Title: Data Engineering Lead (Founding Role)
Location: Remote – US, Canada, LATAM (Time Zone Alignment Preferred)
Company Stage of Funding: Series A
Office Type: Remote
Salary: $180,000 – $220,000 USD + Equity
Our client is a fast-growing fintech company transforming how small businesses access and manage their money. With over $10M in venture funding and a remote-first team of builders, they are on a mission to deliver simple, delightful financial tools that empower entrepreneurs across North America. Their culture values ownership, speed, and progress over perfection. You’ll be joining a highly collaborative environment that prioritizes innovation and trust.
As the Founding Data Engineering Lead, you'll own the data function end-to-end and play a critical role in the future of the company's data strategy. This is a hands-on leadership position where you'll:
Design, build, and maintain the modern data stack from scratch
Establish and enforce best practices around data security, quality, and governance
Architect and manage scalable data pipelines and infrastructure
Collaborate with product, engineering, and operations to power decision-making across the business
Define and optimize underwriting and risk metrics through experimentation and iteration
Lay the groundwork to scale the data team as the business grows
6–10 years of experience as a senior or lead data engineer, ideally in early-stage startups
Proven track record of building and scaling data infrastructure from the ground up
Recent experience in a managerial or tech lead role
Expertise in Python and SQL for complex data operations
Experience managing multiple data sources and orchestration in cloud-based environments (e.g., Snowflake)
Strong quantitative skills with experience in data modeling at high scale
Strategic thinker with a business-oriented mindset who can communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Comfortable in ambiguous environments with a strong sense of initiative and ownership
Experience in early-stage fintech, especially in credit or lending
Previous founder experience or leadership at a high-growth startup
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related technical field
Experience in high-trust, regulated environments
Salary range: $180,000 – $220,000 USD
Equity: 0.02% – 0.08%
Fully remote work with flexible hours (timezone overlap with the Americas preferred)
High-trust, collaborative culture
Opportunity to shape a product and data strategy from the ground up
Fast interview process: Initial screen → Technical interview → CTO + CEO interviews → Case study → Offer
This is a rare opportunity to make your mark at a high-growth startup with a strong mission and stellar leadership. If you're excited to lead and build in a hands-on role, we’d love to hear from you.