Data Engineer III at Patriot Software
United States — full-time
Position Information Job Title: Data Engineer III Job Status: Full Time Location: 100% Remote Compensation: Salaried (Exempt) Position Type: Direct Hire (This is not a contract role) Pay Range: $105K - $125K based on experience Shift: Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM ET Description Are you passionate about designing scalable, high-performing data platforms that power mission-critical applications? Do you enjoy solving complex database challenges, optimizing performance, and building reliable systems that enable software engineers and business teams to move faster? If so, the Data Engineer III position at Patriot may be the perfect fit for you. This role is ideal for an experienced data engineer who enjoys taking ownership of complex technical challenges while helping shape Patriot's data platform. You'll work closely with software engineers, analytics engineers, and business stakeholders to build scalable data solutions, optimize PostgreSQL environments, improve data pipelines, and ensure our data infrastructure remains secure, reliable, and highly available. As a senior member of the team, you'll influence technical direction, mentor other engineers, establish engineering best practices, and help ensure Patriot's data ecosystem is built to support today's applications while preparing for future technologies, including AI-powered solutions. Let us introduce ourselves... We're a team of driven, conscientious individuals with a clear mission: to make accounting and payroll fast, simple, and affordable for millions of American businesses and their accountants. It's not enough to have a "good job." It takes connection, culture, encouragement, growth opportunities, challenges, communication, and much more to create an environment where people and ideas flourish. We are Patriot Software: a hybrid company with 175+ employees spread across the United States and a co-working space in Canton, Ohio. Our search for a new team member always starts by seeking a quality individual who desires to live by our core values: -Be Customer Obsessed: In everything we do, we start with the customer and work our way backwards. -Lead With Speed: We move quickly, take bold action, and stay ahead through velocity and focus. -Don't Cut Corners: We own our technologies, development, and operations, ensuring quality at every step. -Create a Better Us: We constantly improve, simplify, automate, and remove what doesn't matter. -Follow the Golden Rule: We treat others how we want to be treated and welcome open, respectful feedback. -Grow, Be a Leader: We lead at all levels, elevate our team, and hold ourselves accountable for high performance. What You'll Be Doing Design, build, and maintain scalable, reliable, and highly available PostgreSQL databases and supporting data infrastructure. Own complex data engineering initiatives from architecture through implementation, deployment, and long-term operational support. Design efficient relational data models that