Lead Data Platform Engineer

Virtuous is hiring a Lead Data Platform Engineer to design, build, and own the systems that power its data ecosystem. The ideal candidate is a highly motivated self-starter who is comfortable with ambiguity and thrives at the intersection of systems design, business semantics, and AI enablement.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in data engineering, platform engineering, or related infrastructure roles, with ownership of production systems.
• Deep expertise in Snowflake, especially Roles and RBAC, Row-level and column-level security, Warehouse design and cost optimization, Performance tuning and governance.
• Strong experience using dbt to build and maintain shared data models, including macro development, testing strategies, source freshness, group model security implementation, and production deployment patterns.
• Advanced SQL skills and experience designing reliable ELT/ETL pipelines.
• Proven systems-thinking mindset, with the ability to reason about tradeoffs across correctness, access, cost, and speed.
• Clear communicator who can explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical partners.

Benefits

• Market competitive pay leveraging Carta data
• Employee recognition through Bonusly (birthdays, anniversaries, achievements, etc.)
• 401(k) retirement plan with company matching- 50% match up to 6% of compensation after 90 days
• Unlimited PTO
• Supportive time off including paid volunteer days and company holidays
• Employer-contributed healthcare benefits, encompassing medical, dental, and vision coverage, with plans available for dependents and choices for Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA).
• 12 weeks primary parent leave, 4 weeks secondary parent leave - full pay (adoption as well)