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# Staff Data Engineer , Enteprise Data

- **Company:** Rivian
- **Location:** Palo Alto, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $167,400.0 - $230,250.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Business Analytics Applications, Data Analysis, Business Logic, Collaborative Software, Cyber Security, Continuous Integration, Data Infrastructure, Data Presentation, Data Systems, Fraud Prevention and Detection, Github, Information Lifecycle Management, Python (Programming Language), Performance Tuning, Power BI, Cloud Services, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Tableau (Software), Data Processing, ReactJS, Large Language Models, Gitlab, Git, Build Management, AI Platforms, Information Technology, Data Analytics, Qlikview, Data Management, Virtual Agents, Streamlit Framework, Terraform, Software Version Control, Data Pipelines, Databricks
- **Published:** September 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=855891d31ecbd38f

## About the Role

* Full-Stack Technical Mastery: 8+ years of experience in Data or Software Engineering with expert-level SQL and Python skills, including advanced query design, performance tuning, data manipulation, and scalable automation. Strong system design and architecture expertise, with a proven ability to build efficient, maintainable, and scalable data systems.
 * Modern Analytics & Data Platform Engineering: Deep proficiency with dbt and modern cloud data platforms (Databricks preferred), including semantic layer modeling, business logic abstraction, and implementation of robust data quality, governance, and lineage frameworks.
 * AI & Intelligent Systems: Hands-on experience implementing GenAI systems, LLM agents, or RAG architectures, with strong knowledge of context engineering, reliability frameworks, guardrails, and evaluation methodologies for enterprise AI solutions.
 * Application & Visualization Expertise: Proven track record of building production-grade interactive applications using Streamlit or React to solve complex business problems, along with mastery of at least one major BI tool (Tableau, Qlik, Power BI, Hex). Strong data storytelling skills with the ability to design impactful visualizations and communicate insights that influence executive leadership.
 * Engineering Excellence & Collaboration: Expertise in collaborative software development practices, including testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and version control (Git/GitLab/GitHub). Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills, with the ability to partner effectively across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
 * Leadership & Influence: Demonstrated ability to translate ambiguity into structured roadmaps, influence executive stakeholders, and lead or mentor engineers while fostering high standards of technical and operational excellence.
 * Education: B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.

## Description

We are looking for a Staff Data Engineer to provide technical leadership for our enterprise data and AI platform.

You will design and build trusted data products, establish architecture and engineering standards, and solve complex problems spanning ingestion, transformation, semantic modeling, governance, and AI-powered analytics. You will remain hands-on while setting the technical direction for initiatives that cross multiple business domains and systems.

This role requires more than building pipelines. You will work closely with senior leaders and domain experts to understand how the business operates, turn ambiguous questions into durable data products, and ensure that AI-generated insights remain accurate, explainable, secure, and grounded in certified enterprise data.

You will have the opportunity to shape both the platform and the engineering culture behind one of RV Tech's most visible internal data products., * Certified Data Backbone: Design and implement scalable ELT pipelines and semantic models using dbt, SQL, and Python on Databricks. Own the end-to-end data lifecycle-including ingestion, transformation, governance, certification, semantic modeling, data quality, observability, and lineage-to deliver enterprise-grade certified datasets that power executive decision-making.

 * Executive Analytics Applications: Architect and contribute to a unified, React-based executive analytics portal, transitioning the C-suite experience from fragmented dashboards to a centralized, application-driven environment with embedded analytics, AI-assisted insights, and trusted enterprise access.
 * Agentic AI & Context Engineering: Design and deploy conversational AI agents over enterprise data products by building metadata and semantic frameworks, implementing RAG pipelines and reasoning engines, and establishing guardrails that ensure safe, compliant, and context-aware AI interactions with certified data.
 * Cross-Functional Executive Partnership: Serve as the primary technical partner to senior leaders across Finance, People, Privacy, and Legal, translating strategic priorities into scalable data products, aligning diverse stakeholders, and influencing executive analytics strategy.
 * Strategic Engineering Leadership: Define and uphold end-to-end engineering standards across the Enterprise Insights domain, including scalable architecture, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), CI/CD, version control best practices, operational SLAs, and a culture rooted in AI-native design, disciplined experimentation, and operational excellence., Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are also committed to ensuring compliance with all applicable fair employment practice laws regarding citizenship and immigration status.

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is committed to ensuring that our hiring process is accessible for persons with disabilities. If you have a disability or limitation, such as those covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, that requires accommodations to assist you in the search and application process, please email us at candidateaccommodations@rivian.com.

Candidate Data Privacy

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies" may collect, use and disclose your personal information or personal data (within the meaning of the applicable data protection laws) when you apply for employment and/or participate in our recruitment processes ("Candidate Personal Data"). This data includes contact, demographic, communications, educational, professional, employment, social media/website, network/device, recruiting system usage/interaction, security and preference information. Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies may use your Candidate Personal Data for the purposes of (i) tracking interactions with our recruiting system; (ii) carrying out, analyzing and improving our application and recruitment process, including assessing you and your application and conducting employment, background and reference checks; (iii) establishing an employment relationship or entering into an employment contract with you; (iv) complying with our legal, regulatory and corporate governance
obligations; (v) record keeping; (vi) ensuring network and information security and preventing fraud; and (vii) as otherwise required or permitted by applicable law.

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies may share your Candidate Personal Data with (i) internal personnel who have a need to know such information in order to perform their duties, including individuals on our People Team, Finance, Legal, and the team(s) with the position(s) for which you are applying; (ii) Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies affiliates; and (iii) Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies' service providers, including providers of background checks, staffing services, and cloud services.

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies may transfer or store internationally your Candidate Personal Data, including to or in the United States, Canada, and the European Union and in the cloud, and this data may be subject to the laws and accessible to the courts, law enforcement and national security authorities of such jurisdictions.

If you provide a mobile telephone number as part of your application or during the recruitment process, Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies may use that number to contact you via SMS text message for recruitment-related purposes, including scheduling, logistics, and status updates. Message and data rates may apply. You may opt out of SMS communications at any time by replying STOP to any text message you receive from us. Consent to receive SMS messages is not a condition of applying for or being considered for employment.


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