Headspace

Staff Data Engineer

Headspace

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $140,400 - $224,250 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Lead the implementation of a resilient, privacy-first data platform architecture that powers personalization, ethical AI, and accelerates data-driven decisions
  • Lead the design, infrastructure, and tooling decisions for platform optimization and consolidation efforts, including the deprecation of legacy and redundant tooling such as Appflow, Prefect, Stitch, Redshift, and Looker
  • Develop AI-ready architecture by creating semantic layers that define and standardize business logic, enabling data for Agentic AI, and spearheading new support for ML, experimentation, and onboarding to experimentation pipelines like Statsig
  • Mentor other members of the DE and broader data team, particularly around dbt architecture and query performance.
  • Act as a technical thought leader, shaping the company’s data strategy and influencing cross-functional roadmaps with data-centric solutions

Requirements

  • 6+ years in data engineering, with extensive experience in data platform development, complex data model designing, and data compliance implementation
  • Production experience writing performant Python and PySpark code on distributed compute (Spark 3+, Delta Lake)
  • Existing experience with Databricks is preferred or experience with Redshift and/or Snowflake
  • Demonstrated expertise in architectural patterns for building high-volume ETL pipelines
  • Experience with data modeling, Medallion architecture, pipeline design, metrics calculation and technical documentation
  • BA/BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Benefits
  • Comprehensive healthcare coverage
  • Monthly wellness stipend
  • Retirement savings match
  • Lifetime Headspace membership
  • Generous parental leave
  • Stock awards
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonPySparkSpark 3+Delta LakeETLdata modelingMedallion architecturemetrics calculationdbtdata compliance
Soft Skills
mentoringtechnical thought leadershipcross-functional collaboration