior • Remote
Good fit
- Experienced data engineers looking for impactful roles
- Candidates interested in leading data projects
- Individuals with a strong AWS cloud background
Not recommended for
- Entry-level candidates without data engineering experience
- Individuals who prefer structured work environments
- Those who do not want remote work flexibility
Motivation fit
Key skills
About the job
About the Role
What You’ll Do
- Design, build, and maintain cloud-native data infrastructure using Terraform for IaC.
- Develop and optimize data pipelines leveraging AWS services (Lambda, Fargate, Step Functions, S3, Kinesis, DynamoDB, Aurora, etc.) and Snowflake.
- Implement ELT workflows within dbt in partnership with our Analytics Engineering function
- Build and maintain LLM frameworks, ensuring high-quality and cost effective outputs.
- Automate infrastructure and pipeline deployments with CI/CD best practices.
- Monitor, debug, and improve system performance with strong observability and logging practices.
- Partner with cross-functional teams (analytics, data science, product, engineering) to deliver high-quality data solutions.
- Mentor teammates and contribute to engineering standards, raising the technical bar across the team.
What We’re Looking For
- 5+ years of professional experience in data engineering or software engineering, with emphasis on scalable data systems.
- Deep experience with AWS cloud services (especially Lambda, Fargate, Step Functions, S3, DynamoDB, Aurora).
- Hands-on expertise in Terraform and/or AWS CDK for managing infrastructure as code.
- Strong knowledge of SQL and experience with Snowflake or another cloud data warehouse.
- Proficiency with dbt and modern ELT patterns.
- Solid coding skills in Python (or another general-purpose language).
- Experience building pipelines to support AI/ML workflows (feature engineering, training data pipelines, model monitoring).
- Understanding of CI/CD workflows, Git-based development, and containerization (Docker).
- Knowledge of data quality, governance, and observability best practices.
Nice to Have
- Experience in both startup and enterprise environments, with ability to adapt to fast-changing priorities while maintaining quality.
- Familiarity with orchestration frameworks (Airflow, Dagster, Prefect).
- Knowledge of streaming/event-driven architectures (Kinesis, Kafka).
- Prior experience mentoring or leading engineers.
Why Join Us
- Work with a modern, cloud-native stack (AWS serverless, Snowflake, dbt, Terraform/CDK).
- Enable AI use cases by building the pipelines and infrastructure that power them.
- High visibility and impact — your work will directly power decision-making and revenue
- A culture that values autonomy, collaboration, and continuous learning.
- Competitive compensation, equity, and benefits.
- Opportunities for career growth and leadership as we scale our data function.
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Salary and Benefits
At ClickUp, we believe in transparency and fairness in compensation. The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Please note that the actual compensation for this position may vary and is dependent on factors such as geographic location, interview performance, years of experience, education level, and specific skills. We encourage candidates to discuss compensation expectations during the interview process to ensure alignment with their qualifications and our company’s compensation philosophy.
This position is eligible for the following benefits and perks:
- Equity
- 401k
- Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
- Spending accounts
- Life & Disability
- Paid parental leave
- Flexible paid time off
- Enhanced employee assistance program
- Employee wellness stipend
- Professional development stipend
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