Sr. Data Engineer || Remote, US-based

About Buoy Software

At Buoy, we are reimagining the blood-product donation and collection experience in an industry that has been largely untouched by advances in technology for decades. It is one of the few remaining verticals that have yet to see the transformative power of modern technology and great design. The result is creating huge impact in three distinct areas: making blood product-derived biotherapies more accessible to patients battling life-threatening conditions, creating employment opportunities and economic support in communities that have limited access to resources and creating real business value by increasing the supply of blood-products in a market with compounding demand.

We have been working alongside Join Parachute (www.joinparachute.com/), our sister company, in the opening of small market donation centers across the country that will create local donation center careers, opportunities to donate blood products, and provide financial compensation for those donations that will have a positive economic impact in those communities. We’ll continue to expand our reach to support other companies who could benefit from the products that Buoy has created and developed.

Why work here?

Because our business focuses on the collection and sale of blood-product in a highly regulated industry, we are uniquely positioned and protected from other competitors or technologies trying to disrupt what we’ve built. Simply put, we have huge opportunity for growth and the only challenge that stands in our way from achieving our goals is our own ability to execute on our strategy. To date, we have been able to successfully deliver and grow and have ambitious plans for our future. If this resonates with you, we hope that you consider joining our team and working towards our mission of unlocking more blood-product supply.

About The Role

We're looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join our team. You should be someone who is comfortable and experienced in planning, deploying and maintaining data pipelines from internal databases and third party SaaS applications. You should be comfortable working with key stakeholders and other functions to ensure data needs are addressed. You should enjoy delivering simple solutions to complex problems, and shipping quickly in an agile environment.

This position will be a fully remote position. We are currently open to considering remote candidates based in the United States.

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

As a Sr. Data Engineer at Buoy, you will...

• Develop, maintain and improve our data pipeline infrastructure to support incremental and continuous delivery.
• Plan and execute system expansion as needed to support the company's growth and analytic needs.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders and other functions to ensure data needs are addressed.
• Develop your skills and knowledge in data pipelines and our tech stack.
• Work on a distributed, fully remote team.

Who you are...

• Experience building and maintaining reliable and scalable ETL processes and data pipelines for cloud native applications.
• Experience working with varied forms of data infrastructure.
• Technical experience with tools such as Snowflake, Python, AWS (or another cloud provider); preferably experience with Terraform/cloud formation. Knowledge of IaC as well as streaming architectures also preferred.
• Sees software engineering as a craft.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Desire to work autonomously, but will also collaborate and pair with other engineers.
• High empathy. You care about your teammates and our users. You can put yourself in their shoes.

In the first 30 days as an Sr. Data Engineer at Buoy, you will...

• Learn how engineering operates at Buoy Software - we’ll help you get accustomed to Buoy’s process, terminology, and code review. You’ll shadow team members in meetings and coding.
• Be introduced to the team - we’ll help you start to get to know your colleagues, point of contacts for various scenarios, understanding dynamics within your pod and the broader engineering org.
• Go through product demos to start to understand Buoy Software and how it works for both donors experience and donor processing.
• Begin meeting with and getting to know your direct manager.
• Attend pair programming sessions with other team or pod members.
• Hit the ground running, picking up a ticket during your first week.

In the first 60 days, you will....

• Become more familiar with how we work together as a pod and as a broader engineering organization.
• Become more familiar with workflows and processes, and how Buoy Software does agile.
• Understand goals for the product over the next 6 - 12 months.
• Become more and more autonomous as you work with your pod to deliver successful features.
• Begin to suggest changes and improvements to the product and/or internal processes.

In the first 90 days, you will...

• Meet with stakeholders across the broader Buoy Software organization.
• Become more familiar with the other departments across Buoy Software (including leadership, support, customer success, marketing, and people ops).
• Ship multiple successful features.

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Employment at Buoy Software is contingent upon achievement of satisfactory results on your background check and reference check and your ability to provide proof of your identity and eligibility to accept employment in the United States.

At Buoy Software, we believe in empowering our team to work in a way that suits them best. We offer a fully remote work environment and flexible schedules so you can balance your career and personal life on your terms. Your health and well-being are important to us, which is why we provide comprehensive insurance coverage (medical, vision, dental) to ensure you're taken care of. We also offer a 401(k) program to help you plan for the future, generous parental leave to support you during those important life moments, and a home office stipend to help you create a workspace that inspires productivity and comfort. Join us and be part of a company that values innovation, flexibility, and your overall happiness.