Data Engineering Tech Lead

Description:

We're building the data foundation that will power Nimble at massive scale. We're looking for a battle-tested Data Engineering Tech Lead who has built and scaled data infrastructure at companies where the bar is exceptionally high.

This is a ground-up, architect-and-build role. You'll own the entire data infrastructure layer - caching, indexing, storage architecture, scalability patterns - and set the standard for how data flows across the organization at scale.

• Own and architect Nimble's entire data infrastructure from the ground up - storage, caching, indexing, and platform foundations.
• Make the hard technology calls: which databases, caching layers, orchestration systems, and data patterns we adopt - and why - based on scale, performance, and long-term engineering excellence.
• Drive data scalability across the engineering organization, partnering closely with platform, backend, and product engineers.
• Lead hands-on - you design, you build, you review, you mentor.

• 10+ years in data engineering, with significant time spent at fast-moving, high-scale tech companies.
• Deep expertise in database architecture across OLTP, OLAP, NoSQL, and columnar systems, including MongoDB/Atlas, PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, ClickHouse, and Couchbase.
• Proven hands-on experience with DAG-based workflow orchestration systems such as Apache Airflow, Temporal, Prefect, Dagster, or similar - designing, scaling, and operating complex pipeline workflows in production.
• Hands-on with cloud-native data infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure) and deep experience with data lake platforms - Databricks, Snowflake, BigQuery, or similar - including streaming and batch pipelines at scale.
• Hands-on experience with event-driven architectures and event sourcing patterns (e.g., Kafka, Kinesis, or similar), with strong command of distributed systems principles - partitioning, replication, consistency trade-offs.

Who You Are

• Exceptional communicator - able to lead cross-functional design and implementation, work fluidly with engineers, product managers, and senior stakeholders, and drive execution across organizational boundaries.
• A true people person - thrives working alongside talented teams, leaves ego at the door, and brings a can-do attitude to every challenge.