Senior Data Engineer

First Street is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to assist in the ingestion of climate risk data, develop data pipelines, query geospatial databases, and ensure database and pipeline coordination and synchronization with APIs and web services. The successful candidate will be someone who deeply cares about the environment and has a strong understanding of probability and statistics as applied to spatial data.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Data or Climate Science, or a related field
• 5+ years of professional experience
• Data operations: Experience with the design and use of databases, such as PostgreSQL
• Programming: Proficiency with SQL queries to efficiently and reproducibly analyze complex datasets
• GIS knowledge: Experience with writing software to efficiently process and analyze with geospatial data using open source tools
• Strong understanding of probability and statistics as applied to spatial data
• Expertise using scripted languages to build data pipelines on both local and cloud-based systems
• Proficiency with source control platforms such as Git

Benefits

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience
• Ownership interest in the company via Employee Stock Option Plan
• Hybrid Schedule with in-office work days on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday
• 15 vacation days along with 8 statutory company holidays, 5 days for winter break office closure, and 10 sick days
• Healthcare monthly premium covered at 100% for employee or a significant contribution for family plans
• Vision and dental benefits with partial employee contribution
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• Company 401k program
• Commuter benefits
• Life Insurance
• Tech startup environment
• Weekly team meals and an office stocked with coffee and snacks
• Access to One Medical, Teledoc, HealthAdvocate, Kindbody, and Talkspace