Expressions of Interest: Staff Data Engineer
Sydney, New South Wales / Melbourne, Victoria
Talent Community – Expression of Interest - Engineering /
Full-time /
Hybrid
Expression of Interest?
This isn’t a live role - yet.
We’re always looking to meet sharp humans who see the world a little differently and want to help us reimagine how people connect. If the role you’re looking for isn’t listed right now, this is your chance to raise your hand early. We’ll reach out when something opens up that matches your energy, your skills, and where we’re headed next.
What is Blinq?
Blinq is building the fastest, most intuitive way to share who you are and remember who you meet. What started as the world’s #1 digital business card is now the starting point for over 50 million new relationships a year - and growing at unicorn pace.
Our vision is to build the world’s intelligence layer for professional relationships - one that remembers for you, prompts when it matters, and keeps you in play. If that’s the kind of scale and ambition you want to be part of, you’re in the right place.
Why You’ll Love It Here
• Rapid growth: Doubling ARR every few months, expanding our product surface, and rapidly building our team across Sydney, San Francisco, Melbourne, and New York.
• Well-resourced: $45m+ raised from the likes of Blackbird, Touring Capital, Hubspot Ventures, and Square Peg - we’re continuously investing in the people and tools that fuel our mission.
• A rare moment to join: We’re hitting an inflection point - big enough to have momentum, small enough for you to shape the journey.
• Customers love it: 140k+ reviews and a 4.9/5 rating on the App Store - people around the world rely on Blinq to make that first interaction count.
• We work in person, on purpose: We believe creativity and energy are better face-to-face - so we spend 3 days a week in the office and the rest where you work best.
Engineering at Blinq
Our engineering team is the engine behind Blinq’s success. We’re building tools that make sharing who you are instant and human. Every line of code, every release, and every experiment is focused on driving meaningful impact. If you thrive on solving complex, high-impact problems with a tight-knit team, you’ll feel right at home here.
Role & Impact
We are looking for a Staff Data Engineer to take ownership of Blinq’s data engineering infrastructure. This is a great opportunity to lead and develop Blinq’s data practices, and maximise business impact.
At this exciting stage of our growth, we want to ensure our data is scalable, reliable, and ready for the future. With a great sense of ownership over our data and analytics platforms, you will be positively affecting team member growth and productivity! You would work closely with Product, Marketing, Sales and Engineering teams, collaborating with technical and non-technical peers to drive meaningful change. Be part of a start-up business and product-led growth at Blinq!
What You’ll Do
- In this role, you will become the strategic owner and technical leader of our data and analytics platforms.
- Building and optimising data pipelines which are scalable to support the collection, transformation, and loading (ETL) of data into databases, warehouses or lakes.
- Ensuring data quality and accuracy by implementing robust validation and observability processes.
- Collaborating closely with Product, Marketing, Sales and Engineering teams to align data systems with business goals and measure success effectively.
- Driving cross-functional efforts to address data integrity, reporting, and insights, while remediating inconsistencies and gaps.
- Documenting data processes, architecture, and workflows to ensure clarity and continuity across teams.
What You'll Bring
- You are a great collaborator who can work to understand the needs of different stakeholders and develop a strategy that considers each of these.
- You are an exceptionally strong communicator and are confident in advocating for data-driven practices and driving internal education around data.
- Extensive experience with SQL, data modeling tools like Dataform, and programming languages such as Python or R and data system architecture designs.
- Hands-on expertise with a modern event data stack and familiarity with tools such as Segment, Amplitude, BigQuery, Looker Studio, Google Analytics, SSGTM, CDP and AWS/GCP.
- A strong vision for building a scalable, reliable, and cutting-edge analytics platform, with the ability to develop a roadmap to achieve this.
- A solid grounding in mathematics, statistics, and data visualisation.
- Experience in MarTech and working with data systems that support machine learning workflows is desirable.
- High proficiency in A/B testing and event system design is also highly desirable.
What You Get
We hold a high bar and move with intent. You’ll get the clarity, trust, and ownership to meet it - and a team that pushes to do the best work of our lives. We back that with:
• Equity & ownership: We’re building something massive, and we want you to share in the upside. Genuinely.
• Competitive salary & growth path: As Blinq grows, your role and compensation grow with it - no glass ceilings here.
• Generous paid time off: At least 20 days fully disconnect each year, with a flexible policy beyond that.
• Parental leave that grows with you: 12 to 26 weeks full pay, based on tenure.
• Free food: Enjoy daily breakfast and lunch at some of our offices, plus an always-stocked snack bar.
