As a Senior Data Engineer, you will design and maintain scalable data pipelines and infrastructure, ensuring data governance and collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive impactful solutions.
Member of Technical Staff, Financial Data
π Description
- Design batch and real-time data platforms for revenue recognition, consumption-based billing, and financial reporting.
- Partner with FP&A, Accounting, and RevOps to translate reporting, close-cycle, and forecasting needs into technical architecture.
- Set standards for financial data ingestion, transformation, modeling, and warehousing, emphasizing auditability, lineage, and integrity.
- Build production-grade solutions and mentor engineers on technical craft and financial data rigor.
- Work with Security, Compliance, Legal, and Internal Audit to meet regulatory requirements and strengthen monitoring and incident response.
- Set architecture and roadmap direction, evaluate financial tooling, and support revenue modeling and forecasting.
π οΈ Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in data engineering, analytics engineering, or a closely related field, with a track record of owning production data pipelines end-to-end.
- Prior experience building data pipelines that feed financial reporting, revenue recognition, billing, or consumption-based pricing models, with familiarity with financial/ERP systems (e.g., NetSuite, Workday) or billing platforms considered a strong plus.
- Proficiency in cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and associated big data services.
- Strong background in data governance, security, and compliance, including direct experience supporting audit, SOX, or SOC 2 requirements, and a rigorous approach to data lineage and accuracy.
- Outstanding communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to translate financial and accounting requirements into technical architecture and influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including Finance and Audit leadership.
- A leadership mindset, with demonstrated ability to mentor teams, drive consensus, and advocate for best practices in high-accountability data environments.
- Industry recognition or notable contributions in data engineering (e.g., published works, open-source contributions) is a plus.
β¨ Benefits
- Competitive compensation package, including equity.
- Inclusive Healthcare Package.
- Learn and Grow - we provide mentorship and send you to events that help you build your network and skills.
- Flexible Time Off.
- We will provide you the gear you need to do your role, and a WFH budget for you to outfit your space as needed.
Full job description
About Vercel:
Vercel is the agentic infrastructure company, freeing people and agents to ship what's next. For more than a decade we've helped builders move from idea to production with speed, security, and exceptional developer experience.
Now we're scaling our products for both agents and people to ship and run software, built in the open and trusted by OpenAI, PayPal, Ramp, Supreme, and millions of developers worldwide.
About the role:
As a Member of Technical Staff, Finance Data, youβll lead the design of the Financial Data Platform that Finance, Accounting, and Revenue Operations rely on to close the books, report revenue, and forecast. Youβll build auditable pipelines on Kafka, ClickHouse, Tinybird, and Snowflake that turn raw usage into revenue, and set the bar for data accuracy and governance where correctness isnβt optional. Your main focus is a multi-phase roadmap that takes the platform to maturity and audit readiness as the business grows. This is a hybrid role with 3 in-office days per week in San Francisco or New York City.
What you'll do:
- Design and build the data platform behind revenue recognition, consumption-based billing, and financial reporting, across batch and real-time workloads
- Set standards for financial data ingestion, transformation, and storage, with auditability, lineage, and data integrity
- Work with FP&A, Accounting, and RevOps to turn reporting requirements, close-cycle timelines, and forecasting needs into architecture
- Partner with Security, Compliance, Legal, and Internal Audit to meet SOX and SOC 2 requirements, backed by monitoring, alerting, and incident response
- Set the technical roadmap, make build-vs-buy calls on ERP, billing, and revenue tools, and mentor engineers as the team grows
What you need:
- 8+ years of experience in data engineering, analytics engineering, or a closely related field
- Owned production data pipelines end-to-end on AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Production experience with Kafka, ClickHouse, Tinybird, and Snowflake
- Built data pipelines that feed financial reporting, revenue recognition, billing, or consumption-based pricing
- Supported audit, SOX, or SOC 2 requirements for data systems
- Translated Finance or Accounting requirements into technical architecture
Compensation & Benefits:
- Competitive compensation package, including equity.
- Inclusive Healthcare Package.
- Learn and Grow - we provide mentorship and send you to events that help you build your network and skills.
- Flexible Time Off.
- We will provide you the gear you need to do your role, and a WFH budget for you to outfit your space as needed.
The San Francisco, CA base pay range for this role is $264,000 - $396,000. Actual salary will be based on job-related skills, experience, and location. Compensation outside of San Francisco may be adjusted based on employee location. The total compensation package may include benefits, equity-based compensation, and eligibility for a company bonus or variable pay program depending on the role. Your recruiter can share more details during the hiring process.
Disclosures:
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- Equal Opportunity: Vercel is committed to fostering and empowering an inclusive community within our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Vercel encourages everyone to apply for our available positions, even if they don't necessarily check every box on the job description.
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