Data Engineer

Summary

Join Hightouch as our first Forward-Deployed Data Engineer to help customers maximize their data usage. You will collaborate directly with customer data teams, translating their business objectives into actionable data models and workflows. As a trusted technical advisor and strategic partner, you will design and implement scalable, user-friendly data solutions, troubleshoot complex issues, and guide customers toward best practices. Your work will directly impact data and marketing teams, enabling them to work seamlessly together and achieve measurable business results. You will also contribute to internal tooling and knowledge sharing, supporting internal data engineering initiatives as needed. This role offers a competitive salary, equity compensation, and a remote-first work policy.

Requirements

• Strong SQL skills and experience modeling data in cloud data warehouses (e.g., Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift)
• Hands-on experience with dbt or similar transformation tools
• Experience designing data models intended for self serviceability by less technical users
• Experience optimizing complex data pipelines to reduce complexity/cost/latency
• Ability to work directly with stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions
• Comfortable working across multiple customer environments and adapting quickly to new contexts
• Ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical audiences
• Strong analytical thinking and a track record of shipping impactful, scalable solutions

Responsibilities

• Translate prospect and customer business goals into actionable data models and workflows
• Partner directly with customer data teams to understand their goals and technical landscape
• Design and implement data solutions that are both scalable and easy to use by marketing teams
• Troubleshoot complex data issues and guide customers toward best practices
• Collaborate with internal teams to surface product feedback and influence roadmap priorities
• Prioritize tasks across multiple customers while maintaining high quality and responsiveness
• Contribute to internal tooling, playbooks, and knowledge sharing to uplevel the team
• Measure and communicate the business impact of your work with customers
• Support internal data engineering initiatives as needed, contributing to the stability of our own analytics infrastructure

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working on an internal data team AND a customer facing role
• Experience working with the Hightouch product
• Experience working with B2C marketing teams

Benefits

• The salary range for this position is $160k-$180k per year, which is location independent in accordance with our remote-first policy
• We also offer meaningful equity compensation in the form of ISO options, and offer early exercise and a 10 year post-termination exercise window