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Staff Software Engineer, Ads Data Platform
Location
California + 18 moreAll locations: California | Colorado | Connecticut | District Of Columbia | Hawaii | Illinois | Maine | New Hampshire | New Jersey | New York | Oregon | Maryland | Massachusetts | Pennsylvania | Rhode Island | Texas | Vermont | Virginia | Washington
Posted
75 days ago
Salary
$221K - $279.5K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Staff Software Engineer, Ads Data Platform
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• Lead and break down complex problems while keeping the broader data vision in focus. • Collaborate with engineers and engineering teams, providing mentorship and fostering a strong engineering culture. • Directly contribute to our data vision and engineering architecture. Produce and review technical artifacts that align with business goals. • Oversee engineering initiatives end-to-end, proactively managing risks, setting goals, and ensuring smooth execution and delivery. • Balance maintainability with tech debt and the development of new features.
Job Requirements
- 8+ years of software development experience.
- Proven ability to work with multiple stakeholders and manage ambiguity and conflicting requirements.
- Self-motivated with a strong sense of ownership in a fast-paced startup environment.
- Expertise in Spark, ETLs, Distributed System architecture, MapReduce, SQL, and Big Data infrastructure.
- Experience in balancing urgency and pragmatism with high-quality, long-term solutions.
- 10+ years of experience (preferred)
- Strong background in Scala and functional programming (preferred)
- Familiarity with Snowflake, Databricks, DBT, Airflow, Python, Terraform, and Go (preferred).
Benefits
- flexible work arrangements
- new hire equity grant
- annual refresh grants
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