Senior Data Engineer at Figment

Figment is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join their team and contribute to becoming the leading staking services provider in the Web3 ecosystem. Figment currently manages over $15B in assets under stake and continues to grow. The role involves data engineering practices and software development, with a focus on building custom tools and automating data processes in a secure and scalable cloud environment.Figment is a 100% remote-first company with a global presence across 12 countries, offering a collaborative and innovative environment for individuals passionate about blockchain technology.Responsibilities:

• Implement and maintain reliable data pipelines and data storage solutions.
• Implement data modeling and integrate technologies according to project needs.
• Manage specific data pipelines and oversee the technical aspects of data operations.
• Ensure data processes are optimized and align with business requirements.
• Identify areas for process improvements and suggest tools and technologies to enhance efficiency.
• Continuously improve data infrastructure automation, ensuring reliable and efficient data processing.
• Develop and maintain data pipelines and ETL processes using technologies such as Dagster and DBT.
• Automate data ingestion, transformation, and loading processes to support blockchain data analytics and reporting.
• Utilize Snowflake data warehousing solutions to manage and optimize data storage and retrieval.
• Collaborate with Engineering Leadership and Product teams to articulate data strategies and progress.
• Promote best practices in data engineering, cloud infrastructure, networking, and security.

Requirements:

• Extensive experience with data engineering, including building and managing data pipelines and ETL processes.
• Proficiency in the Python programming language and SQL.
• Experience developing highly concurrent and performant applications ensuring scalability and efficient resource utilization in distributed or multi-threaded systems.
• Experience implementing robust microservices following best practices in error handling, logging, and testing for production-grade systems.
• Experience with using CI/CD pipelines for automated data infrastructure provisioning and application deployment.
• Experience with the data orchestration tool Dagster or Airflow.
• Experience designing and orchestrating complex DAGs.
• Experience with the data transformation tool DBT.
• Experience designing and implementing complex data transformations.
• Experience optimizing and troubleshoot DBT pipelines for scale.
• Experience with cloud data warehousing platforms (e.g. Snowflake)
• Experience architecting and optimizing Snowflake environments for performance.
• Has an understanding of security and governance policies within Snowflake.

Figment offers:

• 100% remote-first environment.
• 4 weeks of PTO that kick in day one, with an additional 1 week of flex days.
• Extended company-paid health benefits that kick in day one.
• Best in class parental leave and flexible arrangements.
• A home office stipend.
• Monthly Wifi reimbursement.
• A yearly Learning & Development budget.
• 401K (US) or RRSP match (Canada).
• Stock Options in the company.
• A competitive bonus (based on company performance) that is distributed bi-annually.
• Annual onsite company gatherings and retreats.