Staff Data Engineer – GRC Enablement, OLTP

Workiva

. Design, review, and evolve Postgres schemas for GRC product services .

Posted 10/7/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesLead💰 $149,000 - $240,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Postgres schema design, optimization, and migration strategies, with a strong focus on data integrity and performance in production environments. Proven ability to mentor engineers and establish technical standards while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.

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Postgres Schema DesignExpert-Level SQLChange-Data-Capture PipelinesData Integrity ChecksMentoring Engineers

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Hard Skills

Schema DesignQuery OptimizationIndexing StrategyTransactional WorkloadsData ContractsETL LogicRelational ModelingProduction Performance TuningMigration StrategyData Governance

Soft Skills

CollaborationMentoringIncident ResolutionRoot-Cause AnalysisTechnical Standards Development

Tools & Technologies

DbtDebeziumKafka ConnectGitOpsCI/CD

Certifications & Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer ScienceMaster's Degree in Data Engineering

Industry Keywords

Data EngineeringOLAP SystemsRegulated EnvironmentsRelease GovernanceCompliance Requirements

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudETLKafkaPostgresSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, review, and evolve Postgres schemas for GRC product services
Set standards for indexing, constraints, partitioning, and connection pooling
Identify and resolve production performance bottlenecks
Own migration strategy and tooling, including schema changes, backfills, and zero-downtime deployments
Own change-data-capture and extraction from Postgres into OLAP systems
Define stable, documented landing-zone data contracts with the OLAP specialist
Collaborate on dbt/ETL logic for transaction and history-mart models
Establish relational modeling patterns and SQL review standards
Optimize SQL for transactional workloads, including query plans, indexing, lock contention, and multi-join performance
Define data contracts between services and downstream OLAP consumers
Implement data integrity checks, replication/failover practices, and monitoring
Manage schema and pipeline promotions through dev, test, and production using GitOps/CI/CD and gated approvals
Apply RBAC, audit logging, and encryption standards at the OLTP and extraction layers
Establish schema design patterns, SQL coding standards, and documentation
Mentor engineers on relational modeling, query optimization, and transactional systems
Lead incident resolution and root-cause analysis for production data issues and extraction failures
Partner with the OLAP specialist to define responsibility boundaries
Partner with the platform data team on infrastructure decisions while retaining ownership of GRC-specific data outcomes

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years in data engineering or backend engineering with hands-on ownership of production Postgres or comparable relational OLTP systems
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
Expert-level SQL and strong understanding of query planning, indexing strategy, and transactional isolation levels
Proven experience owning schema design and migrations for production Postgres services at scale
Experience building CDC/extraction pipelines, such as Debezium or Kafka Connect, feeding a cloud warehouse
Experience in regulated or highly controlled environments with strict release governance and compliance requirements
Familiarity with connection pooling, replication, and backup/recovery strategy
Working knowledge of dbt sufficient to collaborate on shared models
Track record of mentoring engineers and driving cross-team technical standards
Reliable internet access for any period of time working remotely, not in a Workiva office
Willingness to travel up to 10%

Benefits

Comp & perks

A discretionary bonus typically paid annually
Restricted Stock Units granted at time of hire
401(k) match
Comprehensive employee benefits package
Up to 10% travel for team jams and internal developer conference
Flexible work location: office or remotely from any location within the employee’s country of employment
Reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities