Mudflap · 2 hours ago
Senior Data Engineer
Palo Alto, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$175K/yr - $215K/yr
8+ years expMudflap is a fast-growing marketplace business transforming the trucking and logistics industry. As a Senior Data Engineer, you will design, scale, and govern a modern cloud-based data platform, ensuring data integrity and supporting analytics and operational use cases across the company.
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Responsibilities
Architect and scale ingestion frameworks to bring diverse data sources (internal systems, third-party APIs, streaming events) into our platform in a reliable, high-throughput way
Define and enforce data schemas to ensure data integrity, discoverability, and interoperability across teams
Own data governance strategy, including data quality, metadata management, lineage, and compliance with security and privacy requirements
Design and optimize system-wide data architecture to support analytics, ML, and operational use cases at scale
Establish best practices for data modeling, schema evolution, and data lifecycle management
Partner with product, engineering, analytics, and compliance teams to align data architecture with business and regulatory needs
Mentor other engineers, leading by example in code quality, architecture reviews, and technical design discussions
Drive adoption of modern tooling for orchestration, lineage tracking, and cataloging to improve platform robustness and usability
Own high-impact, cross-functional initiatives that shape the future of Mudflap’s data platform
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science (or related technical field)
8+ years of data engineering experience, with at least 3+ years in senior or staff-level roles
Proven expertise in data ingestion frameworks (batch and streaming)
Deep experience with cloud-native data platforms (Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, or Redshift)
Strong command of SQL and Python, with ability to design performant, reusable components
Hands-on knowledge of data governance frameworks (quality checks, lineage, cataloging, security, compliance)
Strong understanding of data warehouse methodologies, dimensional and normalized modeling, and distributed system design
Experience with orchestration tools (Airflow, Dagster, Prefect) and metadata/catalog platforms (dbt, DataHub, Amundsen, or similar)
Ability to set long-term technical vision while driving execution on near-term deliverables
Excellent communication and leadership skills, with a track record of mentoring engineers and influencing cross-functional stakeholders
Benefits
Multiple health benefit options
Responsible Time Off
401(k) matching
Opportunities and support for major career growth
Annual Company offsite event (Mudfest!)
Company
Mudflap
Mudflap provides instant fuel discounts to thousands of owner-operators and small fleets at hundreds of independent fuel stops and chains.
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$50M2022-08-17Series B· $50M
2019-01-01Seed
Leadership Team
Sanjay Desai
Co-Founder/CEO
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