As a Senior Data Engineer at MarginEdge, you’ll design and implement scalable data architectures that drive our organization’s data initiatives. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and deliver efficient, reliable data solutions. This role combines hands-on engineering with leadership, guiding the team in best practices while contributing to long-term data strategies. Your work will empower data-driven decisions and support the organization’s growth.

This position is hybrid, located in Arlington, VA, and offers a blend of remote work and in-office collaboration.

MarginEdge: Where hospitality meets technology

As a team built by former (and current!) restaurant operators, our mission is to bring operators the same energy, attention to detail, and passion that they bring to their guests. Our culture is deeply rooted in service, partially because that’s where so many of our team come from (including everyone on our Business Development team), but also because we believe it is just the right way to run a business. We design our software with profound empathy for the complexity of running a restaurant, and the goal of making the magic just a little easier for operators by taking the complex (read: very annoying) back office tasks off their plate, while empowering them with real-time data.

Our founders share a deep history in both owning and operating restaurants and in building successful tech companies. We are venture-backed and serve 10,000+ restaurants across the US and Canada.

We enable restaurants to make magic while knowing we are doing the same for them.

We have the utmost respect for our clients and because of this, we are unable to hire their current employees.

What type of responsibilities will I have?

• Design, implement, and optimize scalable, reliable data pipelines and workflows.

• Build and maintain ETL processes to ingest and transform data from various sources.

• Develop and manage robust data storage solutions, including warehouses, lakes, and marts.

• Act as a technical leader, providing guidance on data engineering and architecture best practices.

• Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and product managers to deliver business-focused solutions.

• Mentor data engineers, fostering growth and technical expertise.

• Monitor and enhance pipeline performance, ensuring low latency and high reliability.

• Troubleshoot and resolve data-related issues to maintain data integrity.

• Stay ahead of emerging data engineering trends and integrate new technologies into team practices.

• Contribute to the long-term data strategy, aligning with business objectives.

• Ensure compliance with security and regulatory standards (e.g., SOC2, GDPR, CCPA).

• On call rotation for critical ETL jobs

• Implement governance policies to enforce proper data usage and access controls.

What qualifications or skills are required?

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

• 10+ years of experience in data engineering or similar roles.

• Experience with DBT for data transformation, including building and maintaining models, macros, and tests while following DBT best practices.

• Expertise in scalable data pipelines using tools like Apache Airflow.

• Proficiency in Python or Java.

• Strong SQL skills and experience with database technologies like PostgreSQL, Snowflake, or Athena.

• Hands-on experience with AWS services for data engineering.

• Familiarity with data modeling, schema design, and big data technologies (e.g., Kafka, Flink).

Nice to Haves:

• Experience in restaurant technology or SaaS.

• Knowledge of additional programming languages or cloud platforms.

What’s it like to work for MarginEdge?

Imagine the fun of a great restaurant - surrounded by a team of people (including some that you help to manage!) who care about hospitality, care about quality, and care about each other - then subtract the long nights, weekends, drunk customers at the bar...et voila, MarginEdge!

We work hard, we work fast and we fuel our work with a commitment of transparency from leadership, straight talk and trust between teams. We believe that the best people do their best work when they feel empowered - so whether you are remote or in our office (likely eating a catered lunch from our clients in our baller, brand new penthouse HQ in Ballston) you get to work with your manager to call your shot on what works best for you. Did we mention it has a full commercial kitchen and is walking distance (covered walking, that is) from the metro?

Benefits (Shut the Front Door, They are Amazing)
In order to fuel this rocket ship, we need to build a team as passionate about our work and product as we are. We believe that top talent (that’s you!) should feel deeply connected to their work, appreciated for the time they give to building our organization and have the balance necessary to give their best during work hours and all those after-hours too. We do this by offering a suite of kick ass benefits not only to be competitive and catch the eye of super smart people (that’s you again!) but also provide the foundation for a career you love and a life outside of work you love just as much.

• Unlimited Paid Time Off (and we mean it, we encourage your healthy work life balance!)
• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Short/Long-Term Disability Insurance (preventative care for the win)
• Health Savings Account with employer match (dependent upon your medical plan selection)
• Commuter benefits with employer contribution (excluding limos and helos - for now)
• Generous Life Insurance Plan
• Short- and Long-term Disability
• Company-Paid Holidays
• 401(k) and matching
• Stock Options to buy into everything we are doing to support this industry
• 12-week fully Paid Parental Leave
• Lunch catered twice a week at our HQ in Arlington (we exclusively cater from our clients, too!
• A wellness program that sponsors healthy activities such as step challenges and provides discounts to gyms and fitness classes.

Check out our 100% “Recommend to a Friend” rating from anonymous employee reviews on Glassdoor.

Oh, and our recognition in the Washington Post as a top small businesses to work for in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024!

And most important, what our customers think about our work on Capterra and G2 Crowd.

Our Fine Print is Bold: We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran, marital, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law. You be you. While we are proudest of our commitment to exceptional culture and creating a truly excellent work environment, we see our benefits as an extension of that belief. Our benefits package is designed to be exceptionally competitive and a reflection of our commitment to a best-in-class workplace for all.