Lead Data Infrastructure Engineer

Stellic is growing! We're looking for a Lead Data Engineer to own the next phase of our data platform that will power everything from internal decision-making to customer-facing insights — and we need a technical leader who can evolve it to support increasing scale, complexity, and product integration. ABOUT US We're building a future where every student can move through their education with clarity, confidence, and purpose. Our platform transforms the student experience, giving them the tools they need to make the right decisions about their degree plans, track their journey, and build an education and career path that's truly their own. Stellic is a fast-growing startup backed by leading social impact investors, partnering with top institutions like Cornell, Columbia, UVA, and Ohio State to support over 1 million students across 7 countries. As we scale to serve more universities worldwide, we remain deeply committed to this mission, driven by our values, and committed to building a high-performance team that's here to make a lasting difference on both students' lives and higher education. STELLIC ENGINEERS Stellic engineers combine a rare blend of curiosity, creativity, and business acumen with the ability to deliver pragmatic solutions at high velocity with uncompromising quality. Our mission is to help students, and our engineers always have that in mind as they are building. THE DATA TEAM Stellic's data platform will be critical part of how we operate and deliver value, and will power everything from internal decision-making to customer-facing insights. The platform spans data ingestion, transformation, aggregation, and presentation — with much of the foundation in place, but requiring significant iteration and expansion to support new use cases and growing scale. We work with data that is highly variable across partners and regions, requiring thoughtful system design to balance standardization with flexibility. In addition to the internal platform, this role