About this role
Perry Weather is hiring a Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and operate the company's first centralized data platform from scratch at the Dallas office. This full-time, in-office role suits an experienced data professional who wants complete ownership over architecture, data reliability, and analytics infrastructure for a rapidly growing weather safety organization.
Role Overview
As the initial data engineering hire, the person in this position will establish the foundational data architecture that future team members will inherit. The work involves creating a comprehensive lakehouse and analytics platform that unifies operational databases, business applications, and sensor telemetry. This infrastructure directly powers executive decision-making, internal artificial intelligence workflows, and upcoming customer-facing data products.
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About the Company
Perry Weather provides weather safety standards and hardware combined with software automation for over 3,000 outdoor organizations, ranging from professional sports leagues to construction firms and school districts. Headquartered in the Oak Lawn neighborhood of Dallas at The Centrum, the company has experienced rapid annual growth and fosters a collaborative, in-office work environment.
How to Apply
Interested candidates should visit the official Perry Weather careers page to submit an application for this position.
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Where is the Senior Data Engineer position located?
The role is based out of the Perry Weather office located at The Centrum in the Oak Lawn neighborhood of Dallas, Texas, with teams working in the office Monday through Friday.
What level of experience is required for this role?
Candidates must have 7+ years of experience in data engineering, or backend engineering with deep data ownership, including experience building a cloud-native data platform from scratch.
What data sources will the engineer need to unify?
The engineer will unify operational data from Azure SQL Server, TimescaleDB, HubSpot, Zendesk, Acumatica, and high-frequency sensor telemetry.
Is this position remote?
No, this is an in-office team working five days a week from the Dallas location.
What benefits are provided with the job?
Benefits include competitive health insurance plans, a 401(k) with employer matching, voluntary benefits, monthly All-Hands meetings, and lunch-and-learns.