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Staff Data Operations Engineer

Technology company providing financing and software products for sustainable home solutions, having facilitated over $30 billion in financing since 2018.
Austin, TX, USABentonville, AR, USAIrvine, CA, USA
$173,000 - $200,000
Data
Staff Software Engineer
Remote
1,000 - 5,000 Employees
8+ years of experience
Finance · Enterprise SaaS

Job Description

GoodLeap is revolutionizing the sustainable home solutions industry through its innovative financing and software products. As a Staff DataOps Engineer, you'll play a crucial role in applying DevOps principles to data platforms, ensuring that pipelines and systems are automated, observable, and reliable at scale. This position offers an opportunity to work with a company that has facilitated over $30 billion in financing for sustainable solutions since 2018.

You'll be responsible for leading strategic initiatives that enhance data system reliability, implementing CI/CD frameworks, and establishing data observability standards. The role requires a unique blend of technical expertise in data operations, leadership skills, and the ability to influence cross-functional teams. You'll work closely with data engineering, analytics, and infrastructure teams to enable consistent, secure, and performant delivery of data.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience with infrastructure as code (particularly Terraform), automated deployments, and data monitoring tools. You'll be expected to mentor senior engineers, drive incident excellence, and represent DataOps at the executive level. This role offers competitive compensation and the flexibility to work remotely while contributing to a mission-driven company that's making sustainable home improvements more accessible.

What makes this role particularly exciting is the opportunity to impact both the technical and organizational aspects of data operations. You'll be instrumental in shaping the company's DataOps strategy while working with cutting-edge technologies in the sustainable technology sector. The position also offers the satisfaction of contributing to GoodLeap's mission of making sustainable home solutions more affordable and accessible, while being part of a company that also supports global sustainability through its nonprofit, GivePower.

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Responsibilities For Staff Data Operations Engineer

  • Define and drive adoption of CI/CD frameworks, infrastructure-as-code, and automation patterns for data platforms
  • Lead multi-quarter initiatives to improve reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency of data systems
  • Establish and maintain data observability standards
  • Mentor senior and mid-level DevOps and Data Engineers
  • Represent DataOps in executive and stakeholder reviews
  • Act as incident commander for major data outages
  • Partner with Security, Compliance, and Operations teams

Requirements For Staff Data Operations Engineer

  • Experience with setting DataOps strategy and CI/CD frameworks
  • Ability to architect scalable data platform architectures
  • Expertise in Terraform and infrastructure as code
  • Experience with data monitoring and lineage tools
  • Strong incident management and postmortem skills
  • Leadership and mentoring capabilities
  • Cross-team collaboration skills
  • Hands-on experience with automated deployments such as GitHub Actions