Braintrust is hiring a
Senior Data Engineer

Summary

The job is for a Software Engineer with 8+ years of experience in backend software development. The role involves designing, launching, and maintaining production back end systems, collaborating with a team to deliver products, and possessing strong data modeling experience. The candidate should be passionate about backend software development and have experience with Node.js/Typescript or similar asynchronous tech stack.

Requirements

• 8+ years as a Software Engineer with a passion for backend software development
• Demonstrated track record of designing, launching and maintaining production back end systems
• Demonstrated ownership mindset over systems through dashboard creation, improvement and proactive monitoring
• Experience with Node.js/Typescript or similar asynchronous tech stack
• Strong data modeling experience for both operational and analytical workloads
• Experience writing raw SQL queries
• Experience with Microservices and Event Driven Architecture using AWS, Serverless, Lambda or Docker and Kubernetes
• A proponent of unit, integration, and performance testing
• Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms and design patterns

Responsibilities

• Champion code quality, reusability, scalability, and security
• Collaborate with a team of engineers, architects, product managers, and designers to deliver elegant, resilient, and solid products
• Ownership over their code and remove any ambiguity during implementation by collaborating with their team
• Conduct design and code reviews

Preferred Qualifications

Big bonus points for experience building and maintaining data pipelines using data engineering best practices and frameworks, such as Airflow, Argo Workflows, Prefect, or any other DAG workflow engine

Benefits

• Remote work - Costa Rica only
• Contract- Freelance position
• Salary Range: $45 – $60 /hr
• Estimated Duration: 40hr/week - Long term
• Experience with Braintrust's hiring process, which involves completing your Braintrust profile, applying directly to the role on Braintrust, and undergoing a one-time screening to ensure you meet their vetted talent specifications
• Opportunity to work with top companies