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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Data Engineer - Forward Deployed - **Company:** DATARO INC. - **Location:** United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $180,000.0 - $240,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Automation of Tests, Big Data, Databases, Continuous Integration, Data Integration, Data Structures, Data Warehousing, Database Queries, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Query Optimization, Software Engineering, Git, Production Code, Integration Frameworks, Data Pipelines, Serverless Computing - **Published:** August 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=b2cda442182c42b1 ## About the Role You will be one of the first technical hires in the US, so this role requires independence, strong ownership, and the ability to operate confidently in ambiguous situations. If you enjoy client interaction as much as writing great code, this role offers a unique opportunity to have direct impact in both engineering and customer outcomes., * 5+ years experience building and supporting real-world data pipelines, including deployment, monitoring, and troubleshooting * Extremely strong SQL skills - comfortable working with large, complex datasets * Extremely strong Python skills, with experience writing production-grade code * Understanding of databases, query optimization, and general software engineering practices * Experience with AWS services (EC2, Batch, Lambda, S3, Athena) * Proven experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing * Excellent communication skills - comfortable leading customer calls, translating * technical topics, and managing expectations * Ability to work independently and make good decisions with limited oversight Nice to Have (But Not Required) No single person will have all of these - they're opportunities to grow. * Experience in the fundraising or non-profit sector * West Coast / Pacific Time Zone * Experience working in startups or forward-deployed/consulting-style engineering roles * Experience with DuckDB or AWS Athena ## Description Every day we ingest and process hundreds of millions of records from a wide range of fundraising and CRM systems. This data underpins our predictive modeling and analytics products. As we expand in the United States, we're looking for an exceptional engineer who is also an excellent communicator - someone who can work directly with customers, solve technical problems end-to-end, and act as the bridge between clients and our Sydney-based engineering team., As a Senior Software Engineer - Forward Deployed, you will work closely with customers throughout their entire Dataro journey - from integration design and onboarding through to ongoing optimization over multi-year engagements. You will serve as both a technical advisor and a hands-on engineer, building data integrations, diagnosing issues, and shaping client solutions., * Work directly with customers to understand their systems, data structures, and fundraising workflows * Act as a bridge between clients, engineering, sales, and customer success - helping translate requirements into solutions * Develop and maintain integrations across dozens of fundraising, CRM, and adjacent platforms * Build, extend, and optimize data pipelines that process and normalize large volumes of records * Troubleshoot and resolve data issues across ingestion, transformation, and delivery pipelines * Collaborate with data scientists and data engineers to ensure Dataro models run effectively for every customer * Guide customers through onboarding, technical implementation, and long-term success with Dataro * Represent the engineering function in-market and advocate for customer needs internally, * Modern data stack (Python, Serverless AWS, Postgres, DuckDB, S3, Athena, etc.) * Strong support from a highly capable engineering team in Sydney - with autonomy and ownership locally * We value smart engineers who use modern AI tools to accelerate development, troubleshooting, and communication * Flexible work arrangements ## Related Videos - [Alibaba Big Data and Machine Learning Technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/37-alibaba-big-data-and-machine-learning-technology) - [How a Small Team Shrank a Microsoft Monorepo by 94%](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1236-how-a-small-team-shrank-a-microsoft-monorepo-by-94) - [WeAreDevelopers LIVE - CSS is DOOMed](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1838-wearedevelopers-live-css-is-doomed) - [Modern Data Architectures need Software Engineering](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1030-modern-data-architectures-need-software-engineering) - [Hate organising your photos? 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