Clever Real Estate is hiring a Senior Data Pipeline Engineer

Clever Real Estate is seeking a Senior Data Pipeline Engineer to own and evolve the data infrastructure that powers our core data products, from pipelines feeding agent benchmarking tools to warehouse architecture behind high-priority initiatives. You will serve as the primary owner of our data platform, including AWS infrastructure, orchestration (Airflow/MWAA), Databricks lakehouse, and ingestion pipelines in this high-autonomy role shaping infrastructure strategy.

What You'll Do

• Own and operate Clever's data platform infrastructure: manage AWS services (EC2, RDS, VPC, S3, MWAA), Terraform-managed infrastructure-as-code, and Databricks administration.
• Maintain and improve data pipeline reliability: monitor, triage, and resolve Airflow/MWAA orchestration failures; proactively improve reliability.
• Build and extend data ingestion pipelines for new operational data sources (e.g., telephony, CRM, transaction data) supporting speed-to-match initiatives.
• Manage database infrastructure: administer PostgreSQL/RDS instances, including replica promotion, security group configuration, and VPC peering.
• Support security and compliance: maintain infrastructure aligned with SOC-2 requirements, including VPN management (Pritunl), SSO configuration, and access controls.
• Collaborate with the data engineering team: partner with data engineers and analysts, provide technical mentorship on infrastructure best practices.
• Drive infrastructure strategy: evaluate opportunities to reduce complexity, optimize cloud spend, and propose a forward-looking platform roadmap.

What We're Looking For

• 8+ years of experience in data engineering or data platform roles.
• Databricks administration and lakehouse architecture.
• Apache Airflow administration and DAG development (MWAA preferred).
• Deep, hands-on AWS experience (EC2, RDS, VPC, S3, MWAA), including configuring VPCs, managing security groups, and debugging networking issues.
• Production Terraform management, understanding state management and module structure.
• Python (PySpark, general scripting).
• PostgreSQL / RDS management, including replica promotion, security group configuration, VPC peering.
• VPN setup and management (Pritunl on EC2).
• SSO configuration.
• Excellent communication skills, able to influence across teams and levels.

Nice to Have

• Experience with SOC-2 compliance infrastructure requirements.
• Real estate, fintech, or marketplace industry experience.

Technical Stack

• AWS (EC2, RDS, VPC, S3, MWAA)
• Terraform
• Databricks
• Apache Airflow/MWAA
• Python, PySpark
• PostgreSQL/RDS
• Pritunl VPN

Team & Environment

Reports to the Data Engineering Manager; critical partner across data engineering, product, and operations.

Benefits & Compensation

• Compensation range: $200k-$240k.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• 18 days of PTO (increases with tenure) plus 10 paid holidays.
• Annual budget for professional development and learning.
• Paid tenure sabbaticals to celebrate major milestones.
• Exclusive access to Clever homeownership perks.
• Work-from-home stipend.
• 401(k) retirement plan administered through Guideline.
• 6–12 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Free counseling sessions and optional weekly meditation.

Work Mode

This role is local-country within the USA.

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