Lead Data Engineer - Remote

Overview

Benepass is hiring a Lead Data Engineer to become the end-to-end owner of our data engineering function. This is a foundational, hands-on, high-ownership individual contributor role where you will design, build, and scale the next generation of Benepass’s data infrastructure—pipelines, warehousing, transformations, data quality, and tooling.

In Short

• Serve as the primary architect and builder of our data infrastructure across our AWS stack.
• Evaluate and lead the evolution of our data stack, including decisions around warehousing, orchestration, transformations, ingestion, and observability.
• Define ingestion, modeling, testing, and monitoring frameworks to ensure data is accurate, reliable, and easy to use.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to understand data needs and deliver high-value pipelines, models, and datasets.
• Design and implement ETL/ELT pipelines, schemas, and transformations in our AWS environment.
• Establish standards for data reliability, testing, documentation, privacy, and governance.
• Create clarity by defining architectural direction, roadmap, SLAs, data contracts, and cross-team processes.
• Prepare the platform for increased volume, complexity, and product usage.
• Define the future data engineering team structure and establish foundational patterns.
• High sense of ownership and accountability for data reliability and clarity.

Requirements

• ~5+ years of data engineering experience with increasing scope and ownership.
• Strong background with AWS (RDS, Redshift, S3, Lambda, IAM) and Python.
• Deep experience building and maintaining scalable ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Strong command of SQL, warehousing concepts, and performance optimization.
• Experience in fintech, payments, or other regulated domains.
• Ability to translate ambiguous business questions into clear technical work.
• High sense of ownership and accountability.
• Comfortable owning the entire data ecosystem without existing mature processes.

Benefits

• 95% coverage of medical, dental, and vision.
• $250 WFH setup.
• $150/month cell phone + internet.
• $100/month Wellness.
• Flexible PTO.
• Several team onsites a year.