Staff Data Engineer - TS/SCI Cleared

🇺🇸 Arlington, Virginia
Posted 8 months ago
Expires July 29, 2026
Full TimeOn-siteEngineeringData Science

ABOUT THE COMPANY

America is under sustained cyber attack. Our adversaries infiltrate our networks, steal our IP, and degrade the digital infrastructure that modern life runs on. They’ve learned—correctly—that those attacks rarely produce consequences.

Twenty was founded to change that, by making our adversaries think twice before they attack us. Our vision is American and allied primacy in cyberspace—a future where they cannot contest us, deterrence is assured, and the free world remains secure.

Founded in 2024, Twenty Technologies ( industrializes offensive cyber operations for the U.S. and its allies. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, Twenty has raised $38M from Caffeinated Capital, General Catalyst, and In-Q-Tel.

ROLE SUMMARY

You will own the data infrastructure that powers Twenty’s cyber operations applications and capabilities. This role is about building a durable, high-performance data lake and the pipelines, schemas, and query patterns that make petabyte-scale datasets usable and economical. You’ll partner closely with engineers and intelligence analysts to turn messy, high-volume operational data into reliable, well-modeled systems that drive real missions. You’ll also lead technical initiatives and mentor other engineers as we scale what we can support and ship.

WHO YOU ARE

- You think in systems: data modeling, storage formats, compute engines, and access patterns all have to fit together.

- You’re opinionated about schema and index design, and you can explain tradeoffs clearly.

- You default to measurable reliability: data quality, lineage, repeatability, and operational excellence.

- You’re comfortable working with ambiguous datasets and evolving requirements without lowering standards.

- You collaborate tightly across roles, especially with engineers and analysts who need fast, correct answers.

- You take leadership seriously—mentoring others, raising the bar, and driving initiatives to c...

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