At Maki, data fuels everything: our AI agents, the user experience, customer insights, internal decision-making, and future predictive analytics.
We’re hiring our first data lead to own our data foundation and help shape how data becomes a product at Maki.
This is a builder role: you will architect systems, model data, expose insights, and infuse AI into how people interact with information.
You’ll work directly with Product, Engineering, and the Founders to lay the foundations of our long-term data strategy.
Design, build, and maintain data pipelines (ingestion → transformation → serving)
Own our data lake / warehouse and model production-grade tables
Implement monitoring, testing, documentation, and governance practices
Own dashboarding (Looker, Metabase, or similar)
Deliver trustworthy datasets and self-serve analytics tools
Support customer SQL requests and internal ad-hoc analyses
Build the semantic layer that powers internal and external insights
Build embedded data experiences inside Maki’s product
Explore and deploy AI-driven interfaces (natural language querying, automated reports)
Partner with the product team to turn raw data into customer value
Strong engineering foundation (software / data engineering)
Fluent SQL; Python experience is a plus
Experience with modern data stacks (BigQuery/Snowflake, dbt, Airflow)
Experience with BI tools (Looker, Metabase…)
Ability to design scalable models and pipelines
Curiosity for AI-driven analytics (LLMs, semantic layers, query generation)
Pragmatic, structured problem-solver
Comfortable with high ownership and ambiguity
Experience building self-serve analytics tools
Past work on AI-based querying / Natural language to SQL
Experience embedding data products into SaaS applications
Top Skills
What We Do
Our vision is to give human resources more-than-human powers.
We are building AI agents that liberate HR teams, advance organizations, and expand human potential.
HR was never designed for impact. For decades, it has been trapped in legacy systems—built for record-keeping, not decision-making. Buried in manual tasks, fragmented tools, and static processes, HR teams struggle to keep up with the demands of modern work.
Outdated ATS and LMS systems force inefficiencies, and 90% of talent data remains unstructured, wasted, and unusable. Instead of engaging top talent or filling critical roles, HR is stuck in administrative work—screening, scheduling, and chasing candidates lost in slow, impersonal processes.
Maki changes that.
By combining human ingenuity with AI-driven intelligence, Maki transforms HR from an administrative function into a strategic powerhouse.
Our AI Agents don’t just assist—they take action. Fully autonomous, they embed into each company’s workflows, freeing HR to drive impact, not manage inefficiencies.
No more wasted data. No more rigid systems. Just seamless, AI-powered talent intelligence that fuels business growth.
