Kajabi
Data Engineer
🇺🇸 Remote - US
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $109K - $145K
💻 Data Science
🗓️ November 27th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
- Design and maintain scalable data platform components for ingestion, transformation, and analytics.
- Develop containerized services using Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), and Helm.
- Manage infrastructure provisioning with Terraform on AWS and other providers.
- Build ingestion pipelines using Airbyte, Rudderstack, and Kafka.
- Create data pipelines and models in Snowflake with DBT for performance and reliability.
- Design real-time analytics datasets in ClickHouse for high concurrency workloads.
- Use Python for automation, orchestration, and integrations; contribute to CI/CD with GitHub Actions.
- Leverage Datadog for monitoring and troubleshooting distributed systems.
- Strong software engineering skills with expertise in SQL, Python, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS services, and data governance.
- Compensation ranges from $108,750 to $145,000 plus bonus, with benefits including full medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, PTO, and wellness perks.
Data Engineer Full Description
Data Engineer - Platform About Us
Kajabi is in the middle of a once-in-a-decade transformation.
After fifteen years, our founders returned to rebuild Kajabi with the same speed, hunger, and grit that sparked the original movement. Weâre not a corporate SaaS company trying to play it safe â weâre a team of builders rewriting the future of the expert economy.
Millions of people around the world rely on Kajabi to share what they know and change lives because of it. Our Heroes arenât âcustomersâ⦠theyâre everyday entrepreneurs using Kajabi to build freedom for themselves and impact for others.
If you want to be part of a company moving fast, raising the bar, and building something that actually matters â welcome in.
Your Impact
This role will help shape Kajabiâs next generation data platform capabilities. Your work will enable:
- A trustworthy and scalable internal analytics platform that empowers teams across Kajabi.
- Production-grade analytics data for our customers, enriching the core Kajabi products.
This is a high-impact role for someone who thrives in system design, distributed data engineering, and platform reliability.
What Youâll Do
- Design, build, and maintain scalable components of Kajabiâs data platform to support ingestion, transformation, observability, and analytics.
- Develop and operate containerized services using Docker, and contribute to deployment workflows leveraging Kubernetes (EKS) and Helm.
- Provision and manage infrastructure using Terraform within AWS and other providers.
- Build and scale ingestion pipelines using tools such as Airbyte, Rudderstack, and Kafka.
- Develop data pipelines and modeling workflows in Snowflake with DBT, ensuring performance, reliability, and best practices.
- Design and scale real-time analytics datasets in ClickHouse to support high-concurrency production workloads.
- Build Python services and tooling to automate, orchestrate, and integrate data processing.
- Contribute to CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions.
- Use Datadog for monitoring, observability, and troubleshooting distributed systems.
- Partner closely with production engineering to ensure data platform infrastructure aligns with Kajabiâs broader engineering standards.
- Apply strong data governance and data quality practices across pipelines and platform components.
- Participate in planning and execution workflows; familiarity with Shape Up and/or Agile methodologies is a plus.
What You Bring
- Strong software engineering foundation with experience owning and operating infrastructure in a production environment.
- Proficient with SQL and Python.
- Deep experience with Docker and containerization.
- Experience deploying services using Kubernetes (EKS) and Helm.
- Experience with Terraform for cloud resource provisioning.
- Extensive AWS experience, including S3, DynamoDB, Lambda, and Glue.
- Experience with Snowflake.
- Experience building pipelines and transformations with DBT.
- Experience with Airbyte, Rudderstack, Kafka, and ClickHouse.
- Experience with Datadog for observability and troubleshooting.
- Experience with CI/CD using GitHub Actions.
- Strong troubleshooting abilities for complex distributed systems.
- Excellent written communication skills with clear, structured documentation abilities.
- High level of organization and ability to collaborate effectively across engineering teams.
- Understanding of data governance and data quality best practices.
Kajabi Team Benefits Package
- Competitive full-time salary + bonus + equity eligibility
- Full medical, dental, and vision (company-paid for you + family)
- 401(k) with 6% match
- Flexible PTO
- Fitness + wellness perks
- Mental health resources
- In-office lunches, collaboration days, and leadership growth opportunities
Pay Range
At Kajabi we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for a bonus. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise.
US based applicants only.
$108,750 - $145,000 + bonus
How to Apply
If youâre ready to design and operate the next generation of Kajabiâs data platformâand you want to build systems that directly power our product and internal analyticsâsubmit your application below. Weâre looking for engineers who set a high technical bar, think rigorously, and can deliver reliable, scalable infrastructure in a fast-moving environment.
Apply now.
Kajabi LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
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