Arbor Education

StaffEngineer(Data)

£100–120k Port Hueneme, California, United States; United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
The Brief

“Staff Engineer (Data) at Arbor Education. Skills: Data Architecture, AI Strategy, Data Lifecycle Management. Define and evangelise target architectures. Be a leader for data lifecycle”

What You'll Achieve.

Deliver strategic business objectives; Ensure data remains competitive advantage; Deliver value from OLAP and AI capabilities; Ensure OLTP foundations built for scale; Drive productivity gains

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

Energised by complex problems

Eligibility Requirements

No visa sponsorship

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Extensive experience overseeing data architecture, track record of delivering iterative outcomes across one or more OLAP domains, understanding of data modelling techniques (Star, Medallion, etc), distributed data systems within cloud-native environments (Snowflake, etc), Experience in building and leveraging unstructured data across disparate systems, Examples of communication and influencing across technical and non-technical audiences, An ability to support the growth of engineers and technical leads, Demonstrable experience working in an ownership culture where quality, performance, observability, and security are core responsibilities, An understanding and opinion on how AI-first engineering will change the data ecosystem and ways of working, Examples of contributing to or leading technical communities of practice, Practical knowledge of DataOps principles, Good commercial knowledge of data security standards, encryption at rest/transit, and relevant compliance laws, Platform financial acumen

Nice to Have

AI/ML Engineering & MLOps, model deployment/serving and monitoring, Experience with federated learning, privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs), Direct experience with LLM Ops, prompt engineering at scale, token cost optimisation

What You'll Do.

Define and evangelise target architectures

Be a leader for data lifecycle

Provide hands-on guidance

Collaborate with Product Directors

Lead AI-First way of working

Architect infrastructure for LLM orchestration

Mentor and coach Technical Leads/Senior Engineers

Act as a role model for technical leadership

Head up architectural reviews

Collaborate with Staff Engineers

Partner with Engineering Management

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Work collaboratively with multiple teams; Partner with Technical Leads; Collaborate with Product Directors; Collaborate with Staff Engineers; Partner with Engineering Management

Communication Scope

Communication and influencing across technical and non-technical audiences

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