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Harnham ยท 6 hours ago

Lead Data Engineer

positionNYC Metro Area
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff
money$180K/yr - $250K/yr
date5+ years exp

Harnham is a fast-growing, venture-backed technology startup seeking a Lead Data Engineer to own and scale its core data platform. This role involves setting technical direction, building production-grade pipelines, and leading a high-performing data team to enhance data modeling and activation across the business.

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Hiring Manager
Meredith Markowitz
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Responsibilities

Own the end-to-end data platform, including batch and streaming pipelines from APIs, product data, web sources, and business systems
Design and maintain core analytical models that power company-wide metrics and reporting
Build and manage orchestration, transformations, testing, and CI workflows
Establish data quality standards, SLAs, monitoring, and observability practices
Optimize cloud data warehouses and transactional databases for performance and cost
Deliver a clear metrics and semantic layer used by product, analytics, and leadership
Partner closely with Product, Customer, and Growth teams on measurement and tracking
Evaluate and integrate modern data tooling and vendors
Hire, mentor, and lead a small team of data engineers

Qualification

Data engineering experienceAdvanced SQLPythonDbtAirflowDimensional modelingSnowflakeBigQueryPostgresCloud experienceStartup experienceTechnical degreeSaaS experienceLeadershipMentoring

Required

5+ years of data engineering experience, including project or technical leadership
Advanced SQL and Python experience in production environments
Strong hands-on experience with dbt and Airflow or Prefect
Deep knowledge of dimensional and event-based data modeling
Experience with Snowflake or BigQuery and Postgres
Proven background building analytics-ready data products
Cloud experience (AWS or GCP); Terraform or IaC exposure preferred
Startup or early-stage company experience strongly preferred
Technical degree preferred
Background supporting SaaS, payments, or high-volume transactional data is a plus

Preferred

Cloud experience (AWS or GCP); Terraform or IaC exposure preferred
Startup or early-stage company experience strongly preferred
Technical degree preferred
Background supporting SaaS, payments, or high-volume transactional data is a plus

Company

Harnham

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Harnham has actively chosen to focus on Data and Analytics.
dateFounded in 2006
location
New York, New York, USA
people-size201-500 employees
web-link
https://www.harnham.com/us

H1B Sponsorship

Harnham has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2024 (1)

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
unknown
Key Investors
BGF Ventures
2022-05-01Seed

Leadership Team

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David Farmer
Chief Executive Officer
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Stephen Lawrence
CFO
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Recent News

Harnham
Harnham secures investment from BGF | Harnham US Recruitment post
2025-02-05
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Notizie da: Nordic Capital, Bridgepoint Development Capital, PAI Partners, BlackRock, IP Group, MMC, Octopus, Pelican Capital, BGF e altri
2022-05-09
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