San Diego, CA · In-Person · Full-Time

Cadre AI is an AI strategy and integration firm that builds production AI systems for B2B companies in private equity, wholesale lending, real estate, and SaaS. We don’t build decks about what AI could do. We ship systems that move revenue, compress costs, and automate the work that used to take entire teams.

The Head of Data Engineering will build and lead Cadre AI’s Data Engineering practice from the ground up. This is a senior, hands-on leadership role responsible for architecting and scaling multi-tenant Snowflake data warehouse solutions—both for our internal operations and as a core service offering for our clients.

You are the technical authority on all things data infrastructure. You work directly with clients to design cloud-native data platforms, build modern ELT/ETL pipelines, and establish data governance frameworks. As the practice grows, you will recruit and mentor a team of data engineers, evolving this function into a standalone revenue-generating practice within Cadre AI.

You can whiteboard a Snowflake architecture in the morning, pair with engineers on dbt models in the afternoon, and present a data strategy roadmap to a client’s leadership team by end of day. That range is the job.

Cadre AI is building the future of how companies adopt and operate AI. We believe the best data systems come from engineers who understand both the infrastructure and the business outcomes it enables. If that’s how you think, we want to talk.