Staff Data Engineer

About Us

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is a joint venture between two industry leaders with a clear vision for automotive’s next chapter. From operating systems to zonal controllers to cloud and connectivity solutions, we’re addressing the challenges of electric vehicles through technology that will set the standards for software-defined vehicles around the world.

The road to the future is uncharted. By combining our expertise across connectivity, AI, security and more, we’ll map a new way forward. Working together, we’ll create a future that’s more connected, more intelligent, more sustainable for everyone.

Role Summary

 

About the Team

Enterprise Data is transforming how leaders at RV Tech access information and make decisions.

We are building a trusted enterprise data and AI platform that brings together critical information across People, Finance, Privacy, and Legal. Our goal is to move beyond fragmented reports and dashboards toward a unified experience where leaders can explore certified data, understand the context behind key metrics, and ask complex business questions using natural language.

The team owns the data foundations, semantic models, AI capabilities, and analytical experiences that make this possible.

 

About the Role

We are looking for a Staff Data Engineer to provide technical leadership for our enterprise data and AI platform.

You will design and build trusted data products, establish architecture and engineering standards, and solve complex problems spanning ingestion, transformation, semantic modeling, governance, and AI-powered analytics. You will remain hands-on while setting the technical direction for initiatives that cross multiple business domains and systems.

This role requires more than building pipelines. You will work closely with senior leaders and domain experts to understand how the business operates, turn ambiguous questions into durable data products, and ensure that AI-generated insights remain accurate, explainable, secure, and grounded in certified enterprise data.

You will have the opportunity to shape both the platform and the engineering culture behind one of RV Tech’s most visible internal data products.

 

Responsibilities

• Certified Data Backbone: Design and implement scalable ELT pipelines and semantic models using dbt, SQL, and Python on Databricks. Own the end-to-end data lifecycle—including ingestion, transformation, governance, certification, semantic modeling, data quality, observability, and lineage—to deliver enterprise-grade certified datasets that power executive decision-making.

• Executive Analytics Applications: Architect and contribute to a unified, React-based executive analytics portal, transitioning the C-suite experience from fragmented dashboards to a centralized, application-driven environment with embedded analytics, AI-assisted insights, and trusted enterprise access.

• Agentic AI & Context Engineering: Design and deploy conversational AI agents over enterprise data products by building metadata and semantic frameworks, implementing RAG pipelines and reasoning engines, and establishing guardrails that ensure safe, compliant, and context-aware AI interactions with certified data.

• Cross-Functional Executive Partnership: Serve as the primary technical partner to senior leaders across Finance, People, Privacy, and Legal, translating strategic priorities into scalable data products, aligning diverse stakeholders, and influencing executive analytics strategy.

• Strategic Engineering Leadership: Define and uphold end-to-end engineering standards across the Enterprise Insights domain, including scalable architecture, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), CI/CD, version control best practices, operational SLAs, and a culture rooted in AI-native design, disciplined experimentation, and operational excellence.

 

Qualifications

• Full-Stack Technical Mastery: 8+ years of experience in Data or Software Engineering with expert-level SQL and Python skills, including advanced query design, performance tuning, data manipulation, and scalable automation. Strong system design and architecture expertise, with a proven ability to build efficient, maintainable, and scalable data systems.

• Modern Analytics & Data Platform Engineering: Deep proficiency with dbt and modern cloud data platforms (Databricks preferred), including semantic layer modeling, business logic abstraction, and implementation of robust data quality, governance, and lineage frameworks.

• AI & Intelligent Systems: Hands-on experience implementing GenAI systems, LLM agents, or RAG architectures, with strong knowledge of context engineering, reliability frameworks, guardrails, and evaluation methodologies for enterprise AI solutions.

• Application & Visualization Expertise: Proven track record of building production-grade interactive applications using Streamlit or React to solve complex business problems, along with mastery of at least one major BI tool (Tableau, Qlik, Power BI, Hex). Strong data storytelling skills with the ability to design impactful visualizations and communicate insights that influence executive leadership.

• Engineering Excellence & Collaboration: Expertise in collaborative software development practices, including testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and version control (Git/GitLab/GitHub). Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills, with the ability to partner effectively across technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Leadership & Influence: Demonstrated ability to translate ambiguity into structured roadmaps, influence executive stakeholders, and lead or mentor engineers while fostering high standards of technical and operational excellence.

• Education: B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.

Total Rewards

We build the exceptional — and we believe the people doing that work should be rewarded accordingly. In addition to a competitive base salary, full-time positions may be is eligible to participate in our annual company performance bonus program.

Payments are discretionary and not guaranteed; actual amounts depend on company results and the terms of the plan in effect, and require active employment at the time of payout. This role is also eligible for equity in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), subject to board approval and the terms of our equity incentive plans, including applicable vesting requirements.

In addition to our compensation programs, we invest in our people with a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the health, wellbeing, and financial future for full-time employees — including health coverage, retirement savings, time off, and family planning programs. Offerings vary by country. Learn more about our global benefit programs.

External candidates can apply for this role through the Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies careers site (https://rivianvw.tech/#careers). If you are a current employee, please apply through our internal job board.

Equal Opportunity

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are also committed to ensuring compliance with all applicable fair employment practice laws regarding citizenship and immigration status.

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is committed to ensuring that our hiring process is accessible for persons with disabilities. If you have a disability or limitation, such as those covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, that requires accommodations to assist you in the search and application process, please email us at candidateaccommodations@rivian.com.

Candidate Data Privacy

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies” may collect, use and disclose your personal information or personal data (within the meaning of the applicable data protection laws) when you apply for employment and/or participate in our recruitment processes (“Candidate Personal Data”). This data includes contact, demographic, communications, educational, professional, employment, social media/website, network/device, recruiting system usage/interaction, security and preference information. Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies may use your Candidate Personal Data for the purposes of (i) tracking interactions with our recruiting system; (ii) carrying out, analyzing and improving our application and recruitment process, including assessing you and your application and conducting employment, background and reference checks; (iii) establishing an employment relationship or entering into an employment contract with you; (iv) complying with our legal, regulatory and corporate governance obligations; (v) record keeping; (vi) ensuring network and information security and preventing fraud; and (vii) as otherwise required or permitted by applicable law.

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies may share your Candidate Personal Data with (i) internal personnel who have a need to know such information in order to perform their duties, including individuals on our People Team, Finance, Legal, and the team(s) with the position(s) for which you are applying; (ii) Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies affiliates; and (iii) Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies’ service providers, including providers of background checks, staffing services, and cloud services.

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies may transfer or store internationally your Candidate Personal Data, including to or in the United States, Canada, and the European Union and in the cloud, and this data may be subject to the laws and accessible to the courts, law enforcement and national security authorities of such jurisdictions.

If you provide a mobile telephone number as part of your application or during the recruitment process, Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies may use that number to contact you via SMS text message for recruitment-related purposes, including scheduling, logistics, and status updates. Message and data rates may apply. You may opt out of SMS communications at any time by replying STOP to any text message you receive from us. Consent to receive SMS messages is not a condition of applying for or being considered for employment.

Please see our Candidate Data Privacy Notice (English) and Candidate Data Privacy Notice (Serbian) for more information.

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