Data Engineer
Remote (Must reside in the Atlanta, GA area)
Full Time
2 days ago
Senior LevelEngineeringWorldwide
Over $120K

USD per year

Job Description

BELAY - Corporate

Data Engineer

Location: Remote (Must reside in the Atlanta, GA area) Employment Type: Full Time Experience Level: Experienced Work at Home Opportunity

Company Overview

BELAY is a growing and vibrant Atlanta, GA-based company offering virtual staffing solutions in Virtual Assistants, Marketing Assistants, and Financial Specialists. The company values culture highly and emphasizes a fast-paced team environment with a focus on high performance and enjoyment.

Job Purpose

The Data Engineer will play a critical role in designing and maintaining Belay’s modern data stack. Responsibilities include building reliable, scalable data pipelines, optimizing warehouse performance, and implementing robust orchestration frameworks. The ideal candidate is highly technical, systems-minded, experienced in Snowflake-centric environments with strong PostgreSQL and data orchestration expertise. The role involves owning data infrastructure end-to-end and partnering cross-functionally with analytics, finance, and engineering teams.

Duties and Responsibilities

As a BELAY Corporate Team member, you will represent the company professionally in all interactions and exemplify the mission, vision, and core values daily.

Key Responsibilities

Data Architecture & Engineering

  • Design, build, and maintain scalable ELT/ETL pipelines
  • Develop and optimize data models in Snowflake/PostgreSQL
  • Ensure data reliability, integrity, and performance across the platform
  • Implement best practices for data warehousing and pipeline efficiency

Orchestration & Workflow Management

  • Build and manage workflows using Apache Airflow/Dagster
  • Design robust orchestration frameworks for batch and near-real-time pipelines
  • Monitor pipeline health and implement proactive alerting
  • Troubleshoot and resolve data pipeline failures quickly

Database Management

  • Work extensively with Snowflake and PostgreSQL for source systems and operational workloads
  • Optimize queries and database performance
  • Design and maintain data ingestion patterns from Postgres to Snowflake

Performance & Scalability

  • Tune Snowflake workloads for cost and performance efficiency
  • Implement partitioning, clustering, and workload management strategies
  • Continuously improve pipeline speed and reliability

Collaboration & Strategy

  • Partner with analytics, finance, and product teams to support reporting needs
  • Translate business requirements into scalable data solutions
  • Mentor junior data engineers and promote best practices
  • Contribute to the long-term data architecture roadmap

Qualifications

This role requires a motivated self-starter with strong communication skills who thrives independently or on a team. The ideal candidate is flexible, creative, well-organized, and ready to work hard.

Required Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in data engineering or related field
  • Strong hands-on experience with Snowflake
  • Strong experience with PostgreSQL
  • Proven expertise with Apache Airflow or Dagster workflow orchestration
  • Experience building and maintaining modern ELT/ETL pipelines
  • Advanced SQL skills and strong data modeling experience
  • Experience with orchestration and pipeline monitoring best practices
  • Familiarity with cloud data architectures (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
  • Strong problem-solving and performance tuning skills
  • Excellent communication and documentation abilities

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with dbt or similar transformation frameworks
  • Experience with real-time or streaming pipelines
  • Infrastructure-as-code experience (Terraform or similar)
  • Experience supporting finance or operational analytics teams
  • Background in high-growth or services-based companies

Working Conditions

BELAY Corporate offers full-time remote work requiring a dedicated distraction-free home office for standard Monday-Friday business hours. Occasional travel may be required for some roles. Employees join an award-winning company culture as valued team players.

Physical Requirements

No physical requirements at this time.

Salary Range

$110,000 - $150,000

Disclaimer

Beware of fraudulent job postings claiming to be from BELAY. Apply only at https://belaysolutions.com/jobs/ and respond only to emails ending in @belaysolutions.com.

Application Process

Applicants must submit: First Name, Last Name, Email Address, Phone Number, Address, Resume (upload or paste), Cover Letter (optional), referral information if applicable, education level completed, LinkedIn Profile URL (optional), desired salary, felony conviction status,...

How to Apply
About BELAY

BELAY is a remote-first company specializing in providing executive support, bookkeeping, and staffing solutions across various industries with a focus on remote work culture.

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