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title: 'Staff Data Engineer at Jellyfish'
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# Staff Data Engineer at Jellyfish

- **Company:** Jellyfish
- **Location:** United States
- **Compensation:** $200k–$260k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-06-23
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-13
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/jellyfish/255c6eee-7ab8-431b-a007-4b637dccee40/application

**Skills:** Python, Terraform, CloudFormation, Prefect, Airflow, Dagster, AI/LLM tool integrations, Data pipeline architecture, Infrastructure as code, Delta Lake, Lakehouse architectures, Jira, GitHub, GitLab, CI/CD systems

> Jellyfish seeks a Staff Data Engineer to define architecture and technical direction for large-scale data infrastructure. The role involves building robust data pipelines, driving integrations, and mentoring engineers while shaping technical strategy across teams.

## Job description

## About Jellyfish

Jellyfish is rewriting the manual on how high-performing engineering teams actually work within an AI world. We're seeking a Staff Data Engineer who's passionate about building and scaling robust data infrastructure, defining integration patterns, and driving technical strategy across large-scale systems. Ideally, you combine deep hands-on expertise with the ability to influence architecture and direction across teams. This is a high-agency role where you'll help shape not just what gets built, but how we build it — and raise the bar for the engineers around you.

## What You'll Do

- Define the architecture and long-term technical direction, design and implementation of our data pipelines and integrations platform for storage, transformation and export at scale.
- Drive integrations with third-party tools and establish the standards that make future integrations faster and more reliable
- Own our infrastructure as code strategy using Terraform, and contribute to how we evolve our cloud data infrastructure
- Architect workflow orchestration systems for near-real-time and batch data processing, with a focus on reliability and scalability
- Lead the design and implementation of data export pipelines that serve diverse customer needs
- Spearhead development of internal tooling and agentic workflows that meaningfully accelerate engineering velocity across the org
- Serve as a technical anchor — leading design reviews, mentoring engineers, and elevating how the team approaches complex problems
- Partner with engineering leadership on roadmap prioritization, cross-team dependencies, and org-wide technical strategy
- Communicate clearly about technical decisions, tradeoffs, and project status to both engineers and non-technical stakeholders

## About You

- You have deep expertise building and scaling data pipelines, and a track record of owning complex data infrastructure end-to-end — not just contributing to it
- AI - driven developer who dives deep into AI first workflows
- Expert Python engineer with strong opinions about how to build reliable, maintainable systems at scale
- Designed and led large-scale third-party API integration work, and you know what separates a maintainable integration from a brittle one
- Fluent in infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar) and think about infrastructure as a product, not an afterthought
- Experienced with AI/LLM tool integrations (Claude, Copilot, etc.) and understand the unique infrastructure demands they create
- You have production experience with workflow orchestration tools (Prefect, Airflow, Dagster) and can make the hard architectural calls
- A natural technical leader — you build consensus, unblock others, and make the engineers around you better
- You think in systems: you consider user needs, business impact, and long-term maintainability when designing solutions
- Exceptional communicator who can write a design doc, lead a review, and distill a complex tradeoff for any audience
- Located in EST or CST time zone

Bonus points if:

- You've thrived at a rapidly scaling startup and know how to balance speed with technical rigor
- You have hands-on experience with Delta Lake and lakehouse architectures
- You've built deep integrations with developer tools (Jira, GitHub, GitLab, CI/CD systems) and have strong opinions about how to do it well
- You bring strong perspectives on how engineering teams work best — and the tools that help or hurt

A list of job experiences and qualification requirements is great, but humility, a performance-driven attitude, and a team-player approach are most important to us. We love to have fun and win in the process. We only hire people who have a passion for building great companies in an environment where a sense of humor is a must. Occasional travel may be required. Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the US. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

Let’s talk about us! This is all about you, but you want to know a little about us. [Jellyfish](https://jellyfish.co) is the leading intelligence platform for AI-Integrated engineering, helping more than 1,000 companies including DraftKings, Keller Williams and Blue Yonder, leverage AI to transform how they build software. By combining the industry’s deepest engineering dataset with context-rich intelligence, Jellyfish helps R&D organizations understand what’s driving impact, adopt proven industry best practices, and make smarter decisions across AI adoption, planning, delivery, and engineering performance.

## About Jellyfish

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Jellyfish is an integrated global digital marketing business that unites media, creative, and data through technology and Generative AI to help brands grow.
- **Entity Type**: Private
- **Headquarters**: London, England, United Kingdom
- **Founded**: 2005
- **Founders**: Rob Pierre

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Digital Marketing & Advertising
- **Target customers**: B2B, Enterprise brands across ecommerce, CPG, entertainment, and gaming
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "We're reinventing marketing for progressive brands, uniting media, creative, and data through cutting edge technology and Generative AI." [jellyfish.com](https://www.jellyfish.com/en-us/)

## Products & Services
- **Integrated Marketing Services**: Full-service digital marketing combining media, creative, and data.
- **AI Platform (Pencil)**: An AI-powered creative and asset production platform trained on $2.65B in ad spend and 235,000 AI-generated assets, delivering assets 55% faster. [jellyfish.com](https://www.jellyfish.com/en-us/)
- **Now Next Soon**: An AI tool that predicts the outcomes of a media plan.
- **J+ Bidding**: A proprietary bidding tool that ensures every media spend informs the next.
- **Consulting & Training**: Deep partnerships with Google (GMP, Cloud, Training), Salesforce, Amazon, and Meta to provide certified expertise and training.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Over 2,200 employees globally across 29 offices. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/jellyfish-jellyfishcom)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Google (long-term, multi-region partnership), Salesforce (Consulting Partner), Amazon (extensively certified team), Meta (global training and paid social partner). [jellyfish.com](https://www.jellyfish.com/en-us/)
- **Growth Signals**: 2,204 total employees across 29 offices worldwide; operates in the US, Europe, South Africa, Asia, and South America; uses proprietary AI platform "Pencil" trained on $2.65B in ad spend. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/jellyfish-jellyfishcom)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deep Platform Partnerships**: Exclusive, decade-long, multi-region Google partnership allowing them to sell across all Google/DoubleClick products in the US. Also a Salesforce Consulting Partner and extensively certified across Amazon and Meta. [jellyfish.com](https://www.jellyfish.com/en-us/)
- **Proprietary AI Technology**: Their AI platform "Pencil" is trained on massive ad spend data ($2.65B) and has generated 235,000 assets, giving them a data-driven edge in creative production and media planning. [jellyfish.com](https://www.jellyfish.com/en-us/)
- **Global Scale with Local Expertise**: 29 offices worldwide allowing them to serve global brands with local market knowledge.

## Strategic Focus
- **Generative AI Integration**: Deep investment in Gen AI for marketing, with dedicated roles like "Senior Manager SEO/Gen AI" and "Senior Manager SEO & GEO" (Generative Engine Optimization). [indeed.com](https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Jellyfish-2)
- **Platform Specialization**: Continuing to deepen expertise across Google, Amazon, Meta, and Salesforce ecosystems.
- **Global Expansion**: Maintaining and growing a presence across 29 offices in major markets worldwide.

## Why Work Here
- **Global Reach, Local Feel**: 29 offices worldwide (London HQ, plus New York, Boston, San Francisco, Berlin, Paris, Tokyo, Singapore, and many more) offering opportunities for international mobility and collaboration. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/jellyfish-jellyfishcom)
- **Hybrid & In-Office Culture**: The company operates on a hybrid model with many roles requiring in-office presence, particularly in major hubs like London, New York, and Baltimore. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/jellyfish-jellyfishcom)
- **Career Development**: Jellyfish Academy nurtures diverse new talent, and the company invests in proprietary technology to cast and connect the best teams globally. [jellyfish.com](https://www.jellyfish.com/en-us/)
- **Platform for Performance**: The company emphasizes giving talent a platform to perform, where everyone can take charge of their own progress. [jellyfish.com](https://www.jellyfish.com/en-us/careers/)
- **CEO Approval**: 100% CEO approval rating on Indeed, indicating strong leadership satisfaction. [indeed.com](https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Jellyfish-2)
- **Typical Roles**: Senior Paid Search Manager, SEO Director, Senior Manager SEO/Gen AI, Amazon Campaigns Manager, Programmatic Manager, Account Manager.

## Sources
1. [jellyfish.com](https://www.jellyfish.com/en-us/)
2. [jellyfish.com/careers](https://www.jellyfish.com/careers/)
3. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/jellyfish-jellyfishcom)
4. [indeed.com](https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Jellyfish-2)
5. [jellyfish.com/about-us](https://www.jellyfish.com/en-us/about-us/)

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