The ad says“The stack includes BigQuery, dbt, Airflow, and MetricFlow. dbt testing and CI are already established, with significant opportunities to expand automation. The team also owns the governance tooling used to protect core pipelines and maintain trusted data across the company”
The ad says“The stack includes BigQuery, dbt, Airflow, and MetricFlow. dbt testing and CI are already established, with significant opportunities to expand automation. The team also owns the governance tooling used to protect core pipelines and maintain trusted data across the company”
The ad says“Depth in SQL and dimensional and event modeling, and comfort in Python. You’ll be in code reviews, in the DAG when something breaks, and in modeling design discussions”
The ad says“The stack includes BigQuery, dbt, Airflow, and MetricFlow. dbt testing and CI are already established, with significant opportunities to expand automation. The team also owns the governance tooling used to protect core pipelines and maintain trusted data across the company”
The ad says“Depth in SQL and dimensional and event modeling, and comfort in Python. You’ll be in code reviews, in the DAG when something breaks, and in modeling design discussions”
The ad says“Depth in SQL and dimensional and event modeling, and comfort in Python. You’ll be in code reviews, in the DAG when something breaks, and in modeling design discussions”
The ad says“The stack includes BigQuery, dbt, Airflow, and MetricFlow. dbt testing and CI are already established, with significant opportunities to expand automation. The team also owns the governance tooling used to protect core pipelines and maintain trusted data across the company”
The ad says“Depth in SQL and dimensional and event modeling, and comfort in Python. You’ll be in code reviews, in the DAG when something breaks, and in modeling design discussions”
The ad says“Depth in SQL and dimensional and event modeling, and comfort in Python. You’ll be in code reviews, in the DAG when something breaks, and in modeling design discussions”
The ad says“Strong collaboration and written communication. Most of this team’s leverage comes from working well with partner teams that have their own priorities”
Thumbtack’s Data organization is responsible for the foundations of our marketplace data: the event taxonomy used across product surfaces, the core entity models for requests, projects, pros, and customers, and the financial models that support company reporting. Nearly every team at Thumbtack is downstream of our work
Data Engineering is organized as domain-aligned teams, each embedded with the parts of the business it serves, working alongside a platform team that owns the systems underneath
Data modeling at Thumbtack is a function of how well you understand the domain you’re modeling, so we put engineers close to it and hold them to a high bar on correctness, testing, and the durability of what they ship
This team works at the intersection of financial data governance and rapid product iteration. Thumbtack’s revenue models must be auditable, reconcilable, and resilient to upstream changes
At the same time, the teams responsible for Pro acquisition, activation, and partnerships are continually evolving the products, often affecting the same models Finance relies on
The team has already introduced anomaly detection into its core pipelines to identify upstream definition changes before they affect revenue reporting, but the next step is to develop predictive capabilities that show how proposed product and data-model changes could affect financial results before those changes are released
The stack includes BigQuery, dbt, Airflow, and MetricFlow. dbt testing and CI are already established, with significant opportunities to expand automation. The team also owns the governance tooling used to protect core pipelines and maintain trusted data across the company
Thumbtack is also rebuilding the platforms that support sales, support, and trust & safety around API-first systems and agentic workflows. A separate, funded team owns the platform work; this team will be responsible for helping architect the resulting data beginning next year
The team this role will lead is organized into two subteams: one partners closely with Finance, while the other is embedded with Supply Acquisition and Business Platforms. Several engineers will be joining at roughly the same time as you. Each subteam owns its roadmap, giving you a direct role in setting priorities and shaping how the team operates
Deliver well-modeled, durable datasets for requests, projects, pros, and customers that the rest of the company builds on without asking who owns them
Partner with Finance so revenue models reconcile, hold their definitions under upstream change, and are auditable
Partner with the Supply Acquisition and Business Platforms teams on their roadmaps, and turn their priorities into yours without waiting to be handed tickets
Raise the reliability floor on the core pipelines: dbt tests, CI, anomaly detection, and clear contracts so a definition change three hops upstream doesn’t quietly move a reported number
Hire and grow mid-level and senior data engineers, and develop TLs who can own a domain end-to-end
Set the engineering standards for a team that’s still forming, including review, testing, and how the team decides what not to build
Lead as a technical manager. You’ll make and defend modeling and architecture decisions, not just route them
Benefits
Parental leave
Health insurance
Community matters | Sure, our ways of connecting have changed. But we haven’t missed a beat, from virtual concerts to “TTversary” celebrations to weekly catch-ups
Always be improving | We bring out the best in our colleagues — and our product — by pushing each beyond what we believe we’re capable of. We give honest feedback, even when it’s hard
Wellness is a way of life | We promote balance with generous PTO and company-wide holidays — and find our centers every Wellness Wednesday with yoga featuring a Thumbtack pro
A worthy mission | In a world where tech is often seen as eroding good jobs, we’re helping small business owners thrive. Our product makes entrepreneurship accessible to everyone
Driven by our values | Our values are the compass by which we make all our decisions. Each one matters: Lead with why, Make it count, Own it, Choose teamwork, and Say what you mean
Plus, amazing benefits | All the benefits you’d expect, plus a few more: generous parental and fertility benefits, $1800 for Thumbtack services per year and a $1200 remote work stipend
Virtual-first working model coupled with quarterly in-person events and Camp Thumbtack
20+ company-wide holidays including two week-long shutdowns
Libraries (collaborative workspaces) in San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Toronto, and Manila
Cell phone and WiFi reimbursements
Subscriptions and Employee Assistance Program for mental health and well-being
Preferred experience
Depth in SQL and dimensional and event modeling, and comfort in Python. You’ll be in code reviews, in the DAG when something breaks, and in modeling design discussions
6+ years building data or software systems in production
Experience owning datasets that other teams depend on, with the testing, contracts, and versioning discipline that requires
Track record of translating ambiguous business questions into durable models and metric definitions
Commitment to building inclusive teams and team culture
Strong collaboration and written communication. Most of this team’s leverage comes from working well with partner teams that have their own priorities
2+ years managing engineers, or experience as a tech lead ready to step into first-line management
