Senior Data Engineer , Blockworks

• Software engineering is your passion and you have special talents focused on data architecture, design and infrastructure
• You are a player-coach and someone who understands the technical and human elements that go into great software design
• You have a results-oriented attitude and a passion for delivering flawless releases and developing digital data pipelines
• You have a proven track record facilitating engineering teams to increase productivity and quality
• You're excited at the possibility of helping design and develop our data pipelines as well as leading leading our Solana data-related projects and strategies
• You love moving quickly in a fast-paced start-up, but you also bring intentionality, sustainability and scalability to your approach as an engineer
• Experimentation is frequent at Blockworks. Comfortability with being uncomfortable is a must
• For this role, first and foremost, you must have significant knowledge of the crypto industry; interest in crypto is not enough, we’re looking for someone who considers themself crypto native
• You have at least 4 (but ideally more) years of hands-on experience with data modeling, schema design, data operations, and data warehousing
• During that time, you've personally built backend systems at scale with a focus on data processing and ingestion
• You're an ace at Typescript, Go, and/or Python, and you bring incredibly strong expertise in SQL (ideally Postgres, dbt, and Hypertables)
• You have deep experience creating data warehouses using Timescale, Snowflake, and/or BigQuery, and you also bring experience using DevOps tools and solutions like Docker, CI/CD, and AWS

Desirable

• As our Senior Data Engineer, you will be directly responsible for leading the creation and execution of our data models and strategies that feed our product
• You'll work collaboratively with other members of the engineering team to design, develop, implement, and evolve our data pipeline and approaches
• Own Data Sourcing Pipelines: You'll be responsible for helping to architect our data warehousing, ingestion and sourcing strategy, working with multiple SDKs to aggregate data from various sources into Blockwork's own data warehouse
• Design and Implement ETL Solutions: You'll be responsible for implementing our overall ETL approach, including accessing & setting up blockchain nodes to pull from, sourcing data from 3rd parties, and modeling our internal schemas across our PostgreSQL database(s)
• Grow Shared Knowledge: You'll help provide technical leadership, guidance, and assistance to the team in the implementation of established architectures and designs
• Drive Operational Efficiency: You'll be constantly looking for opportunities to improve data workflows and reliably automate routine tasks
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: You'll work with other teams across Blockworks, including Research, Product, and Engineering, to lead initiatives and move collaborations forward