Data Engineer @ Tilt
Tilt (check us out here) is looking for a Data Engineer to join our team and help us scale our business by building and optimizing the data systems that power analytics, automation, and intelligent decision-making across our product. This position is a full-time role reporting to our Engineering Manager. We want you to be successful here at Tilt! Below is a description of your role and responsibilities, including the things you will be held accountable for and the virtues, behaviors and competencies that are expected for this role.
Responsibilities will include:
- Designing, building, and maintaining scalable ETL/ELT data pipelines that connect product, operations, and third-party data sources into Snowflake
- Managing and evolving Tilt’s data infrastructure stack, including Snowflake, AWS DBs, dbt, Airflow (or equivalent orchestrator), and Python-based transformation frameworks
- Developing clean, well-modeled data layers to power self-service analytics, dashboards, APIs, and internal tools
- Partnering with Product, RevOps, and CS to deliver reliable datasets for experimentation, reporting, forecasting, and decision-making
- Collaborating with software engineers to identify and resolve data-related performance bottlenecks in applications.
- Implementing data quality monitoring, observability, and documentation standards to ensure accuracy and trust across stakeholders
- Laying the foundation for ML- and AI-assisted workflows, including dataset preparation for feature engineering, automation pipelines, and prompt-based inference
- Bringing a product mindset to internal data systems, optimizing for usability, performance, and adoption
You’re a great fit if
- You have experience and a proven track record of designing, scaling, and owning production-grade data pipelines and Snowflake data models
- You have experience operating across both analytics and platform-level data engineering, collaborating with stakeholders while maintaining high technical standards
- You’ve built or supported AI/ML or automation workflows, even if early-stage or experimental
- You’re opinionated about data modeling and orchestration best practices (dbt, Airflow, modular ELT patterns, etc.), but pragmatic enough to move quickly when needed
- You have high levels of empathy and can connect deeply with Tilt’s mission
- You are comfortable working in ambiguous environments and know that we need your help to figure things out
- You are a comfortable using a lot of systems at once, and have the ability to learn software quickly
- You are fearlessly flexible and curious; aka you thrive in an environment where we don't have all the answers but are willing to help us figure them out
- You have experience working with a startup and/or with a B2B SaaS business
Virtues/Competencies
1. Health & Family First
- You balance work and personal life effectively
- You get things done at a pace consistent with the business needs
- You show up and are reliable
- You encourage others to put their health and family first
2. Autonomy + Team. Always
- You are highly organized and can manage multiple priorities and deadlines at once
- You are focused on scale and building - you understand that pace is equally as important as quality
3. Be Curious
- When you don’t have all of the answers, you dig in and ask questions
- You don’t let negative assumptions drive your actions and instead assume positive intent and find truth
- You are intentional in discovering the paths of self development Tilt has to offer and seek out opportunities to engage in professional growth
4. Love Our Customers
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You show empathy and compassion; you strive to meet people where they are to offer maximum support
5. Fearlessly Flexible
- You go with the flow and deal with (lots) of ambiguity
- You’re not afraid to work without clear direction
Total Compensation
The projected annual salary range is $140,000-$160,000 USD plus stock options (ISOs), because we believe everyone should have some stake in our business.
Additional benefits include:
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits paid at 100% for all employees and 50% for dependents.
- 401k + match (100% match on the first 3%, 50% match on the next 2%)
- $100 monthly to spend on “What Matters Most”
- Responsible Time Off - take what you need, when you need it!
More about our amazing Perks and Benefits can be found here!
Tilt’s mission is big: make leave not suck. We are building a product that makes it easy for people to switch between work and life. If you join us, you’ll be part of a fearless band of humans helping employers balance empathy with economics. We’re changing the status quo and it’s hard. You should know that now. You should also know that joining Tilt means the opportunity to be a change-maker.
Remote Work & Flexibility
We are a fully remote company. We are committed to being fearlessly flexible and ensuring that all employees are set up and have the autonomy to do their best work, as well as have the balance to care for their health, family and life outside of work. Overall, we trust our team and are focused on outcomes not outputs.
Equal Opportunity Employer
We celebrate and support our differences. We believe in the power of equality which is why we are an equal opportunity employer. Employment at Tilt is based solely on a person’s merit and qualifications related to their professional competence. Tilt does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, color, creed, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, or any other basis protected by law. We comply with all applicable national, state, and local laws pertaining to nondiscrimination and equal opportunity.
You must be authorized to work in the US.
