Senior Data Engineer (Intent)

Introduction to Demandbase

Demandbase is the leading account-based GTM platform for B2B enterprises to identify and target the right customers, at the right time, with the right message. With a unified view of intent data, AI-powered insights, and prescriptive actions, go-to-market teams can seamlessly align and execute with confidence. Thousands of businesses depend on Demandbase to maximize revenue, minimize waste, and consolidate their data and technology stacks - all in one platform.

As a company, we’re as committed to growing careers as we are to building world-class technology. We invest heavily in people, our culture, and the community around us. We have offices in the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, and India, as well as a team in the UK, and allow employees to work remotely. We have also been continuously recognized as one of the best places to work in the San Francisco Bay Area including, “Best Workplaces for Millennials” and “Best Workplaces for Parents”!

We're committed to attracting, developing, retaining, and promoting a diverse workforce. By ensuring that every Demandbase employee is able to bring a diversity of talents to work, we're increasingly capable of living out our mission to transform how B2B goes to market. We encourage people from historically underrepresented backgrounds and all walks of life to apply. Come grow with us at Demandbase!

Compensation

The base compensation range for this position for candidates in the SF Bay Area is: $165,000 - $284,000. For all other locations, the base compensation range is based on the primary work location of the candidate as our ranges are location specific. Actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skillset, years of experience, and depth of experience.

About the Role

As a Senior Data Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in architecting and scaling our data platforms, building robust and scalable data pipelines, and enabling data-driven decision-making across the company. You’ll work with massive, complex datasets from a variety of third-party and internal sources — driving data infrastructure and platform evolution to support both real-time and batch processing needs. In this role, you’ll not only write code but also influence the data strategy, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate cross-functionally with product, analytics, and platform teams. This role supports our Identification product where you will improve the core pipelines that power our Identification product as well as design new processes that enable our data science team to test and deploy new ML/AI models. The product delivered by this team is integrated into the core product stack and is a critical component of Demandbase’s account intelligence platform.

This is a high-impact individual contributor role for someone who combines deep technical knowledge with strategic thinking and a bias for action.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Design & Architect: Lead the end-to-end design and evolution of scalable, resilient data pipelines and infrastructure, driving architecture decisions that impact the company’s data platform long-term.
• Build & Scale: Develop and optimize large-scale data processing workflows (batch and streaming), using Spark and related technologies, ingesting data from diverse internal and external sources.
• Mentor & Lead: Provide technical leadership and mentorship to mid- and junior-level engineers. Review design docs, PRs, and contribute to engineering best practices across the team.
• Improve Reliability: Build fault-tolerant, observable systems with self-healing and robust monitoring using tools like Airflow, Datadog, or equivalent.
• Collaborate: Partner with cross-functional stakeholders in Product, Analytics, and Infrastructure to ensure data architecture aligns with business needs and SLAs.
• Own & Operate: Take full lifecycle ownership of key data pipelines and integrations—from design to