[Remote] Senior Data Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Wheelhouse is a revenue management platform for the flex rental space, aiming to empower short and mid-length stay operators. They are seeking a Senior Data Engineer to oversee and optimize their data ingestion processes, ensuring the reliability and scalability of their data infrastructure as they manage a multi-terabyte dataset.ResponsibilitiesArchitect, optimize, and supervise the daily ingestion pipelines that process calendar data for 14+ million listingsTune and scale our AWS RDS PostgreSQL and Aurora databases to handle extreme high-throughput read/write operations and multi-TB storageOptimize background job orchestration to ensure timely and efficient data processingDesign and build robust ETL processes to integrate new, complex data sources into our ecosystemCollaborate with application engineers to make diverse versions and aggregations of our data easily accessible to the core applicationApply DevOps best practices to maintain and improve our AWS infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-codeBuild comprehensive monitoring, alerting, and observability tooling to catch data bottlenecks before they impact the businessSkills5+ years of Data Engineering or Backend Engineering experience, specifically dealing with massive, high-velocity datasets (multi-TB scale) and 10+ years overall engineering experience at technology companiesDeep database expertise: Advanced knowledge of relational databases, specifically PostgreSQL and AWS Aurora. You must know how to tune databases, optimize complex queries, and manage large-scale indexingStrong programming skills: Proficiency in Ruby and Ruby on Rails (or a strong willingness to learn, backed by expert-level experience in a similar language like Python) to navigate our core stackJob Orchestration: Experience with background processing frameworks at scale (Resque, Sidekiq, Celery, or similar)DevOps & Cloud: Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services, infrastructure provisioning (Terraform/CloudFormation), and CI/CD pipelinesData Modeling: Strong ability to design data models that balance fast ingestion with efficient application queryingProblem Solver: A track record of identifying performance bottlenecks in complex distributed systems and implementing elegant solutionsRemote DNA: Demonstrated ability to work autonomously, communicate asynchronously, and manage your own 'healthy hustle.'BenefitsCompetitive salary, cash bonus potential and equityFull medical, dental, and vision benefits for each US employeeFidelity 401k available for each US employeeUnlimited PTOCompany OverviewWheelhouse helps you manage your short term rentals as professionally and efficiently as major hotels. It was founded in 2014, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 11-50 employees. Its website is https://www.usewheelhouse.com.