Data Engineer - Onboarding
SardineFraud Prevention company
RemoteSenior
Andreessen Horowitz
Google Ventures
Activant Capital
Nyca Partners
Visa
Experian Ventures
Data & AI
About the role
TL;DR
Senior Data/ML Engineer to own Sardine's data and ML foundation for compliance decisions.
- •We are looking for a Senior Data/ML Engineer to own the data and machine learning foundation that Sardine's compliance decisions run on.
- •This role owns data pipelines end to end: how data arrives, how it becomes a feature, how that feature becomes a model, and how that model stays correct in production.
- •Key Responsibilities Own the data ingestion layer, build and evolve our feature platform, and establish feature correctness as an engineering discipline.
- •Productionize fraud and identity ML models, engineer KYC, AML, and identity risk signals, and integrate new data sources.
- •Own the warehouse and modeling layer in BigQuery, design entity resolution and graph data, and ensure platform safety by construction.
- •Set technical direction and raise the team's ceiling by writing design docs, running reviews, and mentoring engineers.
- •Requirements 8+ years building production data and ML systems with ownership of both pipeline and model sides.
- •Deep Python and strong SQL, fluent in a distributed processing framework (Spark, Beam, or Flink).
- •Hands-on experience with a modern cloud data stack (GCP preferred) and CI/CD.
- •Practical ML engineering depth, experience with high-volume, low-latency serving, and domain experience in fraud, risk, payments, or identity.
Required skills
PythonSQLSparkAirflowBigQueryVertex AIscikit-learnDockerKubernetesTerraformCI/CDGit
Nice-to-have skills
Kubeflowdbt
Domain expertise
fintechcybersecurity
Benefits & perks
Generous compensation in cash and equity, Early exercise for all options, including pre-vested, Remote-first Culture, Flexible paid time off and Year-end break, Health insurance, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents - US and Canada specific, 4% matching in 401k / RRSP - US and Canada specific, MacBook Pro delivered to your door, One-time stipend to set up a home office, Monthly meal stipend, Monthly social meet-up stipend, Annual health and wellness stipend, Annual Learning stipend
Tech stack
PythonSQLAirflowSparkBigQueryVertex AIKubeflowscikit-learndbtNeo4jGoogle CloudDockerKubernetesTerraformCI/CDGit
