Staff Data Engineer - US

Teleport

$125K — $150K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in data engineering or a related field
  • Proficient in SQL, Python or Go for building data pipelines
  • Experience with cloud data warehouses like Snowflake or BigQuery
  • Strong data modeling capabilities
  • Familiarity with data validation and quality checks
  • Knowledge of sensitive data handling practices
  • Builder mentality with a track record of creating new data products

Responsibilities

  • Design and build data ingestion pipelines from various internal sources
  • Create performant and well-documented data models and schemas
  • Implement data quality checks at each stage of the pipeline
  • Manage sensitive data responsibly with appropriate access controls
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to define new data sources and make data accessible

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health coverage
  • Annual expense budget for employees
  • Rest and recovery policies to support work-life balance
  • Retirement savings plans to invest in your future
  • Opportunities for professional development
Full Job Description
About the Role

We are looking for our first Data Engineer to build Teleport's internal data platform. You will design and own the pipelines and warehouse that turn raw data from across the company, including product usage, production costs, budgets, and sales, into data that any team can use to answer their own questions.

You will work closely with teams across the company, including product, engineering, finance, and revenue, to understand their data needs and deliver reliable, well-modeled data they can depend on.

What You'll do
  • Design and build data pipelines that ingest data from a variety of internal sources into a central warehouse.
  • Design data models and schemas that are performant, well-documented, and can evolve as our data and questions change.
  • Build data quality checks and validation into every stage of the pipeline so that bad data fails loudly instead of quietly reaching downstream tables.
  • Handle sensitive data responsibly, including access control, redaction, and retention policy for data containing customer or user information.
  • Partner with stakeholders across the company to scope new data sources and analytical tables, and help them get self-serve access to the data they need.
What We're Looking For
  • Willingness to work collaboratively with Teleport's engineers on coding challenge in SQL / Go as part of the interview process.
  • Builder mentality and experience -- you love building zero-to-one products
  • Expertise in data modeling and SQL.
  • Extensive experience building data pipelines in Python or Go.
  • Experience with a cloud data warehouse (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, or similar).
  • Experience with pipeline orchestration or transformation tooling.
  • Experience handling sensitive data responsibly, including access control and data retention practices.
  • Intellectual curiosity and a willingness to master new technologies.
  • Comfortable changing the area of focus and working directly with stakeholders across the company.
  • No-ego mindset of collaboration, transparency, and seeking feedback from others.


Nice to Have
  • Go is your language of choice.
  • Mathematics or statistics background.
  • Knowledge of Airflow, dbt, or similar tools.


How We Hire

Our process is designed to be straightforward and respectful of your time. We skip performative rounds and focus on what matters: understanding how you think and what you can do.

For this role, we use a take-home challenge that mirrors real work at Teleport - on your time, your way. You'll have support from the team throughout.
  1. Zoom meeting with a Teleport recruiter. You'll learn about the company, our products, compensation philosophy, interview process, and key requirements.
  2. Zoom meeting with the Hiring Manager. The Hiring Manager will walk you through the coding challenge and answer your questions.
  3. Coding challenge collaboration. The day after your meeting with the Hiring Manager, you join a Slack channel and complete a coding challenge in SQL / Gousing GitHub. The challenge usually takes about 2 weeks and ends with a Zoom meeting with the Hiring Manager and a member of the interview team to review your solution.
  4. If your challenge solution meets our bar, you'll receive an offer to join Teleport.


Why Teleport

You're joining a company where the problem is real, the team is small, and your work shows up directly in the product. We're not a big company, you won't get lost in a crowd. You'll have the freedom and autonomy to do what you're great at, alongside teammates who care about doing it right and want to see you succeed. The work is collaborative, there's real room to grow, and the mission is one worth showing up for.

Remote-first and globally distributed, we're genuinely passionate about what we're building.

The Benefits

At Teleport, we believe your career is more important than a list of perks. That's why we focus on making your day-to-day the best it can be - giving you the autonomy, access, and support to do the best work of your career.

- Extensive health coverage

- Annual expense budget

- Rest and recovery policies that maximize your ability to recharge

- Investment in your future with retirement savings plans

- Professional development opportunities

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