Staff Data Engineer - US

Teleport is the AI Infrastructure Identity Company, helping secure identities for humans, machines, workloads, and AI agents. The Staff Data Engineer will build and own the internal data platform, including data pipelines, warehouse architecture, data models, quality checks, and responsible handling of sensitive data while partnering with stakeholders across the company.

Responsibilities

• Design and build data pipelines that ingest data from a variety of internal sources into a central warehouse
• Design data models and schemas that are performant, well-documented, and can evolve as our data and questions change
• Build data quality checks and validation into every stage of the pipeline so that bad data fails loudly instead of quietly reaching downstream tables
• Handle sensitive data responsibly, including access control, redaction, and retention policy for data containing customer or user information
• Partner with stakeholders across the company to scope new data sources and analytical tables, and help them get self-serve access to the data they need

Skills

• • Builder mentality and experience — has built a data engineering function from scratch at a growing startup
• • Expertise in data modeling and SQL
• • Extensive experience building data pipelines in Python or Go
• • Experience with a cloud data warehouse (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, or similar)
• • Experience with pipeline orchestration or transformation tooling
• • Experience handling sensitive data responsibly, including access control and data retention practices
• • Intellectual curiosity and a willingness to master new technologies
• • Comfortable changing the area of focus and working directly with stakeholders across the company
• • No-ego mindset of collaboration, transparency, and seeking feedback from others
• • Go is your language of choice
• • Mathematics or statistics background
• • Knowledge of Airflow, dbt, or similar tools

Benefits

• Extensive health coverage
• Annual expense budget
• Rest and recovery policies that maximize your ability to recharge
• Investment in your future with retirement savings plans
• Professional development opportunities

Company Overview

Teleport is an infrastructure identity company provides access to infrastructure on a foundation of cryptographic identity and zero trust. It was founded in 2015, and is headquartered in Oakland, California, USA, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is http://goteleport.com.

Company H1B Sponsorship

Teleport has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 3 in 2025, 2 in 2024, 4 in 2023, 3 in 2022. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.