Campminder is a company that has been serving the summer camp industry for over 20 years, focusing on digital transformation and meaningful experiences for kids. They are seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join their Data team, responsible for implementing a new data architecture and building systems that support their core product and AI features.
Responsibilities:
- Implement the core components of our data platform, including data modeling, pipelines, and retrieval-ready storage layers
- Build operationally excellent systems, incorporating automated testing, deep observability, and robust failure handling
- Model complex business domains by defining clear entities, event histories, and reusable datasets that reflect real-world logic
- Develop the data foundations for AI features, focusing on structured metadata, governance, and high-fidelity source data
- Partner with the Data team to translate technical strategies into executable plans and production code
- Maintain the long-term health of our platform through idempotent backfill patterns and managed schema evolution
Requirements:
- Experience building and shipping production-grade data systems in cloud environments
- Passion for doing rapid experimentation to build customer-facing features on robust data systems
- Deep expertise in data modeling for complex domains, prioritizing accuracy and reusability
- Proven ability to build durable systems that handle backfills, schema changes, and distributed failures gracefully
- Pragmatic experience preparing data for machine learning workflows, including retrieval-optimized structures
- Strong commitment to engineering fundamentals like testing, documentation, and infrastructure-as-code
- A track record of taking technical designs and owning the execution through to deployment
- Deep experience with cloud data platforms and the technical judgment to choose the right storage or processing pattern for the task