Data Engineer

Better Money

Strike is the Bitcoin company. With Strike, you can buy and sell bitcoin, pay bills, and borrow against your holdings. From individuals to businesses, Strike is purpose-built for every step of the Bitcoin journey. Available in more than 100 countries — including the U.S., Europe, Latin America, and Africa — Strike is building a better financial system powered by Bitcoin. Bitcoin is better money. Strike is how you use it.

Role:

We are hiring a Data Engineer to help build the data infrastructure that powers decision-making across the company. You will build the systems that allow analysts, data scientists, and other stakeholders to work with trustworthy data at scale. We operate lean and move quickly. You should be comfortable building from zero, improving systems continuously, and collaborating across teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines that drive analytics, product insights, and operational reporting across the company

• Develop data movement and storage strategies that meet security standards while managing cost and efficiency tradeoffs

• Partner closely with data analysts to ensure value is being delivered in our reporting and alerting systems which are broadly consumed across the business

• Collaborate with engineering, product, and operations teams to support our product roadmap and ongoing customer needs

• Educate others on best practices and continually raise the bar when it comes to the production, application, and maintenance of data at Strike

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience building production data systems in a product-focused environment. We build cloud-native data pipelines working with high-volume heterogeneous data across distributed systems

• Strong ownership of projects and the ability to work independently while asking for clarification when needed. Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines.

• Deep knowledge of various data architectures and design patterns, including their advantages and limitations

• Expertise building multi-step ETL jobs and building robust data models through tooling like DBT. Proficiency with workflow management platforms like Airflow and version control management through GitHub.

• Strong SQL and Python expertise and an understanding of system design, data structures, and algorithms.

• Excellent interpersonal communication and conflict resolution skills

Nice to Have

• Experience with data instrumentation and eventing to support product and marketing analytics (Rudderstack or Segment experience is a plus)

• Experience building real-time streaming and change-data-capture systems

• Basic understanding of the Bitcoin protocol, including how the blockchain and mempool work

• Experience using AI coding tools to accelerate the development process

US-Based Positions:

• Salary range: $170-$200K

• Equity in a high growth startup

• Health, dental, and vision insurance premium contributions; short & long term disability insurance and basic life insurance

• Cell phone and internet reimbursement

• Flexible PTO, sick leave & parental leave

• Access to participate in a company 401k plan

Non US-Based Positions:

• Location Dependent

We do not make hiring decisions based on educational history whatsoever. Our Founder is a college dropout. We employ high school dropouts, PHD candidates and everything in-between. We do not hire credentials. We simply hire talented, passionate individuals who are excited to be a part of our team.

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