Remote (Global)

Ethos is hiring a Staff Data Engineer

About the Role

Design and implement robust data pipelines and storage solutions that enable reliable access to high-quality data for analytics, reporting, and AI systems.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain core data infrastructure used across departments
  • Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and accessibility enterprise-wide
  • Collaborate with analytics and machine learning teams on data needs
  • Design scalable ETL workflows for structured and semi-structured data
  • Optimize data storage architectures for performance and cost
  • Define and enforce data modeling standards and best practices
  • Support data governance and compliance initiatives
  • Troubleshoot and resolve data quality issues proactively
  • Evaluate and integrate new data technologies and tools
  • Document systems and processes for internal knowledge sharing
  • Work closely with product teams to understand data requirements
  • Improve monitoring and observability of data pipelines
  • Contribute to capacity planning for data growth
  • Mentor junior engineers and promote technical excellence
  • Participate in design reviews and architectural decisions
  • Maintain high standards for system reliability and uptime
  • Automate repetitive data operations and deployment tasks
  • Ensure security protocols are followed in data handling
  • Collaborate on disaster recovery and backup strategies
  • Drive improvements in data processing efficiency

Nice to Have

  • Master’s degree in computer science or related field
  • Experience with machine learning pipeline infrastructure
  • Contributions to open-source data projects
  • Public speaking or conference presentations
  • Leadership in data strategy initiatives

Compensation

Competitive salary and equity package

Work Arrangement

Hybrid remote with team collaboration expectations

Team

Part of a growing data platform team focused on scalable systems

Our Data Philosophy

We believe data should be trusted, accessible, and actionable. Our platform emphasizes self-service capabilities while maintaining strong governance and security standards. Engineers focus on enabling data-driven decisions across product, risk, and operations teams.

Technology Stack

  • Primary cloud provider is Google Cloud Platform
  • Data warehouse: BigQuery
  • Orchestration: Apache Airflow
  • Programming languages: Python, SQL
  • Version control: GitHub
  • Infrastructure as code: Terraform

Available for qualified candidates

Required Skills
AWSPythonJavaSQLNoSQLData EngineeringDistributed Systems
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Ethos
Ethos is a leading life insurance technology company on a mission to protect families by democratizing access to life insurance and empowering agents at scale. It offers instant, accessible life insurance products with a seamless online process requiring no medical exams.
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Posted 6 months ago