Staff Data Engineer

OpenSea is the gateway to web3’s next chapter—where NFTs, fungible tokens, and emerging digital assets converge to create open, user-owned economies. As a foundational player in the crypto space, we’re building infrastructure that supports millions of users and sets new standards for how people discover and exchange digital value.

Our team is small but mighty: hands-on, fast-moving, and deeply committed to shipping meaningful work. We're remote-first by design, AI-empowered by default, and guided by values that prioritize ownership, trust, and progress. At OpenSea, you’ll be challenged to grow fast while being supported by a talent-dense team shaping the future of crypto.

We're looking for a Staff Data Engineer to Lead the design and implementation of scalable data infrastructure that powers analytics and insights for millions of NFT transactions and digital asset activities.

This role sits at the intersection of blockchain analytics and massive-scale data engineering, where you'll architect the data backbone that powers insights for one of the most prominent platforms in web3.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement end-to-end data pipelines for processing blockchain and digital asset data at scale

• Create and maintain business critical dashboards across revenue & monitoring use-cases

• Develop robust ETL processes using SQL to transform raw data into analytics-ready tables Implement data modeling solutions for complex domains like NFTs, including metadata, ownership, and analytics

• Build and maintain CDC (Change Data Capture) solutions to synchronize data between MongoDB, Postgres, Kafka, Confluent, and Snowflake

• Configure and maintain data streaming solutions for real-time data processing

• Set up and manage automated scheduling systems for data transformation tasks

• Implement data governance and security controls, including role-based access management

• Optimize and configure multi-cluster Snowflake data warehouses for concurrent query handling

Desired Experience

• Expert-level proficiency in SQL and modern data stack technologies

• Hands-on experience with Snowflake or similar data warehousing tools, including multi-cluster warehouse configuration and optimization

• Strong background in CDC solutions and real-time data streaming (Kafka, Confluent)

• Experience with both SQL and NoSQL databases (Postgres, MongoDB)

• Proven track record building ETL/ELT pipelines that process terabytes of data daily

• Understanding of blockchain/NFT data structures and metadata standards

• Experience implementing data governance, security controls, and access management

• Strong communication skills and ability to work with cross-functional teams

• High ownership mentality

• AI-forward mindset with hands-on experience adopting and integrating AI tools

The base salary for this full-time position, which spans across multiple internal levels depending on qualifications, ranges between $180,000 to $270,000 plus benefits & equity.

If you don't think you meet all of the criteria below but still are interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box, and we're looking for someone who is excited to join the team.

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Benefits & Perks

🏥 Health Benefits: We cover 100% Dental/Vision/Medical for employees and 90% for dependents

🌴 Flexible Time Off Policy: Our flexible time off policy is aimed at letting our employees take as much time off as they'd like to refresh so long as it doesn't interfere with their ability to meet their goals and contribute effectively to company velocity

👶 Parental Leave: 16 Weeks of Paid Parental Bonding & up to 8 additional weeks for the birthing parent

💛 Mental Health: We offer access to Spring Health, covering 8 therapy & 8 coaching sessions per year

📅 11 Company Holidays

🏦 Fidelity 401K Plan

📱 Internet/Mobile Reimbursement Plan

🧘 Reimbursement or Monthly Snack Delivery

✈ Company & Team retreats to get together for fun and collaboration

☕ Team Member Co-Working and Gathering Expense

🖥 MacBook Pro & WFH Stipend to make sure you are set up for success

🌯 Weekly $50 Uber Eats credit

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