Job Title: Senior Data Engineer Company Name: Point Job Details: $154.8-196.3k+,Equity.,Salary,dependent,on,locationSQLAWSPythonAirflowTerraformSnowflakeSemanticGitdbtSenior,and,Expert,levelSan,Francisco,Bay,AreaRemote,from,USMore,information,about,location Job Url: https://app.welcometothejungle.com/jobs/7gRKzJXf?theme=newly-added Job Description: Role Who you are 5+ years of experience in data engineering or analytics engineering, with significant hands-on dbt and SQL development experience Deep Snowflake expertise — DDL management, role-based access control, warehouse configuration, performance tuning, and cost optimization Strong experience with Apache Airflow (or similar orchestration tools) — building DAGs, custom operators, scheduling, and failure handling Proficiency in Python for data pipeline development, scripting, Lambda functions, and CI/CD automation Experience with Infrastructure as Code — Terraform for access management, schemachange or Flyway for database migrations, version-controlled deployments Solid understanding of data modeling — dimensional modeling, fact/dimension tables, data mart design, and enterprise data architecture AWS experience — Lambda, S3, SAM/CloudFormation, and serverless architecture patterns Strong Git workflows — branching strategies, pull request reviews, CI/CD integration (GitHub Actions or similar) Excellent troubleshooting skills — ability to diagnose pipeline failures, data quality issues, and performance bottlenecks across a complex platform Clear communicator — can work with non-technical stakeholders to translate business requirements into data models and explain technical tradeoffs What the job involves Point is looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join a lean, high-impact data team that powers analytics for 15+ business functions across a home equity investment company You'll own the development and maintenance of a 1,600+ model dbt platform, build and optimize ETL pipelines in Airflow, manage Snowflake infrastructure (DDL deployments, permissioning, cost optimization), and ensure the reliability of 40+ data source integrations This is a hands-on engineering role where your work directly shapes how the business makes decisions, and you'll also have the opportunity to contribute to emerging AI initiatives as the team expands into Cortex AI and LLM-powered workflows Develop, maintain, and optimize dbt models across 20+ data marts serving business functions including marketing, production, servicing, finance, compliance, investor operations, and data science Build and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines using Airflow (Astronomer), including custom operators, hooks, and sensors for data ingestion from 40+ sources Manage Snowflake DDL deployments via schemachange — databases, schemas, warehouses, users, roles, network policies, integrations, and UDFs Maintain and extend Terraform-managed RBAC grants (200+ .tf files), ensuring secure, auditable access provisioning across the Snowflake environment Drive Snowflake cost optimization — warehouse sizing, multi-clustering configuration, query performance tuning, and monitoring to target 15–25% cost reduction Support CI/CD pipelines for dbt Cloud, Astronomer deployments, and automated data quality testing Develop and maintain AWS Lambda functions supporting data integrations, APIs, and serverless data processing workflows Perform code reviews, enforce engineering standards, and contribute to data model documentation (YAML configs, markdown docs) across the platform Collaborate with analysts and data scientists to build and maintain data marts, feature engineering tables, and semantic layer metrics that enable self-service analytics Contribute to the team's AI/ML initiatives — including Cortex AI semantic models, data preparation for LLM workflows, and infrastructure supporting data science deployment pipelines Share this job Report a problem with this job Hide company View 10 more jobs at Point Insights Top investors 65% employee growth in 12 months Glassdoor (4.3) Trustpilot (4.7) Company Company benefits Health Insurance: Point provides platinum-rated plans for medical (Anthem Blue Cross or Kaiser Permanente), dental and vision (The Standard). We cover 99% of employee premiums and 75% of dependent premiums Generous Vacation: Take time for yourself and your family when you want - Point has an unlimited vacation policy Continued Learning: We encourage all team members to attend events hosted by our investors, external workshops and conferences. We believe in continuous improvement and want to support employees on their professional journeys Family Friendly: Point will top off state applicable PFL earnings, as well as two weeks of fully paid leave to be available after exhaustion of state PFL. In addition, employees will receive 4 weeks: s of fully paid transition time. For the first consecutive four weeks after returning to work following parental leave, and following exhaustion of all other paid leave benefits, the employee may work part-time, meaning two or three days per week, and will receive 100% of regular base pay Work From Home Stipends: With employees working remote, Point will provide employees a $50 monthly cell phone stipend and a $50 monthly internet stipend. In addition, we will reimburse up to $150 to help you purchase supplies for your home office.remote, Point will provide employees a $50 monthly cell phone stipend and a $50 monthly internet stipend. In addition, we will reimburse up to $150 to help you purchase supplies for your home office Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds) May 2022 $115m SERIES C Mar 2019 $22m SERIES B Total funding: $145.5m Our take Purchasing a property can result in immense debt. Home buyers must often take out bridge loans to finance their purchase whilst continuing to live at their current residence. Point provides property financing by providing a share of a homeowner's equity in advance to fund the purchase of a new home. The startup evaluates the finances of an applicant and purchases their property, obtaining a stake in the property if it is sold within ten years. Point claims to prevent its customers from taking on crippling debt to fund a property purchase, and has helped nearly 10,000 homeowners across the United States. The company expanded from 16 to 28 total geographies in 2024, followed by a commitment to $2.5 billion in home equity investments in 2025. This large commitment exemplifies Point's growth and power within its industry. Steph Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle