Lead Data Engineer

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San Francisco / $185000 - $235000 annum

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Salary

SALARY:

$185000 - $235000

Location

LOCATION

San Francisco

Job Type
JOB TYPE

Permanent

Senior Data Engineer / Analytics Engineer
Downtown San Francisco | Hybrid (4 days onsite)


What You'll Do

Data Engineering & Infrastructure

  • Design, build, and maintain data pipelines from ingestion through transformation and delivery
  • Own data modeling and transformation across the firm's core data sources
  • Build and maintain a reliable, scalable data infrastructure from the ground up
  • Ensure data quality, consistency, and governance across systems

Analytics & Business Partnership

  • Serve as the primary technical translator between data systems and non-technical business stakeholders
  • Partner with wealth management, finance, operations, and leadership teams to understand data needs and deliver solutions they can actually use
  • Build reporting and analytics capabilities that give the business clear visibility into performance and client data
  • Communicate complex data concepts in plain language - confidently and clearly

AI & Modern Tooling

  • Leverage AI tools to improve productivity and analytical output - familiarity with tools like Glean expected
  • Contribute to the firm's evolving AI initiatives as they develop
  • Stay current on relevant AI and data tooling and bring practical recommendations to the team

What We're Looking For

Required

  • Strong proficiency in Python and SQL
  • Hands-on experience with data modeling, transformation, and pipeline development
  • Ability to work independently as the primary or sole data practitioner - this is not a large team environment
  • Confident communicator - comfortable presenting to and advising non-technical stakeholders including senior leadership
  • High EQ - personable, collaborative, and able to build trust with people across the organization
  • 4 days per week onsite availability in downtown San Francisco

Strongly Preferred

  • Background in finance, wealth management, or financial services
  • Experience at a private equity-backed company or PE rollup environment
  • Familiarity with wealth management workflows, data structures, and reporting needs
  • Experience as the sole or primary data person at a company - someone who has had to be resourceful, self-directed, and scrappy
  • Exposure to AI tools in a professional context (Glean or similar)

Compensation

  • Base salary: $185,000 - $235,000
  • Discretionary bonus
  • Downtown San Francisco office - hybrid, 4 days onsite per week

CONTACT

Tim Lucas

Manager

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