Virtuous - Lead Data Platform Engineer
Requirements
• Asking questions with a spirit of curiosity • Giving feedback freely with candor & grace, welcoming it in return • Displaying a passion for philanthropy and technology • Serving with joy. Everyone is willing to make the coffee! • Celebrating the wins & milestones of others • Assuming good intent & demonstrating trust in others • Pursuing relationships with people different from themselves & creates space to be human • Find our core values & more here. • 7+ years of experience in data engineering, platform engineering, or related infrastructure roles, with ownership of production systems. • Deep expertise in Snowflake, especially: • Row-level and column-level security • Warehouse design and cost optimization • Performance tuning and governance • Strong experience using dbt to build and maintain shared data models, including macro development, testing strategies, source freshness, group model security implementation, and production deployment patterns.. • Advanced SQL skills and experience designing reliable ELT/ETL pipelines. • Proven systems-thinking mindset, with the ability to reason about tradeoffs across correctness, access, cost, and speed. • Clear communicator who can explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical partners. • dbt certification strongly preferred • Experience enabling AI/ML or natural-language data access. • Familiarity with data observability, lineage, or metadata tooling. • Experience designing platforms for self-service analytics. • Exposure to BI tools such as Sigma, Looker, or Tableau. • Experience working in lean, fast-growing organizations where leverage matters more than headcount.
Responsibilities
• Design the evolution of Virtuous’s data platform as a secure, scalable, and AI-ready system. • Own designing data models, metadata, and access patterns that support natural-language querying and AI-assisted analysis. • Partner with Data Operations to ensure accurate, reusable, and business definition aligned data structures. • Prepare foundational data for consistent, timely, trustworthy AI tool delivery.
Benefits
• Market competitive pay leveraging Carta data • Employee recognition through Bonusly (birthdays, anniversaries, achievements, etc.) • 401(k) retirement plan with company matching- 50% match up to 6% of compensation after 90 days • We value our employee’s work-life balance and encourage taking advantage of Unlimited PTO • Supportive time off including paid volunteer days and company holidays • Employer-contributed healthcare benefits, encompassing medical, dental, and vision coverage, with plans available for dependents and choices for Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA). • 12 weeks primary parent leave, 4 weeks secondary parent leave - full pay (adoption as well) • We pride ourselves on Community and host exciting company outings and events. • We’ve recently noticed an increase in recruitment scams where individuals are impersonating recruiters to obtain personal or financial information through fraudulent interviews and job offers.Please note that all legitimate communication from Virtuous will only come from the @virtuous.org domain. If you receive a message from other domains, even if they look similar (e.g., virtuouscareers.org or virtuousjobs.com), they are not legitimate and we recommend disregarding it immediately. • not legitimate
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