Senior Data & Analytics Engineer II - Remote

Overview

Kickstarter is the go-to crowdfunding platform for creative projects across everything from film, games and music to art, design, and technology. Fueled by the support of our team, our mission to help bring creative projects to life has been a core tenet since our inception in 2009.

To date, we have helped more than 272,000 creative projects reach their funding goal with pledges totalling more than $8.5 billion dollars. We continue to be committed to the growth and success of not only our community, but our team as well. Rooted in shared values, Kickstarter sees team members as whole people, giving every individual the autonomy and space to participate in decisions that impact them.

In Short

• Develop, own and improve Kickstarter’s data architecture.
• Design and build scalable ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Enhance data accessibility and self-service analytics.
• Support real-time data needs.
• Lead cost optimization efforts.
• Drive data governance and security best practices.
• Collaborate across teams for data solutions.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in data engineering or analytics engineering.
• Strong experience with cloud-based data warehouses.
• Expertise in SQL, Python, and data transformation frameworks.
• Experience building scalable data pipelines.
• Knowledge of real-time streaming architectures.
• Experience with business intelligence tools.
• Ability to drive cost-efficient data solutions.
• Familiarity with MLOps is a plus.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

Benefits

• A fully remote workforce.
• 100% employer-paid health plan offerings.
• 16 paid vacation days and 10 sick days.
• 25 volunteer hours each year.
• 16 weeks of parental leave.
• 4-day workweek model.
• Incredibly talented and inspiring colleagues.