Senior Data Engineer, Reporting & Analytics

Senior Data Engineer

At Drata, we're on a mission to help build trust across the internet! Data accuracy is an essential cornerstone of our mission. We are looking for a senior data engineer that can help us strategize and execute our data engineering vision. We're looking for someone who enjoys building data products at scale.

We are building out a first-class data department composed of Data Engineers, Software Engineers, Analytics Engineers, Data Analysts, and Data Scientists. We ensure all teams at Drata can easily self-serve the data and report they need to drive their projects and make decisions. If you're excited to work on a fast-moving team using cutting-edge technologies to collect, store, transform, analyze, and model data, we want to meet you.

What you'll do:

• Automate first! One of our core company values is automation.
• Help us build data products that will serve analytics needs, product and engineering services and ML models
• Optimize query performance, data ingestion and processing time
• Contribute to building the data modeling layer
• Build strong data governance processes
• Build solid data engineering training and documentation for all analysts so they can learn how to use, move and transform data with minimum data engineering assistance.
• Interview, hire and train future data engineers
• Administrate data orchestration through modern tools concepts such as ETL, ELT, Reverse ETL etc.

What you'll bring:

• You have 5+ years experience as a Data Engineer
• You are fluent in writing analytical SQL, are able to write complex queries with no assistance, understand the difference between SQL that works and performant SQL
• Fluent in Python
• You have experience with some of the following platforms Stitch/Fivetran, Snowflake, dbt, Airflow, Airbyte, Looker/Mode/Sigma, Hightouch/Cencus
• You are a clear, concise communicator that works well with others
• You can explain complex data flows, datasets or queries to non-technical people in understandable ways
• Bonus: experienced with building ML pipelines
• You have a natural curiosity and investigative mindset
• You want to work in a fast, high-growth startup environment and thrive on both autonomy and collaboration

How we support you:

• Shared Success: We provide stock equity to ensure that as the company grows, you share directly in that success. Equity gives every employee a sense of ownership and the opportunity to celebrate our wins together—because your contributions don't just support our progress; they help drive our collective success.
• Health & Wellness: Up to 100% employer-paid premiums for medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their dependents, along with comprehensive wellness benefits and healthcare concierge services designed to support your needs beyond traditional insurance.
• Financial Well-being: A comprehensive suite of financial benefits, including a 401(k) plan, company-paid life and disability insurance, tax-advantaged spending accounts, and a range of discounted voluntary offerings to help you customize and strengthen your overall financial position.
• Family Support: We want to support you in life's most important moments, so we offer a paid Parental Leave policy, after six months of employment. Employees also receive access to Kindbody fertility and family-building benefits and dedicated leave specialists who help guide you through the entire process.
• Growth & Development: Generous annual stipends for both professional and personal development, empowering you to invest in your continued growth. You'll also have access to a wide range of internal learning opportunities, ensuring you can build new skills, deepen your expertise, and advance your career with confidence.
• Time Off & Flexibility: We believe that to do your best work, you should get the time you need for rest, rejuvenation and recovery. Drata offers a flexible vacation policy, paid holidays, and other perks to recharge.

This role will receive a competitive base salary, benefits, and stock, typically in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). The applicable salary range for this role is: $151,700 -$205,300.

A variety of factors are considered when determining someone's leveling and compensation–including a candidate's professional background and experience. These ranges may be modified in the future and final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed above.