Data Engineering Lead, Onebrief

• 5+ years of professional experience as a Data Engineer or Data Platform Engineer
• Deep experience building production-grade batch and streaming pipelines
• Proficiency in Python, SQL, and at least one data processing framework
• Experience with cloud-based data infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Experience designing schemas and modeling complex systems
• Experience leading or mentoring engineers
• Clear, concise written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to reason about data as a product, not a byproduct
• You can sit, use a computer, and a phone for extended periods of time
• Work is primarily performed indoors

Desirable

• Battle Road is building the future of operational simulation
• Using AtomEngine, our proprietary cloud-based simulation platform, we model complex environments, interactions, and decisions so leaders can test high-stakes scenarios before committing in the real world
• We combine deep experience from the video game industry with defense-grade modeling to make the world playable
• As our platform scales, we are building our first dedicated data engineering function
• We are hiring a Data Engineering Lead to architect and lead that effort
• As Data Engineering Lead, you will build and lead Battle Road’s data platform from the ground up
• Architect our AWS-based data warehouse and ingestion pipelines
• Transform high-volume simulation outputs into clean, trusted datasets
• Establish schema standards and data contracts with engineering
• Enable scenario replay, comparison, and traceability
• Support analytics and AI workflows across the platform
• Hire and develop a high-performing data engineering team
• Within your first year, you will stand up a scalable warehouse, integrate core simulation feeds, and deliver reliable insight into product usage and simulation behavior
• You will be modeling a dynamic world state, not just logs
• This is simulation-grade telemetry with high-dimensional, fast-changing data