Lytx, Inc. · 10 hours ago
Senior Data Engineer
Office - San Diego, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$136K/yr - $172K/yr
6+ years expLytx, Inc. is focused on making roadways safer through innovative technology. As a Senior Data Engineer, you will design and optimize high-scale data pipelines and enhance data quality and reliability to support the company's analytics and products.
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Responsibilities
Build and operate streaming pipelines with Kafka and streaming technologies (i.e. Flink) for real‑time telemetry and event processing
Design robust ETL with Airflow into Redshift and S3, supporting analytics, product use cases, and downstream services
Model data (event/telemetry and serving schemas); own data contracts, schema evolution, and table partitioning/compaction strategies
Optimize performance & cost across Redshift, Iceberg/Athena, and streaming jobs
Harden quality, reliability, and observability: SLAs/SLOs, lineage, testing, validation, alerting, and incident response for data pipelines and datasets
Serve data to applications via APIs/GraphQL and scalable query services (Athena/Redshift), ensuring predictable latency and well‑documented contracts
Collaborate cross‑functionally with application teams to translate business needs into durable, scalable data assets
Mentor engineers and contribute to standards, patterns, and best practices; be a continuous learner who uplifts team capabilities
Qualification
Required
6+ years of data engineering experience designing and operating production‑grade streaming + batch data systems at scale
Deep hands‑on experience with Kafka and stream processing technology
Strong SQL and performance tuning in Redshift; practical experience with Postgres
Production experience with Airflow (DAG design, SLAs, retries, idempotency) and Flink (job optimization)
Experience with open table formats - Apache Iceberg (preferred) including partition evolution, schema evolution; comfort with Athena query performance
Solid data modeling for telemetry/events and analytics; understanding of data contracts, schema registry, and CDC patterns
Proficiency in object-oriented programming languages such as C# / Java / Python; strong software engineering fundamentals (testing, CI/CD, code review)
AWS experience (S3, Redshift, Athena, IAM; EKS is a plus)
Clear communicator who owns outcomes, balances speed with rigor, and thrives in a collaborative, high‑impact environment
Preferred
Experience with IoT/telematics data
Knowledge of dbt / Great Expectations (or other data testing frameworks)
Terraform/IaC, Kubernetes, and cost-aware architecture
Benefits
Medical, dental and vision insurance
Health Savings Account
Flexible Spending Accounts
Telehealth
401(k) and 401(k) match
Life and AD&D insurance
Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
FTO or PTO
Employee Well-Being program
11 paid holidays plus 1 inclusive holiday per year
Volunteer Time Off
Employee Referral program
Education Reimbursement Program
Employee Recognition and Appreciation program
Additional perk and voluntary benefit programs
Company
Lytx, Inc.
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501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$769MKey Investors
Leader VenturesTriangle Peak PartnersInsight Partners
2020-01-08Acquired
2018-12-01Convertible Note
2018-04-06Private Equity· $700M
Leadership Team
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Rajesh Rudraradhya
Chief Technology Officer
Rob Bartels
Senior Vice President - New Ventures
Recent News
2026-01-16
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