Data Engineer

Edmunds.com • Santa Monica, CA

13h • Remote

About The Position

At Edmunds, we make the car buying experience easier. By combining expert vehicle reviews and real-time consumer and automotive market insights with a suite of intuitive shopping tools, we empower millions of people to buy, sell, and price cars with total confidence. While we are an established leader in automotive tech, our company thrives on innovation and agility, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in a competitive industry to keep our customers and our culture at the forefront. The Data Platform team manages, supports, and enhances the system that powers Edmunds’ business intelligence. Our user base consists of analysts, engineers, business owners, sales, and executives. Analysts and engineers use the Data Platform to build production pipelines that ingest and curate Edmunds core data. Business users interact with AI tools, reports, dashboards, and other query engines to glean insights from said data. The Data Platform team is seeking a great engineer to help us grow, maintain and support this system that almost every Edmunds employee utilizes day to day.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in Data Engineering or similar role.
• Proficiency in Spark (Python or Scala).
• Fluency in Python and SQL.
• Extensive experience both using and administering Databricks.
• Familiarity with IaC concepts and hands on experience with Terraform and/or CDK.
• Excellent problem solving, troubleshooting, and communication skills in a hybrid environment.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support our Databricks platform and the underlying AWS infrastructure.
• Support and collaborate with various cross-functional customers such as: Business & Executives, Engineering teams & Data Science, Analytics, Security & Infrastructure.
• Explore, POC, and propose adoption of new features and technologies for the platform.
• Build and maintain ETL pipelines for operational data that help us understand the health of the many different facets of the Data Platform.
• Build, enhance, and maintain IaC artifacts for admin tooling (CDK, Terraform).
• Ensure teams can effectively use the Data Platform to build internal and external facing AI solutions.
• Build, enhance, and maintain dashboards, alerts, and reports that allow us to act on operational, cost, and security signals.

Benefits

• Flexible time off
• 13 Paid Holidays
• Comprehensive Health Benefits (medical, dental, vision, life and disability)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Employees) and Health Savings Accounts (Employee and Employer Contributions)
• 401K Plan with company matching at 100%, up to 6% of eligible salary with immediate vesting
• Stock purchase program
• CarMax vehicle discount
• Up to 4 months Paid Parental Leave
• HeartCash matches employee donations to the causes that are important to them
• 2 Days of Paid Time Off for time to dedicate to social impact causes
• FitCash covers a portion of gym or fitness activity fees
• Well-being sessions
• Employee Recognition Program
• On-going career development opportunities
• Pet insurance
• Sabbatical leave
• Education Reimbursement
• Pre-tax spending accounts for qualified transportation expenses

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level