Data Engineer

Sayari

Data Engineer responsible for designing and maintaining scalable data pipelines at Sayari. Collaborating cross-functionally to optimize ETL processes and contribute to AI-native products.

Posted 5/26/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $90,000 - $120,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AirflowBigQueryDjangoETLPostgresPythonScalaSpark

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines using Python, Spark, and Airflow to support our core data acquisition and entity resolution engines.
Collaborate cross-functionally with AI/ML and Product teams to implement new features and AI-native products.
Proactively identify and resolve bottlenecks in our complex ETL processes, bringing a fresh perspective to refine and optimize our existing codebase.
Contribute to a robust engineering culture through rigorous code reviews, unit testing, and clear communication of design decisions.
Own the end-to-end delivery of roadmap tasks within two-week sprints, ensuring work meets high standards for quality, documentation, and performance.
Participate in roadmap planning and story refinement, eventually taking ownership of major epics that drive our long-term product defensibility.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Professional proficiency in Python and experience contributing to shared codebases using Git (branching, PRs, code reviews).
Demonstrated experience working with relational databases (PostgreSQL/BigQuery) and an interest in or familiarity with graph databases.
Familiarity with distributed computing (Spark) or a strong desire to master it.
Strong collaborative skills and the ability to work effectively in an Agile, sprint-based environment.
A "self-directed" orientation: ability to move tasks from "assigned" to "complete" with high autonomy and clear communication.
Preferred: Experience with Django, Scala, or Scrapy.
Hands-on experience with workflow orchestration tools like Airflow.
Experience or strong interest in LLM tuning, deployment, and AI engineering best practices.
Experience working with international or non-English datasets.
Prior experience working with high-scale, complex data pipelines.

Benefits

Comp & perks

100% fully paid medical, vision, and dental for employees and their dependents
Generous time off; we observe all US federal holidays, close our office for a winter break (12/24-12/31), in addition to granting 18 PTO days and 10 sick days
Outstanding compensation package; competitive commissions for revenue roles and bonuses for non-revenue positions
A strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
Eligibility to participate in additional benefits such as 401k match up to 5%, 100% paid life insurance (up to $100,000 coverage), and parental leave
A collaborative and positive culture - your team will be as smart and driven as you
Limitless growth and learning opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonSparkAirflowGitPostgreSQLBigQueryDjangoScalaScrapyETL

Soft Skills

collaborative skillsself-directedclear communicationability to work effectively in Agile environmentproblem-solvingcode reviewunit testingownershipplanningrefinement