Lead Data Engineer

Benepass is hiring a Lead Data Engineer to become the end-to-end owner of our data engineering function. This is a foundational, hands-on, high-ownership individual contributor role where you will design, build, and scale the next generation of Benepass’s data infrastructure—pipelines, warehousing, transformations, data quality, and tooling.

Requirements

• ~5+ years of data engineering experience with increasing scope and ownership.
• Strong background with AWS (RDS, Redshift, S3, Lambda, IAM) and Python.
• Deep experience building and maintaining scalable ETL/ELT pipelines, data models, event schemas, and orchestration.
• Strong command of SQL, warehousing concepts, dimensional modeling, and performance optimization.
• Able to translate ambiguous business questions into clear, prioritized technical work.
• Experienced in partnering with non-technical stakeholders (Finance, Sales, People, Operations) who depend on timely and accurate data.
• High sense of ownership and accountability for data reliability and clarity.
• Bias toward action, with strong judgment on when to build for now vs. build for scale.

Benefits

• 95% coverage of medical, dental, and vision
• $250 WFH setup
• $150/month cell phone + internet
• $100/month Wellness
• Flexible PTO