Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Pax8 is hiring a Senior Data Engineer II to set technical direction and lead the design and implementation of scalable, reliable data platform solutions. The role also mentors engineers, advances AI-assisted engineering practices, and partners across teams to improve data platform quality and performance.
Responsibilities
- Define data architecture principles and engineering standards across a critical data domain
- Lead the design and implementation of large-scale, business-critical data initiatives
- Guide architectural decision-making across multiple teams and platforms
- Champion best practices for pipeline monitoring, data quality, lineage management, and operational excellence
- Establish measurable service objectives and data reliability standards
- Create frameworks that proactively surface and prevent data issues
- Design and evolve distributed data processing solutions that support analytics, product, and AI workloads
- Improve infrastructure, tooling, and developer experience to increase engineering efficiency
- Lead efforts to modernize and optimize platform performance at scale
- Mentor engineers across teams on system design, engineering excellence, and modern development practices
- Facilitate technical reviews and help teams make informed architectural decisions
- Promote a culture of continuous improvement and shared learning
- Define standards for responsible and effective use of AI throughout the engineering lifecycle
- Evaluate new AI-enabled engineering capabilities and identify opportunities to accelerate delivery
- Support teams in adopting AI tools while maintaining high standards for quality, validation, and governance
Skills
- Extensive expertise building and operating modern data platforms using Python, SQL, and cloud-native technologies
- Deep understanding of distributed data processing, orchestration frameworks, streaming architectures, and data platform operations
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives that span multiple teams and deliver lasting organizational impact
- Proven experience defining architectural patterns, engineering standards, and platform best practices
- Strong systems-thinking mindset with a passion for solving root causes rather than recurring symptoms
- Expertise partnering with stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions
- Advanced understanding of AI capabilities, limitations, and responsible implementation in engineering workflows
- Experience using AI-powered development tools to improve productivity, quality, and decision-making
- Strong communication skills with the ability to influence technical direction through collaboration, documentation, and mentorship
- To fulfil this role, you must hold valid right to work in United States
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage
- Disability and life insurance
- Retirement savings plans with employer contributions
- Wellbeing resources
- Flexible paid time off
- Employee assistance programs
- Professional development opportunities
- 401(k) with Company Match
- Employer-Paid Life, AD&D, Short-Term Disability & Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Flexible Open PTO
- Paid Sick Leave
- Paid Parental Leave
- RTD EcoPass (eligible Colorado-based employees)
- Internal development hub
- Specialist Learning & Development trainers
- AI powered tools
- “born in the cloud” mentors
- Cross continent collaboration
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