Senior Data Engineer

Assent is the leading AI native platform for supply chain sustainability and compliance, trusted by complex manufacturers and distributors around the world. Built and backed by experts who have led global compliance programs, our unified platform combines advanced AI, regulatory expertise, and the world’s largest supply chain data network to help organizations reduce risk, lower operational costs, and build trust across every tier of the value chain. From human rights and responsible sourcing to PFAS reporting and Digital Product Passports, Assent transforms regulatory complexity into actionable insights that drive real business outcomes.

With over 900 team members across India, North America, Malaysia, the EU, and Kenya and more than 1,000 customers globally, Assent brings together global perspective and deep domain expertise. Our hybrid work model enables teams to collaborate effectively across regions while staying connected to the communities where they live and work. As a certified B Corporation, we meet rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability. This reflects our commitment to building technology that drives business performance while creating long-term value for people and the planet.

People First. Technology Forward.

Our commitment to People, Culture & Community (PCC) is rooted in building a diverse, inclusive, and high-performing team. We recruit and retain team members with a range of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, while fostering a culture of belonging where all Assentees are respected, supported, and empowered to contribute.

As we continue to embed AI into how we work, we do so thoughtfully, enhancing human potential, supporting better decision-making, and prioritizing appropriate oversight, privacy, and fairness.

At Assent, we value your privacy and are committed to maintaining transparency in how we handle your personal information. As part of our talent acquisition and management processes, we may use AI technologies to support activities such as resume screening, candidate communication, and talent analytics.

Position Summary

As a Senior Data Engineer at Assent, you will play a critical role in advancing our data engineering practices and serving as a hands-on technical expert. You will contribute significantly to the vision and execution of our data engineering efforts, ensuring the development of secure, robust, scalable, and high-performing data platforms. Your role will involve driving key technical initiatives, collaborating on architectural decisions, and executing complex data engineering tasks to align our data infrastructure with Assent's business goals.

You will actively participate in the design, development, and implementation of sophisticated data solutions while offering mentorship and technical guidance to other engineers. Your contributions will have a broad impact across the organization as you champion best practices, innovate to enhance our data engineering capabilities, and work directly on the technical solutions required to advance our data systems.

Key Requirements & Responsibilities
 

• Contribute to the strategic vision for data engineering and participate in the architectural design and development of new and complex data solutions, focusing on scalability, performance, and hands-on implementation.
• Design and implement new data systems and infrastructure to ensure the reliability and scalability of data systems by actively contributing to day-to-day engineering tasks.
• Influence key decisions regarding the data technology stack, infrastructure, and tools while actively engaging in hands-on engineering efforts in the creation and deployment of new data architectures and workflows.
• Set coding standards and best practices for the Data Engineering & Operations team, conducting and participating in code reviews to maintain high-quality, consistent code.
• Work closely with database developers, software development, product management, and AI/ML developers to align data initiatives with Assent’s organizational goals.
• Collaborate with team members to monitor progress, adjust priorities, and meet project deadlines and objectives.
• Identify opportunities for internal process improvements, including automating manual processes and optimizing data delivery.
• Proactively support peers in continuous learning by providing technical guidance and training on data engineering development, analysis, and execution.

Qualifications

Your Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

We strongly value your talent, energy and passion. It will also be valuable to Assent if you have the following qualifications:
 

• Degree in a related field and 7+ years of data engineering experience.
• Proficiency in tools and languages, such as AWS, dbt, Snowflake, Git, R, Python, SQL, SQL Server, and Snowflake.
• Strong project management skills and the ability to communicate complex concepts effectively.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Adept at conveying complex data insights through a robust understanding of data management systems, warehouse methodologies, data quality standards, data modeling techniques, governance protocols, and advanced analytics.
• Familiarity with agile work environments and scrum ceremonies.
• Strong business acumen and experience in aligning data initiatives with business objectives.

Life at Assent

Wellness: We believe that you and your family’s well being is important. As a result, we offer vacation time that increases with tenure, comprehensive benefits packages (details vary by country), life leave days and more.

Financial Benefits: It’s not all about the money – well, it’s a little about the money. We understand that financial health is important and we offer a competitive base salary, a corporate bonus program, retirement savings options and more.

Life at Assent: There is purpose beyond your work. We provide our team members with flexible work options, volunteer days and opportunities to get involved in corporate giving initiatives.

Lifelong Learning: At Assent, curiosity is not only valued but encouraged. You will receive professional development days that are available to you the day you start.

At Assent, we are committed to growing and sustaining an environment where our team members feel included, valued, and heard. Our diversity and equal opportunity practices are guided and championed by our Diversity and Inclusion Working Group and our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs).

Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion includes recruiting and retaining team members from diverse backgrounds and experiences, and fostering a culture of belonging where all team members are included, treated with dignity and respect, promoted on their merits, and placed in positions to contribute to business success.

If you require assistance or accommodation throughout any part of the interview and selection process, please contact [email protected] and we will be happy to help.  

We use AI to support parts of our recruitment process, such as note-taking and initial shortlisting based on job-related qualifications. AI does not make hiring decisions. All candidates will speak with a real person, and final decisions are always made by our recruitment team.