Staff Data Engineer

requirements, and data quality standards. Partner with the Head of Data to build and drive the data engineering roadmap — translating business priorities, technical debt, and platform gaps into a sequenced, milestone-driven plan that aligns with business objectives. Own the entire project lifecycle, moving initiatives from initial design through to production leveraging development standards such as Github PR reviews and Jira sprint board management. Drive platform-wide engineering standards: code quality, testing frameworks, CI/CD practices, data modeling conventions, and documentation, raising the bar across the entire data engineering team. Create and deploy strategies to maintain data security, integrity, and regulatory compliance. Provide leadership and guidance to grow and mentor future members of the data engineering team. What You Bring Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field. Minimum of 10 years of professional data engineering experience. Advanced skill in Python and SQL. Expertise with cloud warehouses such as BigQuery, Snowflake, or Databricks leveraging DBT as a data modeling framework. Expertise in managing data lakes with open source file formats such as Apache Iceberg, Delta Lake or Apache Hudi Proven track record in constructing automated pipelines using Airflow, Dagster, Fivetran from various operational databases, API endpoints, business systems, and data lakes. Expert-level proficiency in SQL and Python is required. Experience building / managing data observability and data quality platforms such as BigEye, Monte Carlo and Great Expectations is a plus Familiarity or experience building vector databases for Generative AI use cases is a plus. Experience building Gen AI agents to optimize development workflows within data engineering is a plus. Experience building Gen AI agents for providing support for business intelligence related inquiries is a plus Must be willing and able to work onsite five days per week. Employee

Benefits Verkada is committed to fostering a workplace environment that prioritizes the holistic health and wellbeing of our employees and their families by offering comprehensive wellness

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perks programs include, but are not limited to: Healthcare programs that can be tailored to meet the personal health and financial well-being needs - Premiums are 100% covered for the employee under at least one plan and 80% for family premiums under all plans Nationwide medical, vision and dental coverage Health Saving Account (HSA) with annual employer contributions and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) with tax saving options Expanded mental health support Paid parental leave policy & fertility

benefits Time off to relax and recharge through our paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO and personal sick time Professional development stipend Wellness/fitness

benefits Healthy lunches provided daily Commuter

benefits Additional Information You must be independently authorized to work in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this role, at this time. Annual Pay Range At Verkada, we want to attract and retain the best employees, and compensate them in a way that appropriately and fairly values their individual contribution to the company. With that in mind, we carefully consider a number of factors to determine the appropriate starting pay for an employee, including their primary work location and an assessment of a candidate's skills and experience, as well as market demands and internal parity. A Verkada employee may be eligible for additional forms of

compensation, depending on their role, including sales incentives, discretionary bonuses, and/or equity in the company in the form of restricted stock units (RSUs) Below is the annual on-target earnings (OTE) range for full-time employees for this position, comprised of base

compensation and commissions (if applicable). Estimated Annual Pay Range $190,000 — $250,000 USD Verkada Is An Equal Opportunity Employer As an equal opportunity employer, Verkada is committed to providing employment opportunities to all individuals. All applicants for positions at Verkada will be treated without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Your application will be handled in accordance with our Candidate Privacy Policy .

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