Senior Data Engineer, Cortex
$175-205k
Plus Equity
Internal developer portal eliminating developer tax
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Internal developer portal eliminating developer tax
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
$175-205k
Plus Equity
101-200 employees
Company mission
To help companies to catalog, score, and assign action to improve service quality and velocity, so devs can get back to work that drives the business forward.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience
- 4+ years of hands-on data engineering experience building and owning production pipelines
- Proficiency with dbt, a cloud data warehouse (BigQuery or equivalent), and ETL/ELT tooling
- Strong SQL and proficiency in a general-purpose language (e.g. Python) for pipeline and transformation work
- Solid data modeling judgment with a focus on data quality, testing, and reliability
- A bias toward mapping and rationalizing a messy environment before adding to it
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, including with non-engineering stakeholders
- Fluent, critical use of AI in day-to-day engineering, reviewing AI output as carefully as a teammate's PR
- Experience with high-volume / streaming systems (ClickHouse, OpenTelemetry) or CDP / ETL tools (Segment, Hevo) is a plus
- Previous experience at a startup is a plus
What the job involves
- As a Senior Data Engineer, you’ll own our internal data systems and pipelines. You will be responsible for the ingestion, transformation, and warehousing that power reporting across the company - consolidating a stack currently spread across Segment, Hevo, BigQuery, and Omni into a single, trustworthy source of truth, and laying the foundation for higher-volume data work as we grow
- You'll partner closely with GTM operations to ensure our AI-driven automation & tools areis built on accurate, well-modeled data, including you'll own product analytics
- Own data pipelines end to end - ingestion, transformation (dbt), warehousing (BigQuery), and delivery into reporting and BI (Omni)
- Audit and map the existing data systems before rebuilding, then consolidate the stack toward a single source of truth
- Build and maintain dbt models and transformation logic with tests, documentation, and clear contracts
- Establish data quality, observability, and reliability practices so pipelines are maintained intentionally rather than reactively
- Own product analytics: instrumentation and event tracking, data models for usage and adoption, and the metrics GTM and product teams rely on
- Partner with GTM operations to consolidate reporting into a single tool and ensure we have the right data foundations for AI automation and tools
- Support research for external reports (e.g. the Engineering in the Age of AI benchmark report), partnering with marketing to source, validate, and pull the right data
- Lay the groundwork for high-volume and streaming ingestion (e.g. telemetry / OpenTelemetry) as the product moves that way
Our take
Cortex is tackling the challenges faced by engineering teams and SREWs working with microservices. Its software platform gives companies the visibility and control they need over their microservices and cloud infrastructure, making it easier to develop and manage the applications and services they build.
To meet the growing demand for more services, Cortex launched the Cortex Resource Catalog, expanding the platform's ability to manage more assets. With a rapidly growing customer base that includes companies like Dobe, Brex, Grammarly, Palo Alto Networks, and SoFi, Cortex is providing the flexibility these businesses need to create innovative new use cases.
Backed by funding from Tiger Global and Sequoia Capital, Cortex is set to enhance the platform further. With plans to improve features based on user feedback, build better tools to support new teams and developers, and expand its reach globally. These efforts position Cortex for continued growth and innovation in the evolving microservices and cloud infrastructure space.
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Insights
150% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Sep 2024
$60m
SERIES C
May 2023
$35m
SERIES B
Total funding: $112.8m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive Health Coverage: Medical, Dental & Vision
- Remote first
- Unlimited PTO
- Monthly stipend
- Bi-quarterly Company Offsites
- Monthly Regional Events
- Gender neutral parental leave
- Learning & Development Stipend
- Pet Insurance
Company HQ
Rincon Hill, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Anish Dhar
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously co-founded Divtera and Homeroom. They are also an experienced Engineer having spent 5 years at Uber.
Ganesh Datta
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previously served as Principal Software Engineer for Mission Lane, Tech Lead for LendUp, and as a Web Developer for Food and Remedy.
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