Member of Technical Staff, Data Platform

Fireworks
San Mateo, US
Hybrid

Who this role is best for

Aimed at mid-to-senior level data infrastructure engineers who have experience with cloud data warehouses and ETL orchestration frameworks.

Best fit for

  • Mid-to-senior data engineers with a track record in cloud data warehouse administration and ETL orchestration
    — “Experience administering a cloud data warehouse at scale, including performance tuning and cost management.”
  • Candidates who have managed data quality frameworks and compliance workflows for enterprise systems
    — “Experience implementing GDPR/CCPA compliance in data systems (e.g. PII tagging, retention policies, deletion workflows).”
  • Individuals comfortable with infrastructure as code and automation of data processes
    — “Proficiency in Python (or a similar language) for building data tooling and automation.”

Things to consider

  • On-call responsibilities are a key part of the role, requiring immediate incident response capabilities.
    — “Experience being on-call for data systems and responding to production incidents.”
  • The role demands a balance between strict data governance and rapid business growth.
    — “Manage access controls to balance least-permissions policies with the speed of the business growth.”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with GCP services like BigQuery and IAM in your resume and interview responses.
    — “Experience with GCP services including BigQuery, IAM, GCS, etc.”
  • Emphasize your ability to design and implement data quality frameworks that ensure accuracy and reliability.
    — “Ensure our data quality framework effectively protects the accuracy of critical data our business depends on.”
  • Demonstrate your ability to maintain scalable data models and architecture principles.
    — “Contribute to data architecture principles, ensuring our data model stays organized as it scales up.”
  • Showcase your hands-on experience with ETL orchestration tools such as Airflow or dbt.
    — “Experience operating ETL orchestration or transformation frameworks in production (Airflow, Coalesce, dbt or similar).”
  • Demonstrate familiarity with data compliance and governance frameworks like GDPR and CCPA.
    — “Ensure our data platform complies with privacy regulations such as GDPR and CCPA, including PII classification, data retention, and data subject deletion requests.”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • ensures the warehouse scales, queries are performant, and cost is under control
  • contributes to data architecture principles
  • ensures data ingestion and ETL orchestration works reliably and efficiently
  • manages access controls
  • ensures data quality framework effectively protects the accuracy of critical data
Typical background
5+ years in data platform or data infrastructure engineering

Skills & requirements

Required

Data Platform EngineeringCloud Data Warehouse AdministrationETL OrchestrationPythonTerraformData ArchitectureData GovernanceData ComplianceData QualityData IngestionData ETLData Access ControlsData Privacy RegulationsGDPRCCPAData RetentionData Subject Deletion RequestsOn-call For Data SystemsProduction Incidents Resolution

Preferred

GCP ServicesBigeyeMonte CarloGreat ExpectationsData CatalogData Lineage ServicesPII ClassificationRetention PoliciesDeletion Workflows

Stack & domain

Data PlatformData Infrastructure EngineeringCloud Data WarehouseETL OrchestratorData GovernanceData ComplianceData Quality FrameworkPythonTerraformLeadershipCommunicationData EngineeringCloudAI

About the role

Original posting from Fireworks via Ashby

ABOUT US:

Fireworks is the platform for specialized intelligence, enabling companies to build, train, and serve AI models tailored to their own data, workflows, and products. Founded by the team behind PyTorch and backed by AMD, Atreides, Benchmark Capital, Index Ventures, Lightspeed, NVIDIA, Sequoia Capital, and TCV, Fireworks powers production AI with hundreds of state-of-the-art open models across text, image, embedding, audio, and multimodal workloads. Today, Fireworks is a Series D company valued at $17.5 billion, bringing together an ambitious, collaborative team that's building the future of enterprise AI.

THE ROLE

We are looking for a Member of Technical Staff, Data Platform to design and maintain the scalable data infrastructure and frameworks the rest of the data team builds on. You will be part of the team that owns our warehouse, ETL orchestrator, data governance, data compliance and data quality framework. You will ensure that domain-specific data engineers can build the pipelines our business teams need, and that every business user can effectively access and leverage company data.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

  • Ensure the warehouse scales, queries are performant, and cost is under control.
  • Contribute to data architecture principles, ensuring our data model stays organized as it scales up.
  • Ensure data ingestion and ETL orchestration works reliably and efficiently.
  • Manage access controls to balance least-permissions policies with the speed of the business growth.
  • Ensure our data quality framework effectively protects the accuracy of critical data our business depends on.
  • Ensure our data platform complies with privacy regulations such as GDPR and CCPA, including PII classification, data retention, and data subject deletion requests.
  • Quickly and efficiently resolve any incidents impacting production, conduct postmortems, and identify improvements to ensure reliable operations.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

  • REQUIRED
  • 5+ years in data platform or data infrastructure engineering.
  • Experience administering a cloud data warehouse at scale, including performance tuning and cost management.
  • Experience operating ETL orchestration or transformation frameworks in production (Airflow, Coalesce, dbt or similar).
  • Proficiency in Python (or a similar language) for building data tooling and automation.
  • Experience with Terraform or other infrastructure as code.
  • Experience being on-call for data systems and responding to production incidents.
  • PREFERRED
  • Experience with GCP services including BigQuery, IAM, GCS, etc.
  • Experience managing a data quality or observability tool (e.g. Bigeye, Monte Carlo, Great Expectations).
  • Experience designing access controls, data catalog and data lineage services.
  • Experience implementing GDPR/CCPA compliance in data systems (e.g. PII tagging, retention policies, deletion workflows).

WHY FIREWORKS?

  • Solve Hard Problems: Tackle challenges at the forefront of AI infrastructure, from low-latency inference to scalable model serving.
  • Build What’s Next: Work with bleeding-edge technology that impacts how businesses and developers harness AI globally.
  • Ownership & Impact: Join a fast-growing, passionate team where your work directly shapes the future of AI—no bureaucracy, just results.
  • Learn from the Best: Collaborate with world-class engineers and AI researchers who thrive on curiosity and innovation.

Fireworks AI is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all innovators.

Source: Fireworks careers (Ashby)

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