Ditto is redefining how data moves at the edge. Our mission is to make it seamless for developers to build resilient, real-time applications, regardless of network conditions. This role sets up our end-to-end data platform (warehouse, ingest, orchestration, BI) so every team has trustworthy, timely, self-serve insights, directly supporting our mission of resilient data everywhere.
Requirements
- Mastery of SQL and strong data modeling instincts; comfortable modeling across a diversity of business domains. Proficiency in Python.
- Proven ability to build (not just maintain) data platforms: selecting tools, setting standards, and delivering from first principles in a fast-changing environment.
- Fluency with ELT + transformation frameworks (e.g., dbt or SQLMesh) and with orchestrators (e.g., Airflow, dbt. dagster).
- Pragmatic engineering habits: testing, version control, PR reviews, incident management, incident CI/CD, documentation, and observability for data.
- Experience with ingest tools (Fivetran, Airbyte, Stitch) and reverse ETL; familiarity with common SaaS/DB sources.
- Hands-on with Snowflake or Databricks, and performance/cost tuning at scale.
- Built transformations with dbt or SQLMesh and managed semantic layers/metrics for BI (Looker, Omni, Mode).
Responsibilities
- Gather requirements from stakeholders and leverage those to architect and stand up Ditto’s modern data stack from 0→1: choose and implement the warehouse (Snowflake, Databricks, etc.), transformation, orchestration, and BI layers; establish SLAs, cost controls, and observability.
- Create robust data ingest from both common and custom sources; design resilient models that serve analytics, experimentation, and operations.
- Implement ELT with managed connectors and/or open-source ingestion; codify transformations with frameworks that bring testing, CI/CD, and data contracts to analytics code.
- Orchestrate workflows, alerts, and retries; enforce data quality gates so broken data never reaches stakeholders.
- Partner with Product, Ops, and GTM to define clear metrics and a semantic layer; enable self-serve exploration and trusted dashboards in Looker/Omni/Mode, or other.
- Provide pragmatic analyst support (SQL debugging, dashboard bootstraps, troubleshooting) to unblock teams while the function scales.
- Help scope the next role(s) on Ditto’s Data Eng team and help in the hiring process
Other
- Excellent cross-functional communication; you translate fuzzy questions into data products and measurable outcomes aligned to Ditto’s edge-first world.
- If you're excited about our mission but don't meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway. Use your application to tell us how you’ll make an impact here.
- We believe success isn’t defined by a flawless resume, a set number of years of experience, or checking every box in a job description. What matters most to us are qualities like grit, resilience, and adaptability.
