
Senior Software Engineer – Data
Freshpaint
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $181,000 - $213,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Use your expertise to build Software Products that rely on data
- Deliver business outcomes by either directly owning, or guiding others to build reliable and scalable products
- Mentor engineers and analysts on best practices for data quality, reliability, testing, monitoring, and documentation
- Partner closely with analytics, product, and engineering teams to identify data requirements and translate them into robust, scalable solutions
- Join customer calls (both internal teams and external users) to hear firsthand what problems they're solving and what features actually move the needle
- Design and refine data models that underpin product functionality while implementing monitoring systems to ensure reliability and performance
- Collaborate with our Data Guild to define the organization’s data strategy influencing decisions on tooling, architecture, and engineering standards
- Solve problems side-by-side with team members through a combination of pairing and solo work
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in building Products, either in Software Engineering, Data engineering or a closely related role
- Strong customer orientation, with a focus on details that drive product impact and customer value
- Proven experience building and maintaining production-grade data pipelines
- Proficiency in application development
- Proficiency in SQL and at least one data engineering language (e.g., Python, Scala, or Java)
- Hands-on experience with large-scale data warehouses, regardless of specific tooling
- Experience with data visualization and the ability to tell clear, compelling stories with data
- Hands-on experience with modern data warehouses and data modeling best practices
- Experience working with cloud-based data platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
- Familiarity with orchestration tools, version control, and CI/CD best practices
- Ability to work independently, make sound architectural decisions, and thrive in ambiguous environments
- Strong communication skills and comfort collaborating with both technical and non-technical partners
Benefits
- Competitive pay + generous equity (10-year exercise window)
- Fully remote (U.S. only) with a $150/month coworking stipend
- Half-day Fridays, every Friday
- Unlimited PTO—with a *required* 2-week minimum
- Top-tier health, dental & vision (100% covered for you, 80% for dependents)
- 2 “Treat Yourself” days a year—$100 and a day off, just because
- Generous parental leave
- Epic offsites twice a year (past trips: Greece, Jackson Hole, Cabo, wine country + more)
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Hard skills
data engineeringSQLPythonScalaJavadata pipelinesdata modelingdata visualizationcloud-based data platformslarge-scale data warehouses
Soft skills
customer orientationattention to detailcommunication skillscollaborationproblem-solvingmentoringindependencearchitectural decision-makingadaptabilityteamwork