Blockworks
Senior Data Engineer
$160K–$200K
New York · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Feb 26, 2026
- Experience
- At least 4 years; ideally more.
About the job
Leads the design and delivery of data models, sourcing and ingestion pipelines, and ETL systems that power Blockworks products.
What you'll do
- Architect data warehousing, ingestion, and sourcing pipelines that aggregate data from multiple sources.
- Build ETL solutions, access blockchain nodes, and model schemas across PostgreSQL and Clickhouse.
- Provide technical leadership and improve data workflows through reliable automation and cross-functional collaboration.
What they ask for
- Crypto-native knowledge and significant familiarity with the crypto industry.
- At least 4 years of hands-on experience with data modeling, schema design, data operations, and data warehousing.
- Experience building backend systems at scale focused on data processing and ingestion, including data warehouses handling 100M+ rows per day.
- Strong SQL expertise and experience with a programming language listed: Python, Go, Rust, and/or Typescript; plus DevOps/cloud tools, data orchestration, and SQL transformation frameworks.
Nice to have
- Success in crypto, web3, startup, or incubator environments; microservices experience, especially in security, privacy, and scalability.
- Experience with Parquet, Postgres, Clickhouse, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Airflow, Dagster, dbt, or SQLMesh.
Pay
USD $160,000 - $200,000/year base salary
Tools
Python, Go, Rust, Typescript, SQL, PostgreSQL, Clickhouse, Airflow
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