Senior Data Engineer

Job Description

About Omnidian

Omnidian, Inc. is a fast-growing Series C tech-enabled service company revolutionizing performance assurance for the distributed solar and energy storage industries.  Omnidian is building a more sustainable future for the planet through our passionate teams, our innovative technology, and by creating an amazing customer experience.

We formed in the US in 2016 and added our Australia team in 2022. In 2025, Omnidian acquired Solar Service Guys, Australia’s largest dedicated solar service network.

Our vision is to become a global IoT leader, and we are hiring talented and passionate individuals around the world, including a possible talent hub in Costa Rica. If you’re interested in delivering cutting-edge support and unmatched customer experience to solar investors across the globe, come apply to chat with us.

The Job

As a Senior Data Engineer at Omnidian, you’ll play a crucial role in shaping our data infrastructure.   You will design, build, document and maintain data pipelines to support our Data Warehouse and our Data Acquisition (IoT data) systems.    You’ll uphold and contribute to the creation of standards for quality and security.   You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance our data capabilities, supporting our mission to build a more sustainable future through innovative technology and exceptional customer experience.

This role is perfect for a data professional passionate about sustainability and eager to make a significant impact in a well-funded, growth-stage company. Join us and be part of a team where your ideas are heard, your contributions are valued, and your potential is unleashed.

This role sits within the Data Management and Infosec team (part of our Engineering department) and will report to our Manager of Data Engineering.

What You’ll Do

At Omnidian we believe in trust and autonomy. How you create an impact is ultimately up to you. Here is an outline of some of the things you’ll be doing:

• Data Engineering (80%)

  • Build and maintain data warehouse pipelines via Databricks bronze, silver and gold medallion structures
  • Build and maintain data acquisition pipelines which acquire IoT data from aggregator portals, land and transform the data, and make the data available to consumer services
  • Use your knowledge of different programming languages to code and update data systems
  • Write or contribute to technical specification documents as appropriate

Data Stewardship (15%)

• Create and maintain related data documentation as outlined in Data Governance standards
• Act as an ambassador for data governance standards when working cross functionally
• Participate in code reviews and change management processes

Continuous Improvement (5%)

• Identify, align stakeholders on and implement improvements to our processes, code and/or architecture

Who You Are

• You have strong data engineering skills and experience (experience with IoT data strongly preferred).You are highly analytical and detail-oriented.
• You possess a strong curiosity and a growth mindset.
• You excel in both independent work and team collaboration.
• You are a proactive problem solver with excellent communication skills.
• You show empathy and respect for coworkers, partners, and customers.
• You can give and receive constructive feedback effectively.
• You are adaptable and able to balance quick responses to business needs with strategic, long-term projects

Experience You’ll Need

• 4+ years experience building and optimizing data sets, ‘big data’ data pipelines, and architectures.
• Experience successfully delivering large scale data engineering projects
• Proficiency with distributed systems like Spark, Kafka and data lakes
• Experience working with IoT data Experience with cloud platforms like AWS or Azure
• Understanding of data modeling principles
• Proficiency with object oriented programming languages such as Python or Kotlin
• Comfortable with SQL
• Proven ability to perform root cause analysis on processes and data to identify improvement opportunities.
• Demonstrated experience with data transformation, workload management, and metadata

Experience That’s a Plus

• Solar Industry experience
• Experience with Databricks, including medallion architecture
• Experience with RDSExperience with Spring Boot
• Experience with asynchronous programming (such as kotlin coroutines)
• Experience with multithreaded programming

Logistics

• Our office is in Ezacau Village in San José
• We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role, now or in the future
• This role would be hired as an EOR through Omnidian

Work-Life & Culture

• Culture of Growth: A collaborative environment with mentorship and opportunities for career advancement.
• Inclusive Community: Global affinity groups, supportive policies, and a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• We are a passionate, mission driven team that believes in collaboration, mutual respect and trust. For examples, come Discover our Story!

Grow with Us

• We mentor and invest in our employees and prioritize them for future opportunities. Check out our Instagram reels to see a few career journey examples
• We’re a fast-scaling growth company, which means we’re constantly reinventing processes, adding new products, and asking people to use all of their skills and talents. That means there’s going to be a lot of opportunities for you to grow, which also means you will likely be stretched in ways you’ve never experienced in a job before. If you are resilient, determined, and not afraid of a big challenge, come apply.

$79,000 - $93,000 a year

Monthly Compensation in USD: $6,590 - $7,750

Our Philosophy on Pay: The range listed above reflects the starting base salary for most new hires in this role. However, your financial growth doesn’t stop at the offer letter. We invest deeply in our people and reward results; annual merit increases can bring your total compensation above this initial range. Our goal is for you to continue growing within the pay band as you sharpen your skills and drive meaningful outcomes.

• Committed to Parity: We eliminate the “negotiation tax” by placing candidates within the band based on verified professional experience and skill set, not bartering ability, and by giving our best offer up front. This is a core part of our mission to ensure gender pay equity and fairness across the board.
• Comprehensive Health Coverage: Your well-being is our priority. We cover 100% of health insurance monthly premiums for employees and 50% for your dependents.
• Currency: You will be paid in US Dollars on a semi-monthly basis and responsible for any conversion fees
• Compliant Employment: Omnidian uses Rippling Costa Rica S.R.L. as our Employer of Record. They will handle your payroll, taxes, benefits, and statutory protections.

#LI-REMOTE

We strongly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and background will lead to a better environment for our employees and a better product for our customers. We are committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. We value diversity and inclusion and are committed to ensuring our hiring and retention practices, as well as our office culture, reflects this value.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Omnidian is an equal opportunity employer.  We are committed to diversity in the workplace.  We make employment decisions on the basis of merit and business need.  We hire without consideration to age, ancestry, citizenship, disability, gender expression, gender identity, marital status, national origin, political activity or affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other basis protected by law.

We invite you to be part of our mission to create a workplace that is inclusive and welcoming to all.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.