Senior Data Engineer, Firstup
Workplace communication platform
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Workplace communication platform
201-500 employees
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201-500 employees
Company mission
To improve the employee experience at every moment that matters, large and small.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent professional experience
- 8+ years building reliable, high-performance, large-scale distributed systems, with an emphasis on streaming and data pipelines
- Experience working with and maintaining multi-tenant SaaS experiences
- Experience building natural language interfaces over data warehouses, including applying GenAI/LLM techniques to data and analytics
- Enterprise-level experience with at least one large-scale analytical data warehouse or query engine: StarRocks, Amazon Redshift, Snowflake, Databricks, or Trino
- Expertise writing, optimizing, and analyzing SQL
- Hands-on experience building and operating distributed data platforms on AWS or GCP
- Hands-on experience with streaming platforms such as Kafka and Spark
- Experience scaling data modeling and warehousing
- Proficiency in python
Desirable
- Experience with Cube or other semantic layers
- Experience with scheduling tools such as Airflow
- Familiarity with the BI tool Metabase
- Proficiency in Ruby on Rails, React, or other adjacent languages
What the job involves
- The Senior Data Engineer will design and build reliable data solutions that translate complex product and business logic into scalable, well-tested data models and pipelines
- This role requires deep expertise in SQL, query acceleration, and applying GenAI to both engineering workflows and data/analytics interfaces
- They will partner across engineering, analytics, and business teams, contribute to shared codebases, improve data quality and observability, and help evolve the data architecture
- Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines, warehouse models, and analytics solutions, balancing data quality, business value, and speed
- Build and maintain natural language interfaces to data and analytics, applying GenAI/LLM techniques to make data more accessible across the business
- Use GenAI coding tools and practices in daily development to improve code quality, testing, and delivery speed
- Continuously evaluate new technologies that could improve and scale the team's data platform and technology stack
- Establish and follow standards for SQL development, data modeling, testing, documentation, code reviews, and production support
- Support production data pipelines through on-call rotation and incident response, partnering with engineering, analytics, and business teams
- Document and maintain expertise in the technology stack and product domain, translating business needs into technical solutions with product management
Salary benchmarks
Our take
As hybrid and remote work models become commonplace, workplace communication struggles to keep pace. Many companies now grapple with burnout and digital fatigue, compounded by the absence of regular face-to-face interaction, leaving HR teams and managers searching for effective engagement strategies.
Enter Firstup, a solution designed to tackle this challenge head-on. It offers a workplace communication platform that seamlessly integrates with a company's HR systems. By tapping into data from recruitment, performance management, talent acquisition, and other sources, Firstup builds detailed employee profiles. This enables companies to craft and deliver personalized engagement initiatives, ultimately enhancing productivity and retention rates.
With a track record of success, Firstup has recently surpassed the $100M mark in annual recurring revenue and clinched the prestigious 2023 HR Tech Award for Employee Experience. Already trusted by over 40% of the Fortune 100, including industry giants like Amazon, Holton, and Ford, Firstup is set for continue growth. Its ability to adapt to the evolving needs of the modern workforce ensures it remains a key player in the realm of workplace communication and engagement.
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Insights
2% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Health Coverage: Doing your best starts with feeling your best. We provide fully paid medical, dental, and vision for employees, plus 70% for dependents
- Flexible Time Off: You can’t mobilize if you don’t rest and recharge—so take as much paid time off as you need
- Fruity Umbrella Drink Bonus: When we say we want you to take time off, we mean it. To encourage you, we offer extra compensation when you take time off in full-week increments
- Retirement Plan: There’s life beyond work, and someday there will be a lot of it. We’ll help you save for that time
- Professional Development: We invest in our people and build their skills for the future of work—no matter where that future takes them
- Family Leave: We support making big changes, and nothing will change your life more than bringing a child into your family. That’s why we offer 12 weeks of fully paid family leave for all parents
- Volunteer PTO: We give you paid days off to give back because we want our workforce to be a force for good
- Commuter Benefits: Although much of our workforce is remote, when we do head into the office, we subsidize eco-friendly ways to get there
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Bill Schuh
(CEO)Prior to joining Firstup in 2025, Bill was the CRO at Anaplan for over 4 years. Before that, they spent 4 years at Medallia as a VP of Sales (Americas), SVP and then EVP of Global Industry Sales.
Kristin Brenna
(CMO)Prior to joining Firstup in 2025, Kristin was a VP of Marketing at Legion Technologies, Datrium, Lightstep, and Sencha. They were also a Senior Director of Product Marketing & Demand Generation at Synopsys for 4 years.
Cheryl Chavez
(CPO)Prior to joining Firstup in 2022, Cheryl was the CPO at Bloomreach, Duetto and Engagio. They were also a Group VP of Product Management & UX at Merketo for 8 years.
Vinod Malhotra
(CTO)Prior to joining Firstup in 2025, Vinod was the CTO at Perceptyx. Before that, they spent 4 years at BlackLine as a VP then Senior VP of Engineering.
Sabra Sciolaro
(CPO)Prior to joining Firstup in 2022, Sabra spent nearly 7 years at FireMon as a VP of HR. Before that, they worked in HR roles at FishNet Security, Helzberg Diamonds and HRS Erase.
Mike Skelly
(CFO)Prior to joining Firstup in 2022, Mike was the CFO at AbacusNext, Trio Health, and UpWind Solutions. They also worked at The Active Network for nearly 9 years as an SP of Finance and spent nearly 5 years at Enterprise Partners Venture Capital as a Senior Associate.
Craig Steele
(CRO)Craig previously worked at Velocity Global, joining as a Managing Director of Americas before becoming the Global Head of Sales and then CRO. Prior to that, they spent 5 years at Anaplan in various VP roles.
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