Data Engineer (@Remote, Chile and Colombia)
OfferUp
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Posted:
August 17, 2023
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Remote
About the position
We are seeking an experienced Data Engineer to build and scale OfferUp's data processing platforms and tools. This role involves designing and developing applications to process large amounts of critical information, resolving data pipeline issues, and collaborating with multiple teams to understand their data needs. The successful candidate will have a strong background in distributed systems, proficiency in SQL and Python, and experience with open-source data infrastructure projects. Additionally, knowledge of cloud environments like AWS and GCP, as well as operational tools, is a plus. This is an opportunity to contribute to the largest mobile marketplace and help drive data-driven capabilities throughout the organization.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop applications to process large amounts of critical information for analytics and user-facing features.
- Monitor and resolve data pipeline or data integrity issues.
- Work with multiple teams to understand their data needs.
- Maintain and expand the data infrastructure.
- Have 3+ years of professional software development experience.
- Possess strong ability in distributed systems for processing large-scale data.
- Communicate technical information effectively to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Proficient in SQL and Python.
- Experience leveraging open-source data infrastructure projects such as Airflow, Kafka, Avro, Parquet, Hadoop, Hive, HBase, Presto, or Druid.
- Experience building scalable data pipelines and real-time data streams.
- Experience building software in AWS or a similar cloud environment.
- Experience with AWS services like Kinesis, Firehose, Lambda, Sagemaker is a big plus.
- Experience with GCP services like BigQuery, Cloud Functions is a big plus.
- Experience with operational tools like Terraform, Datadog, and Pagerduty is a big plus.
- Computer Science or Engineering degree required, Masters degree preferred.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken (fluency in English required).
Requirements
- 3+ years of professional software development experience
- Strong ability in distributed systems for processing large scale data processing
- Ability to communicate technical information effectively to technical and non-technical audiences
- Proficiency in SQL and Python
- Experience leveraging open source data infrastructure projects, such as Airflow, Kafka, Avro, Parquet, Hadoop, Hive, HBase, Presto or Druid
- Experience building scalable data pipelines and real-time data streams
- Experience building software in AWS or a similar cloud environment
- Experience with AWS services like Kinesis, Firehose, Lambda, Sagemaker is a big plus
- Experience with GCP services like BigQuery, Cloud Functions is a big plus
- Experience with operational tools like Terraform, Datadog and Pagerduty is a big plus
- Computer Science or Engineering degree required, Masters degree preferred
- Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken (fluency in English required)
Benefits
- Equal employment opportunities (EEO) provided to all employees and applicants
- Non-discrimination policy based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics
- Compliance with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment
- Prohibition of workplace harassment based on various factors
- Dynamic team and work environment
- Opportunity to be part of a company changing the way people buy and sell locally
- Collaboration with law enforcement agencies to create safe in-person locations for transactions
- Large user base with millions of monthly users and downloads
- Billions of dollars worth of transactions facilitated via the OfferUp marketplace every month