Job Title: Data Engineer

Company Name: Doowii

Job Url: https://jobs.gem.com/doowii/am9icG9zdDpX2-MSo3gCxMqddEi-JunX

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Data Engineer
Denver
Engineering
Remote
Full-time
The Role
We’re looking for a Data Engineer to join our Engineering team and help architect, build, and scale the data infrastructure that powers our product. If you're excited about building from the ground up and shaping how education evolves through data, we’d love to meet you! We’re open to adjusting the role level based on your experience and expertise.

Responsibilities (You Will)
Own ingestion pipelines (NiFi 2.0 → Kafka → Iceberg → BigQuery/Motherduck) end-to-end
Design and maintain data models (star, wide-table, or Iceberg-native) to support real-time and batch analytics
Build robust CI/CD, testing, and observability for data flows (GitHub Actions, dbt tests, OpenMetadata, Sentry)
Optimize storage + query performance; keep infra costs lean
Partner with ML, product, and frontend engineers to ship AI-driven features (LLM text-to-SQL, embeddings, feature stores, LLM-driven data modeling)
Champion data quality, governance, RBAC/RLS, and privacy best practices (FERPA, GDPR)

Requirements (You Have)
3+ yrs building production data pipelines on GCP, AWS, or Azure (GCP preferred)
Hands-on with at least two of: Kafka or Pub/Sub, Apache NiFi, Airflow, Mage.AI, Beam, Spark, Flink, dbt, Iceberg/DuckDB/ClickHouse
Strong SQL + Python; Java a plus
Experience with schema evolution, CDC, and high-throughput streaming
Familiarity with IaC (Terraform) and container orchestration (K8s or Cloud Run)
Bias for automation, clear documentation, and fast iteration in a startup environment

Bonus points if you have:
EdTech or SaaS analytics background
Knowledge of LLM evaluation, vector stores, or semantic layers
MotherDuck or DuckDB experience

Compensation
The base pay range for this role is $130,000 – $150,000 per year.
We’re open to adjusting the role level based on your experience and expertise. If you do not fulfill all requirements in the job description, we encourage you to submit your application nonetheless. Doowii employees are required to successfully pass a background check upon being hired.

Why work at Doowii
Competitive compensation
New-hire equity grant
Open PTO policy & company holidays,
Medical, dental, and vision benefits for you and your family
A mission-driven culture and community
Remote-work environment