Senior Data Engineer

Cari Network is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to build ingestion pipelines, establish data governance, define quality practices, and develop reliable analytical data infrastructure.

Own the data ingestion and governance layer for Cari Network's analytical platform, building foundational pipelines and governance practices from a largely blank slate while guiding platform evaluation and technical decisions.

• Design ingestion pipelines from transactional and event infrastructure
• Evaluate analytical platform options
• Build data governance practices
• Enforce the transactional source-of-truth boundary
• Define data quality and reconciliation practices
• Write RFCs and design documents
• Define monitoring, alerting, and failure recovery standards
• Mentor less-senior data engineers

• 5–7 years of data engineering experience
• Hands-on pipeline design experience
• Knowledge of AWS-native data tooling, Snowflake, and Databricks tradeoffs
• Experience building data governance practices
• Experience with access control, audit logging, and data lineage
• Understanding of analytical layers derived from transactional sources of truth
• Production experience with Kafka, MSK, PostgreSQL, or equivalent tools
• Strong written communication
• Experience owning a domain independently in a developing function

• Competitive salary, bonus, and equity
• Full medical, vision, and dental benefits
• 401(k) with matching program
• Flexible vacation policy (PTO)
• Remote-first work environment

Send a resume by email, provide additional information if desired, and answer questions about U.S. work authorization and future sponsorship requirements.