Senior Data Engineer

Required

• You love tackling complex data problems and thrive on building and maintaining large-scale batch and real-time data pipelines that directly impact business decisions. You take pride in creating trusted data assets and scalable infrastructure while collaborating closely with business and engineering partners. You have a strong sense of ownership, a big-picture mindset, and a bias for action toward delivering realistic and measurable outcomes.
• As a Senior Data Engineer, you will shape the direction of the Data Platform Engineering team through the quality of your work, your architectural judgment, and your influence on peers. You'll work hands-on across the full stack, from pipeline design and orchestration to infrastructure-as-code and observability, while mentoring teammates and driving engineering best practices.
• Your Success Profile
• What You Will Work On
• Evolve and maintain Justworks' trusted data platform, driving operational excellence and innovation across the organization
• Build scalable data pipelines and related tools that ensure high efficiency, trustworthiness, and innovation in our data stack
• Design and implement ETL/ELT processes using modern cloud solutions (Snowflake, AWS)
• Maintain and improve data and cloud infrastructure as code (Terraform & AWS Serverless Application Model)
• Collaborate cross-functionally with business and engineering teams to understand data requirements and drive solutions
• Ensure the security and privacy of highly sensitive data
• Drive continuous improvements in data cost optimization, observability, and governance
• How You Will Do Your Work