Data Engineer (AI)

Location: Foster City, California, United States; at least 3 days in the office required. The role requires 5–10% travel and is performed in an office setting.

Salary: $112,400–$174,500 per year, with potential bonus and equity eligibility.

Company

hirify.global operates a global payments technology network connecting consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and governments.

What you will do

• Design, build, and manage large-scale ETL processes producing card-level aggregated attributes.
• Develop scalable, modular, and reusable data engineering solutions.
• Build, schedule, monitor, and manage Apache Airflow DAGs and data pipelines.
• Ensure data quality through reconciliation, validation, monitoring, alerting, and issue resolution.
• Design data models and integrated data solutions using modern architectural patterns such as Medallion Architecture.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to clarify requirements and participate in Scrum ceremonies.

Requirements

• At least 6 months of work experience or a bachelor’s degree; 2+ years of experience is preferred.
• Hands-on experience building and operating production data pipelines.
• Proficiency in Python, SQL, and PySpark, with experience in Hadoop ecosystem technologies such as Apache Spark and Pandas.
• Experience with Airflow, Unix/Linux and Bash, relational and NoSQL databases, and AWS services including S3, EMR, and Glue Catalog.
• Experience with data quality, resiliency, observability, metadata, dependency, and workload management.
• Ability to work from the Foster City office at least 3 days per week.

Nice to have

• Experience with Iceberg, Databricks, or Snowflake.
• Experience using generative AI tools such as Claude Code for coding, documentation, or incident analysis with appropriate review controls.
• Experience communicating data warehouse plans and translating ambiguous business requirements into technical implementation plans.

Culture & Benefits

• Work within the Global Data Office and a Data Engineering team supporting hirify.global’s global analytics and decisioning capabilities.
• Participate in agile development and Scrum ceremonies.
• Benefits may include medical, dental, vision, 401(k), FSA/HSA, life insurance, paid time off, and wellness programs.
• Work hours vary according to department needs.