Jellyfish

Engineering

Staff/LeadDataArchitect

$200–260k United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
The Brief

“Staff/Lead Data Architect at Jellyfish. Skills: Data Architecture, Data Platform Design, Automation, Observability. Design next-generation data platform. Refactor pipelines and structures”

What You'll Achieve.

Scale the next generation of data platform; Mature core data models; Automate environment boundaries; Drive advanced observability; Drive cost-attribution; Map execution cost to tenant/team/user; Align infrastructure with business goals

Industry & Context.

Engineering
Problems you'll solve

Pragmatic Problem Solver

Eligibility Requirements

Occasional travel may be required, Authorized to work in US, Unable to sponsor visa

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Python, advanced SQL, modern data stack essentials, programmatic orchestrators, modern data validation engines, enterprise-scale data platforms, governance layers, Infrastructure-as-Code, programmatic workflows

Nice to Have

B2B SaaS startup experience, Git-like data versioning, zero-copy cloning, Iceberg, Nessie, complex cloud-billing attributions, LLM workloads, vector-embedding workloads

What You'll Do.

Design next-generation data platform

Refactor pipelines and structures

Automate environment isolation boundaries

Modernize workflow orchestration

Scale distributed compute engines

Build data quality monitors

Build cost-allocation frameworks

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate with application teams; Partner with application teams; Collaborate across DevOps teams; Collaborate across Product teams

Communication Scope

documenting data lineage; mentoring data engineers

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