Senior Data Engineer at Rain

New York, New York, United States

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Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Fintech, Stablecoins, BlockchainIndustries

Requirements

  • Data infrastructure builder – Thrives in early-stage environments, owning pipelines and platforms end-to-end and choosing simplicity without sacrificing reliability
  • Expert data engineer – Strong Python and SQL fundamentals, with real experience building production-grade ETL/ELT
  • Workflow & orchestration fluent – Hands-on experience with Airflow, Dagster, Prefect, or similar systems
  • Warehouse & modeling savvy – Comfortable designing schemas, optimizing performance, and operating modern cloud warehouses (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift)
  • Quality-obsessed – Cares deeply about data integrity, testing, lineage, and observability

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain Rain’s core data pipelines, including ingestion from payments processors, card issuers, blockchain nodes, internal services, and third-party APIs
  • Own orchestration and workflow management, implementing Airflow, Dagster, or similar tools to ensure reliable, observable, and scalable data processing
  • Architect and manage Rain’s data warehouse (Snowflake, BigQuery, or Redshift), driving performance, cost optimization, partitioning, and access patterns
  • Develop high-quality ELT/ETL transformations to structure raw logs, transactions, ledgers, and on-chain events into clean, production-grade datasets
  • Implement data quality frameworks and observability (tests, data contracts, freshness checks, lineage) to ensure every dataset is trustworthy
  • Partner closely with backend engineers to instrument new events, define data contracts, and improve telemetry across Rain’s infrastructure
  • Support Analytics and cross-functional teams by delivering well-modeled, well-documented tables that power dashboards, ROI analyses, customer reporting, and key business metrics
  • Own data reliability at scale, leading root-cause investigations, reducing pipeline failures, and building monitoring and alerting systems
  • Evaluate and integrate new tools across ingestion, enrichment, observability, and developer experience—raising the bar on performance and maintainability
  • Help set the long-term technical direction for Rain’s data platform as we scale across new products, regions, and chains

Skills

Data Pipelines
Data Ingestion
ETL
Blockchain Data
Payments Processing
Data Infrastructure
Data Quality
Observability

Rain

Spend management platform for Web3 organizations

About Rain

Rain provides a spend management platform designed specifically for decentralized organizations in the Web3 ecosystem, such as DAOs and blockchain projects. The platform allows these organizations to manage their finances by integrating digital assets with traditional fiat currency systems, enabling seamless transactions. Rain's technology leverages blockchain infrastructure to facilitate instant and secure payments, allowing users to make real-world purchases more quickly than traditional methods. Unlike conventional fintech solutions that rely on outdated systems, Rain focuses on the unique needs of Web3 teams, offering a direct payment pipeline that connects them with vendors. The company's goal is to empower Web3 organizations to operate efficiently while maintaining the ability to transact with traditional merchants globally.

New York City, New YorkHeadquarters
2021Year Founded
$5.8MTotal Funding
SEEDCompany Stage
Fintech, Crypto & Web3Industries
11-50Employees

Benefits

Unlimited Paid Time Off
Flexible Work Hours
Health Insurance
Life Insurance
Equity Plan
Wellness Program
Team Summits

Risks

Nuvei's similar services in Latin America could impact Rain's market share.
Partnership with Portal and PayPal offers alternative payment methods, posing a threat to Rain.
Expansion into Latin America may expose Rain to regulatory challenges.

Differentiation

Rain offers a secure spend management platform for decentralized organizations like DAOs.
Rain leverages blockchain infrastructure for instant and secure transactions.
Rain integrates digital assets with fiat systems for seamless Web3 team operations.

Upsides

Rain's partnership with Paymentology enhances data-driven decision-making and customer experience.
Collaboration with Portal and PayPal can increase Rain's user base.
$6 million seed funding supports expansion in DAO and Web3 sectors.

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