Forward Deployed Data Engineer, Hightouch
$160-180k
+ Equity
Data solution for syncing customer data to business tools
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Data solution for syncing customer data to business tools
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$160-180k
+ Equity
201-500 employees
Company mission
To empower everyone to take action on their data.
Role
Who you are
- Strong SQL skills and experience modeling data in cloud data warehouses (e.g., Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift)
- Hands-on experience with dbt or similar transformation tools
- Experience designing data models intended for self serviceability by less technical users
- Experience optimizing complex data pipelines to reduce complexity/cost/latency
- Ability to work directly with stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions
- Comfortable working across multiple customer environments and adapting quickly to new contexts
- Ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical audiences
- Strong analytical thinking and a track record of shipping impactful, scalable solutions
Desirable
- Experience working on an internal data team AND a customer facing role
- Experience working with the Hightouch product
- Experience working with B2C marketing teams
What the job involves
- We’re hiring our first Forward-Deployed Data Engineer to help our customers get the most out of their data
- You’ll work directly with customer data teams to understand their business goals and design solutions that make the Hightouch product more effective and impactful
- In this role, you’ll act as both a trusted technical advisor and a strategic partner
- Your work will have direct and visible impact by helping data and marketing teams work seamlessly together
- Together, we’ll help our customers move faster, make better decisions, and turn data into real, measurable business impact
- Translate prospect and customer business goals into actionable data models and workflows
- Partner directly with customer data teams to understand their goals and technical landscape
- Design and implement data solutions that are both scalable and easy to use by marketing teams
- Troubleshoot complex data issues and guide customers toward best practices
- Collaborate with internal teams to surface product feedback and influence roadmap priorities
- Prioritize tasks across multiple customers while maintaining high quality and responsiveness
- Contribute to internal tooling, playbooks, and knowledge sharing to uplevel the team
- Measure and communicate the business impact of your work with customers
- Support internal data engineering initiatives as needed, contributing to the stability of our own analytics infrastructure
Our take
The use of data integration software involves combining data from different sources to provide users with a unified view. Due to the growing need to combine several heterogeneous data sources, along with the rise of cloud computing, demand for effective data integration tools and services has been increasing.
While Fivetran is one of the most prominent platforms companies use to “extract, transform, and load” data into its warehouse, Hightouch does the opposite of that, what has become known as “reverse ETL.” For example, a company could use Fivetran to get the data into its warehouse and then use Hightouch to get the data from the warehouse and into Salesforce.
Hightouch serves a diverse range of clients, from B2B giants like Kong, Plaid, and Mattermost to B2C leaders like Nando's and Autotrader. With recent acquisitions including the product-led sales automation startup Workbase and the knowledge management startup Whatis, alongside an expanded partnership with Snowflake, Highlight continues to enhance its capabilities and provide seamless data activation for its growing customer base.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
11% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Feb 2025
$80m
SERIES C
Jul 2023
$38m
LATE VC
Total funding: $172.2m
Company benefits
- Hub & Remote friendly: Join our global team, either remotely or in one of our four in-person hubs. For those near a hub, enjoy complimentary lunches on Tuesdays and Thursdays
- Flexible PTO: Downtime is just as important as on time and your teammates will support you while you relax and recharge
- Wellness: We offer wellness days each quarter
- Core benefits: For full-time US-based employees, we cover all health benefit premiums, 80% for dependents, and life insurance
- Parental leave: We value and support the family planning process. We provide up to 16 weeks for parents
- Professional development: We support employees for all learning resources needed to grow in their role (classes, books, conferences, etc)
- Connectivity: We offer a $50 per month cell-phone or wifi connectivity stipend to all employees
- Commuter: Commuter benefits of $50 are offered to both employees who come into the offices and to remote workers working outside of their home
Company HQ
Mission District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Tejas Manohar
(Co-Founder)A Software Engineer with experience in lead roles at Lottery.com and Segment. Co-founded Hightouch in 2019.
Josh Curl
(Co-Founder & CTO)Significant Software Engineering experience at Rancher Labs and Segment. Co-founded Deviceplane in 2019 before co-founding Hightouch.
Kashish Gupta
(Co-Founder)Experience as a Product Manager for LYNK in 2016. Founded Mama's Cookin' in 2015 before co-founding Hightouch in 2019.
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