Staff Data Engineer

Who We Are

Tonal is the smartest home gym and personal trainer. With cutting-edge hardware, AI-driven coaching, and the world's largest dataset of real-world strength training, we're redefining how people train. Our platform combines data from millions of workouts, sensors, and integrations to deliver personalized training, enhance coaching, and measure progress in entirely new ways.

We're passionate about transforming lives through strength, performance, and health. At Tonal, innovation, science, and data come together to create a training experience that's personal, motivating, and measurable.

Overview

As a Staff Data Engineer, you will shape the backbone of Tonal's data platform. You'll design and scale systems that bring together massive volumes of workout, sensor, and health-related data while ensuring security, reliability, and trust. This role requires a deep understanding of compliance and security standards and the ability to build infrastructure that protects sensitive information while fueling product innovation, AI, and analytics.

What You Will Do

• Architect secure and scalable data systems that support Tonal's growth and meet regulatory standards.
• Build and optimize data models and pipelines across diverse sources : sensors, workouts, health integrations, CRM, payments, and content.
• Establish controls for access, encryption, anonymization, monitoring, and auditability.
• Define and enforce best practices for managing sensitive data, including PHI and PII.
• Collaborate with teams across Product, Engineering, Sports Science, and Healthcare to translate needs into compliant solutions.
• Conduct risk assessments and implement safeguards guided by NIST frameworks.
• Support SOC 2 audits by documenting and demonstrating effective security controls.
• Mentor engineers and scientists, setting high standards for secure data engineering.
• Continuously evolve the platform, introducing new tools and frameworks to balance innovation with strong regulatory posture.

Who You Are

Extra Credit

At Tonal, we believe that the unique and varied lived experiences of our teammates contribute to our overall strength. We don't just appreciate differences, we celebrate them, and we always seek people that represent a wide variety of backgrounds. We're dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team and designing employee experiences that contribute to your growth as much as you do to ours. If your experience aligns with what we're looking for (even if you don't check every single box), send us your application. We would love to hear from you!

Tonal is committed to meeting the diverse needs of people with disabilities in a timely manner that is consistent with the principles of independence, dignity, integration, and equality of opportunity. Should you have any accommodation requests, please reach out to us via our confidential email, accessibility@tonal.com. All requests will be addressed and responded to in accordance with Tonal's Accessibility Policy and local legislation.