Implementation Engineer, Data Platform

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🕒 March 27

🏢🏡 San Francisco – Hybrid

💵 $150k - $210k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🚰 Data Engineer

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MotherDuck

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11 - 50 employees

💰 $12.5M Seed Round on 2022-11

Making analytics fun, frictionless and ducking awesome with a serverless easy-to-use data analytics platform based on DuckDB in collaboration with the folks at DuckDB Labs.

📋 Description

• Design architectures that make good data work feel easy. • Remove blockers with clarity, and help customers reach production with confidence. • Lead technical discussions with customer data and engineering teams. • Apply unorthodox thinking when standard approaches fall short, helping teams rethink assumptions. • Exercise agency by owning the customer journey from proof of concept to production. • Anticipate risks, drive alignment, and allocate internal resources to keep momentum. • Diagnose technical blockers with precision and thoughtfulness. • Navigate ambiguity with flexibility, and escalate nuanced architectural questions to MotherDuck engineering when needed. • Advise customers on ETL and ELT patterns, modeling choices, and integration practices. • Collaborate with Sales, Customer Engineering, and Support to deliver cohesive, high-quality customer experiences. • Create reusable artifacts, best practices, and reference architectures that reflect MotherDuck’s values. • Communicate complex technical concepts with clarity, empathy, and thoughtfulness for both technical and non-technical audiences.

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years designing, building, or implementing modern data warehouses such as Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, or Databricks • Mastery of SQL and data modeling, with the judgment to select the simplest viable approach • Experience translating business requirements into architectural decisions that balance flexibility with long-term scalability • Background in a customer-facing or solutions-oriented role such as solutions engineer or consulting data architect • Evidence of agency in past roles. You proactively drive structure, unblock teams, and make progress without waiting for direction • A thoughtful approach to ambiguity, bringing order where needed and staying flexible where it matters • Willingness to challenge conventional approaches when they don't serve the customer or the mission • Nice to have: experience with DuckDB or MotherDuck; familiarity with Fivetran, dbt, or Airflow; experience in consulting or professional services

🏖️ Benefits

• Feather-ruffling compensation – competitive salary and stock options so you have a stake in our flock’s success. • Top-notch healthcare coverage – 100% paid medical, dental, and vision for employees, plus 80% coverage for dependents (because we care about your whole nest). • Flexible PTO – take the time you need to recharge, explore, or just have a lazy day by the pond. • 401k plan – because even ducks need to plan for the future. • Legendary company events – we bring the whole flock together twice a year for unforgettable summits in fun locations, plus 1-2 team gatherings a year to keep our bonds strong. • Flexible work environment - spend most of the week in the office collaborating with the flock, and work from wherever you're most productive the rest of the time. Specifics are role dependent and as agreed upon with your manager