Senior Software Engineer - Data Automation

Klaviyo • Boston, MA

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About The Position

Klaviyo’s Data Automation team builds tooling that helps Data Platform engineers provision and use infrastructure for core Klaviyo functionality and data-driven insights. The Senior Software Engineer will design, build, and maintain mission-critical analytics infrastructure, collaborating with a cross-functional team to write technical design documents, create system infrastructure, develop high-quality code, and operate large-scale production systems. The role also includes reviewing engineering designs and code and providing technical mentorship to engineers on the team and across the broader engineering organization.

Klaviyo operates a real-time data platform at massive scale on Amazon Web Services (AWS). The team’s technology stack includes AWS, Terraform, Python, Kubernetes, ClickHouse, DynamoDB, MySQL, Kafka, Spark, Flink, Iceberg, and Airflow.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent experience.
• At least 7 years of experience in a software engineering discipline.
• High proficiency in at least one modern programming language.
• Experience provisioning infrastructure using Terraform or a similar infrastructure-as-code tool.
• Experience designing, building, and operating distributed systems in a cloud computing environment.
• Experience using Linux operating systems.
• Experience with OLTP and OLAP databases.
• Experience with high-volume data processing and storage systems.
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• Ability to work collaboratively on a team.
• Ability to learn continuously and adapt to a high-growth environment.
• Ability to persist in and solve difficult problems.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain mission-critical analytics infrastructure.
• Collaborate with a cross-functional team on technical design documents, system infrastructure, high-quality code, and operation of large-scale production systems.
• Review other engineers’ designs and code.
• Provide technical mentorship to engineers on the team and in the broader engineering organization.

What This Job Offers

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