Staff Data Engineer

Campminder is a company dedicated to serving the summer camp industry through digital transformation, and they are seeking a Staff Data Engineer to lead the design and implementation of a new data architecture for AI features. The role involves defining an AI-ready data platform, mentoring engineers, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance data engineering best practices.

Responsibilities:

• Define the architecture for an AI-ready data platform, including data modeling, orchestration, transformation, serving, metadata, and governance
• Partner with Product to design and implement AI-powered features that delight customers and bring Campminder to the forefront of technical innovation in the space
• Partner with Engineering management and architects to define and roll out AI-first data engineering best practices on the Data team and on adjacent teams
• Mentor engineers and raise the company’s bar for data platform design, not just implementation

Requirements:

• Experience architecting and implementing data systems for use with AI at scale
• Experience balancing short-term experimentation with long-term platform maintainability
• Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and set technical direction beyond a single team
• Passion for mentoring others and rolling out data engineering best practices
• Demonstrated ability to translate ambiguous customer problems into durable data and AI platform capabilities
• Experience with AI tooling to significantly accelerate engineering work
• Deep experience with cloud data platforms, including relational and analytical storage, and sound judgment about when to use warehouse, lakehouse, streaming, or serving-layer patterns