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Founding Data Engineer - Data Startup -SF

Benchstack Ai | santa clara, United-States | Posted June 16, 2026

Position Overview

A Pear VC-backed industrial data startup is hiring its founding data engineer. You'll own the data infrastructure end to end — scraping thousands of messy public sources into a real-time knowledge graph.


What we're looking for:

  • ~3 years building data products in production
  • Strong Python + SQL, PostgreSQL, GCP
  • Built scrapers across heterogeneous data sources at scale
  • Knowledge graph experience (Neo4j, Neptune, or custom)
  • Airflow or equivalent orchestration
  • Fluent with Claude Code / Cursor / Codex and an active GitHub
  • Startup background — you operate without scaffolding
  • High agency, opinions, willing to push back


The offer:

  • Founding-team equity (0.5%–1.5%)
  • Path to CTO as the team scales
  • Real ownership from day one


Heads up: this is in-person San Francisco with an intense, high-co...

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