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Harper (YC W25) · 3 hours ago

Member of Technical Staff, Data / Context Engineer

positionSan Francisco, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityEntry, Mid Level
money$140K/yr - $200K/yr
date2+ years exp

Harper is a company aiming to revolutionize the professional services industry by leveraging AI to create computational systems that replace traditional human-centric models. The Data/Context Engineer will be responsible for building scalable ETL pipelines, modeling databases, and collaborating with AI researchers to enhance data quality and operational processes.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)FinTechInsurance

Responsibilities

Build distributed, scalable, and reliable ETL pipelines using Airflow, Temporal.io, and n8n
Build services to “broadcast” information (updates / changes) to be consumed by downstream services
Model schemas for - SQL database(s), Vector database(s), and NoSQL database(s)
Build custom automations using Playwright, Stagehand, Zapier, and more
Work with AI Researchers and Engineers, and model “Context” - Information packets required by agents and workflows as input. Expose them as services
Understand the business and advocate for changes to the actual business process if that improves the data quality / collection
Identify gaps in data and inform where processes need to be changed to improve data (and therefore operations)

Qualification

Data modelingBuilding ETL pipelinesBuilding distributed systemsAPI development in PythonAirflowFlinkDbtOLAP databasesFounder mindsetSoft skills

Required

2+ years shipping fast in startup environments (0→1 experience)
Proficiency in data modeling for SQL database (Postgres) and Vector database (Qdrant)
Experience building API / function services in Python
Experience building distributed systems
Experience building pipelines using Airflow, Temporal.io, n8n
Experience building stream processing application using Flink
Founder mindset: previous founder, founding team member, or deep startup exposure

Preferred

Experience fine-tuning prompts and architecting context
Experience with transforming and warehousing data using dbt
Experience with OLAP databases like Clickhouse
Experience building CDC pipelines to live hydrate data warehouse
Experience with analytical tools like Posthog

Benefits

Lunch / Dinner covered
Medical, dental, vision

Company

Harper (YC W25)

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Harper is a commercial E&S insurance brokerage.
dateFounded in 2024
location
San Francisco, California, USA
people-size2-10 employees
web-link
https://www.harperinsure.com/

Funding

Current Stage
Early Stage
Total Funding
$0.5M
Key Investors
Y Combinator
2025-03-12Pre Seed· $0.5M
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