Senior Data Engineer

FOX News Network, LLC • $143K — $170K *

Los Angeles, CA 90011Hybrid

Media

5 - 7 years of experience

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Qualifications

7+ years of hands-on data engineering experience, focusing on pipeline architecture and large-scale systems
Advanced proficiency in Databricks (Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Workflows) and Snowflake
Strong Python skills, with Scala being a plus
Solid experience with AWS data services such as Kinesis, S3, Glue, Lambda, API Gateway
Experience with real-time/event-driven architectures like Kafka or Kinesis
Working knowledge of Airflow or Astronomer for orchestration
Familiarity with observability tooling like Datadog

Responsibilities

Drive architectural decisions and establish engineering standards within the team
Mentor mid-level and junior engineers, promoting code quality and team standards
Architect and build complex ETL/ELT pipelines for large-scale ad and campaign data
Design and optimize data models in Databricks and Snowflake for performance
Build and operate real-time data flows using Kafka, Kinesis, and AWS services
Champion data governance and ensure quality through validation frameworks
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate data requirements into products

Benefits

Own critical infrastructure in a high-scale, real-time ad tech environment
Work with a modern stack including Databricks, Delta Lake, Kafka, Kinesis, and AWS
Collaborate with a team that emphasizes engineering excellence and lasting systems
Engage in a unique intersection of identity, audience, and programmatic advertising challenges

Full Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION

AdRise, FOX's advertising technology platform, is looking for a Senior Data Engineer to design and own the data infrastructure powering ad delivery, audience analytics, identity resolution, and campaign measurement at scale. You'll work across Databricks, Snowflake, and AWS to build pipelines that are fast, reliable, and built to last - and you'll serve as a technical anchor for the broader data engineering team, raising the bar on architecture, code quality, and operational standards.

This is a high-ownership role for an engineer who wants to solve hard data problems, influence platform-level decisions, and directly shape the systems that drive a large-scale streaming ad business.

A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

Technical Leadership

Serve as a senior technical voice on the team - driving architecture decisions, establishing engineering standards, and leading design reviews
Mentor and provide technical guidance to mid-level and junior engineers; participate in code review and raise overall team craft
Identify and drive improvements to existing systems - performance, reliability, cost, and maintainability

Pipeline & Platform Engineering

Architect, build, and own complex ETL/ELT pipelines that ingest, transform, and deliver large-scale ad event, identity, and campaign data
Design and optimize data models in Databricks (Delta Lake) and Snowflake for performance, cost efficiency, and downstream usability
Build and operate real-time and event-driven data flows using Kafka, Kinesis, and AWS-native services (Glue, Lambda, S3, API Gateway)
Implement CDC patterns and streaming ingestion to support low-latency analytics and operational data products

Data Quality, Governance & Observability

Build and maintain data quality frameworks, validation layers, and alerting pipelines using Datadog and Airflow/Astronomer
Champion data governance standards - lineage, cataloging, access controls - within Unity Catalog and across the platform
Ensure systems are well-documented, observable, and operationally sound

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Partner with data analysts, analytics engineers, and ML/data science teams to translate requirements into durable data products
Collaborate with platform and infrastructure engineers on shared systems, pipeline dependencies, and cost optimization
Interface with stakeholders to define data contracts, SLAs, and schema standards

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

7+ years of hands-on data engineering experience, with depth in pipeline architecture, data modeling, and large-scale data systems
Advanced proficiency in Databricks (Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Workflows) and Snowflake
Strong Python skills; Scala a plus
Solid experience with AWS data services: Kinesis, S3, Glue, Lambda, API Gateway
Experience with real-time / event-driven architectures (Kafka, Kinesis, or equivalent)
Working knowledge of Airflow or Astronomer for orchestration
Familiarity with Datadog or comparable observability tooling for data pipelines
Demonstrated ability to own systems end-to-end - from design through production operations
Strong communication skills; able to articulate technical tradeoffs to both engineering and non-engineering stakeholders

NICE TO HAVE, BUT NOT A DEALBREAKER

Experience in digital advertising, connected TV, or streaming media - ad delivery, identity graphs, audience segmentation, or campaign measurement
Experience with identity resolution systems (UID2, HEM, or similar)
CI/CD for data pipelines and infrastructure-as-code (CDK or Terraform)
Familiarity with dbt or analytics engineering patterns
Agile/Kanban experience in a data or platform engineering environment

WHY JOIN ADRISE

Own meaningful infrastructure in a high-scale, real-time ad tech environment powering FOX's connected TV business
Work with a modern, cloud-native stack - Databricks, Delta Lake, Kafka, Kinesis, AWS - with real investment behind it
Collaborate with a team that values engineering rigor, documentation, and building systems that last
Be part of a platform that sits at the intersection of identity, audience, and programmatic advertising - a genuinely interesting problem space

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