Senior Data Engineer [Remote]

About Us

Alembic is where top engineers are solving marketing's hardest problem: proving what actually works. If you're looking for frontier technical challenges at an applied science company, this is the place.

At Alembic, we're not just building software, we're decoding the chaos of modern marketing. Join Alembic to build trusted systems that Fortune 100 companies use to make multimillion dollar decisions.

We're backed by leading tech luminaries including WndrCo (founded by DreamWorks founder Jeffrey Katzenberg), Jensen Huang, Joe Montana, and many more.

About the Role - Senior Data Engineer

As a Senior Data Engineer at Alembic, you'll tackle some of the hardest technical challenges in marketing analytics while building systems that Fortune 100 companies trust for multimillion-dollar decisions. You'll design and build the data infrastructure that powers our breakthrough analytics platform, working with cutting-edge AI/ML algorithms and massive datasets in a fast-growing environment where your work directly impacts business outcomes.

The Technical Challenge

We're building a GPU-accelerated platform that has never been built before in analytics. This isn't LLM work - we've discovered something massive that's never been applied to this problem space before.

If you're the kind of engineer who gets excited about novel technical challenges that make industry veterans stop and say "wait, how did you do that?" - this is your opportunity to work on something truly groundbreaking.

What You'll Do

• Design and build scalable data pipelines that process massive marketing datasets with sub-second latency requirements

• Architect and implement data infrastructure that supports our breakthrough GPU-accelerated analytics platform

• Develop ETL/ELT processes for ingesting diverse marketing data sources (ad platforms, CRMs, analytics tools)

• Optimize data storage and retrieval systems for complex analytical queries across terabytes of data

• Collaborate closely with AI/ML teams to build data infrastructure that enables novel algorithmic approaches

• Guide technical decision-making and help define Alembic's data engineering best practices

• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers, fostering a strong technical culture

• Contribute to hiring and shaping the engineering team as we scale

Why You Might Be Excited About Alembic

• Hard problems with real impact: You'll tackle the hardest challenges in marketing analytics while building systems that influence multimillion-dollar decisions at Fortune 100 companies

• Technical autonomy: You want ownership over technical decisions and the freedom to solve complex problems your way

• Cutting-edge technology: Work with advanced AI/ML algorithms, composite AI solutions, private NVIDIA DGX clusters, and the latest in data processing at scale

• Elite team: Join top engineers who thrive on challenging problems and high-impact work

• Startup upside: Early-stage equity opportunity with experienced leadership and proven product-market fit

Why You Might Not Be Excited

• If you only want to tell people what to build instead of building and coding alongside them, we're not the environment for you

• You prefer company practices with 100% built-out process for every detail

• You prefer static over dynamic. Projects, priorities, and roles will adapt to your skill set and goals. Though we have real paying customers and a playbook for growth, we proudly remain an early-stage startup

Compensation

$190K – $209K • Offers Equity

Our Compensation Philosophy:

• Market-based: Our formula ensures new hires earn at or above current 50th percentile cash compensation benchmarks. 

• Ownership: Our generous equity program ensures new hires are owners, not just employees.

• Transparent: We openly discuss salary expectations to avoid surprises later in the process. 

• Data-driven: We use objective data to remove bias and ensure consistency in compensation decisions.