Senior Data Engineer

We are seeking an experienced Data Engineer to join our team at iSpot.tv. As a Data Engineer, you will be responsible for expanding and optimizing our data and data pipeline architecture, as well as optimizing data flow and collection for cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate is someone who enjoys building and optimizing data systems from the ground up and has a strong background in AWS, Spark, and architecting event-driven big data pipelines. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the success of a rapidly growing start-up and work with a team of analytics experts.

• Contribute to building and maintaining data pipelines as well as the implementation of the data lake and data warehouse
• Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability, etc.
• Build the infrastructure required for extraction, transformation, and loading of data from a wide variety of data sources using SQL and AWS 'big data' technologies
• Collaborate with data science and engineering team members to create data tools that assist them in building and optimizing our product into an innovative industry leader
• Work with data and analytics experts to strive for greater functionality in our data systems
• Follow software engineering best practices with readable code that is in source control, testable, deployable, and appropriately documented

• 5+ years of experience in a Data Engineer role
• Graduate degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Informatics, Information Systems or another quantitative field
• Expertise in AWS, Spark, and architecting event-driven big data pipelines and data sets
• Experience with data modeling and databases (Redshift and Snowflake are nice to have)
• Expertise in a programming language outside of SQL (e.g. Python)
• Experience in problem-solving and finding issues
• Excellent communication skills
• A natural collaborator with a proven ability to work across teams to get things done.

• Target cash compensation range: $120,000.00 - $152,000.00 USD Annually
• Competitive, market-informed compensation including base salary, variable commission, and annual bonus targets
• Eligibility to participate in iSpot's equity plan to receive stock options
• Eligibility for (pre-approved) overtime pay for non-exempt roles
• Hybrid and flexible workplace policy
• Option to work as a full-time or part-time office-based employee or a fully remote employee
• Hybrid work schedule allowing for flexibility and consistency
• Local employees or those living in surrounding areas to one of the offices (Bellevue, WA; El Segundo, CA; New York, NY) work a hybrid schedule, coming into the local office 1-3 days a week
• Fully remote schedule for employees in roles not office-based and located further away from the offices
• Equal opportunity employer with consideration for race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status
• Assistance and reasonable accommodation for applicants with disabilities during the application or recruiting process