--- title: 'Staff / Principal Data Engineer at Orum' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/staff-principal-data-engineer-orum-san-francisco-3jqqzb4yxxfg' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-04' --- # Staff / Principal Data Engineer at Orum - **Company:** Orum - **Location:** San Francisco, CA - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-09-03 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-04 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/orum/f66ad1b1-b755-4136-b302-e5e620b4a758 ## Job description ## About Orum Orum https://www.orum.com’s AI-powered suite frees salespeople to do what they do best: connect, listen, and sell. Our products gives sales teams everything they need to connect faster, sell smarter, and grow revenue. From intelligent dialing and real-time conversation insights to AI-driven coaching and virtual sales floors, Orum is powering thousands of sales teams to have more meaningful conversations and turn every call into measurable impact. Companies who use Orum connect 5x faster and book millions in new pipeline every month. We are a team of builders and dreamers creating a future where work feels more meaningful and connected. If you’re excited to change how the world sells, join us. For more information, visit https://www.orum.com/ ## The Role We're building the next generation of Orum's data platform, including a modern analytics stack powered by ClickHouse, BigQuery, dbt, and Looker. This platform supports customer-facing analytics, internal business intelligence, product decision-making, and future AI-powered products. We're looking for a Principal/Staff Data Engineer to own this ecosystem end-to-end, a foundational data hire with broad responsibility across data engineering (~70%) and analytics/BI (~30%). You'll own the architecture, reliability, and evolution of our data platform, working closely with Engineering, Product, Finance, Go-to-Market, and Operations to build scalable data systems and a trusted analytics layer the whole company can use. ## What you'll do - Define and drive Orum's data platform architecture and technical roadmap - Build and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines from PostgreSQL, application systems, and event streams into ClickHouse, BigQuery, and other analytical systems - Design robust dbt transformation layers and reusable, well-documented data models - Own the reliability, performance, cost, and scalability of ClickHouse and BigQuery workloads - Build real-time and batch data pipelines for analytics, product, and AI use cases, including large-scale event, call, transcript, and conversational data - Establish standards for data quality, testing, lineage, governance, and observability - Own Orum's Looker environment end-to-end, including LookML models, explores, dashboards, permissions, and performance - Develop a trusted semantic layer with consistent metric and dimension definitions company-wide - Partner with Product, Finance, GTM, and Operations to translate business questions into scalable data models, dashboards, and self-service analytics - Support high-impact ad hoc analysis and help establish processes for dashboard ownership, metric governance, and data literacy ## What we're looking for - 8+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Analytics Engineering, Platform Engineering, or related data roles - Deep expertise in SQL, data modeling, dimensional modeling, and analytics-oriented schema design - Hands-on experience with dbt and modern ELT architectures - Strong experience with analytical databases and warehouses such as ClickHouse and BigQuery - Experience owning or administering Looker in production, including LookML development and performance optimization - Experience with streaming technologies such as Kafka, Pub/Sub, or similar - Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and data platform architecture - Ability to operate with high ownership, drive ambiguous initiatives independently, and communicate complex data concepts to technical and non-technical audiences alike Bonus if you have: - Deep experience operating ClickHouse at scale - Experience owning or migrating a Looker implementation - Experience with product analytics or customer-facing analytics platforms - Familiarity with LLM infrastructure, embeddings, RAG systems, or AI data pipelines - Experience with conversational, telephony, or other large-scale unstructured datasets - Experience in high-growth startup environments Company Values Excellence - Deliver high-quality work across every function No Jerks - Build a team that's respectful, inclusive, and collaborative Accountability - Own outcomes and follow through Integrity - Always act honestly with customers, partners, and each other Stewardship - Manage our resources responsibility for sustainable growth Great Ideas Win - Innovation thrives when the best ideas lead, no matter where they come from ## Benefits and Perks (FTE) 🌴 Flexible Vacation Policy πŸ“… 30+ paid holidays annually, including observed holidays, the first Friday of every month off and a two-week year-end holiday break. πŸ“ˆ Meaningful stock options in Orum πŸ₯ 90% coverage for employees and dependents for healthcare, dental, and vision insurance plans πŸ›Ÿ Comprehensive Life & Disability package πŸ‘Ά Parental leave for the primary or the secondary πŸ–₯️ $1k equipment reimbursement for work-related items that's yours to keep ✈️ Company retreats and meetups for all employees to connect in person πŸ‘­ Company ERG - Women Of Orum (WOO) Orum Is An Equal Opportunity Employer We're committed to continually adding to our diverse team that represents various backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at hr@orum.com. In short, we want you to join in on the ride if you're talented for one of our roles, with no other qualifiers. Orum Is An Equal Opportunity Employer We're committed to continually adding to our diverse team that represents various backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at hr@orum.com. In short, we want you to join in on the ride if you're talented for one of our roles, with no other qualifiers. ## About Orum ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Orum is an AI-powered live conversation platform that helps sales teams turn wasted dialing time into live conversations, increasing prospect connections by up to 5x. - **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held) – Series B - **Headquarters**: United States (Remote-first company) - **Founded**: 2018 - **Founders**: Jason Dorfman (Co-Founder & CEO) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Sales Technology / AI-Powered Sales Engagement - **Target customers**: B2B sales teams, SDR/BDR organizations, enterprise revenue teams - **Mission or purpose statement**: β€œWe accelerate sales teams by empowering salespeople to achieve more” and β€œmake sales more human.” ## Products & Services - **Orum Platform**: AI-powered live conversation system that includes intelligent dialing, parallel dialing, and connect-rate optimization. It sits alongside existing CRMs (Salesforce, HubSpot) and SEPs (Outreach, Salesloft, Gong Engage, Apollo) to maximize live conversations. - **AI Coaching Suite**: Includes AI Scorecards, Coaching Portals, and AI Roleplay – turning call data into actionable coaching insights for managers and reps. - **Virtual Sales Floor**: Built for remote teams, with leaderboards, live listening, and a collaborative environment mimicking a physical sales floor. - **International Calling**: Supports 160+ countries and regions, with number rotation and reputation monitoring to protect connect rates. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed - **Key Metric**: Total Funding = $51.0M (Series B raised in November 2022); Annual Revenue = $5.0M (estimated) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Unusual Ventures, Tribe Capital; integrations with Salesforce, HubSpot, Outreach, Salesloft, Gong Engage, Apollo - **Growth Signals**: 113 employees (as of early 2026), monthly headcount growth of +3.7%, trusted by thousands of SDR teams, SOC 2 Type II & ISO certified, AI trained on over 1 billion real sales calls ## Competitive Advantages - Purpose-built for live conversations, not a generic CRM dialer – optimized for connect rate and parallel dialing with millisecond-level detection. - Proprietary AI trained on 1B+ real sales calls, enabling smarter coaching and dialing strategies. - Virtual sales floor culture that enables remote teams to feel connected and perform at scale. - Deep integration ecosystem with major CRMs and SEPs, minimizing friction for existing sales stacks. ## Strategic Focus - Expanding AI-driven coaching capabilities to multiply manager effectiveness. - Scaling international calling and enterprise-grade features (security, compliance, multi-country support). - Continuing to build a remote-first, high-performance engineering culture with a focus on AI and product innovation. ## Why Work Here - **Remote-first since day one** – fully distributed team with regular in-person retreats. - **Culture values**: β€œNo Jerks,” Accountability, Great Ideas Win, Integrity, Excellence, Stewardship. - **Perks**: Unlimited PTO, Orum Fridays (first Friday of every month off), $1,000 office setup budget, top-tier medical/dental/vision, 401(k) with financial planning, competitive salary and equity. - **Engineering culture**: Blog highlights engineering culture, open roles include Senior Software Engineers (Platform, Dialer, Coaching & Analytics) and Staff Applied AI Engineer. Strong emphasis on ownership and innovation. - **Employer rating**: 4.1/5 on LinkedIn (88 reviews), with high marks for Compensation (4.3), Culture (4.3), and Work-Life Balance (4.2). ## Sources 1. [Orum Website](https://www.orum.com/) 2. [Orum Careers Page](https://www.orum.com/careers) 3. [Orum About Page](https://www.orum.com/about) 4. [Orum LinkedIn Company Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/orumhq) 5. 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