Sr. Data Platform Engineer (US)

Craft.co

• $170K — $204K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of experience in Data Engineering
  • 4+ years of experience with Python
  • Strong knowledge of ETL/ELT processes, both batch and streaming
  • Fundamental understanding of data warehousing, Data Lakes, and distributed processing
  • Proficiency in software development lifecycle and software engineering practices
  • Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code approaches
  • Demonstrated curiosity in technology and strong problem-solving skills

Responsibilities

  • Build and optimize data pipelines for batch and streaming
  • Extract, analyze, and model diverse datasets of structured and unstructured data
  • Design maintainable and testable software solutions
  • Contribute to data strategy and vision development
  • Track and incorporate emerging data engineering technologies and best practices
  • Develop extendable systems for scalable data processing
  • Apply machine learning techniques to derive insights from data

Benefits

  • Equity at a well-funded, fast-growing startup
  • Unlimited vacation time for work-life balance
  • 99% health, dental, and vision insurance coverage for employees and dependents
  • 401K options through Empower
Full Job Description
About the Role:

We're growing quickly and looking to hire several senior-level data engineers for multiple teams. Each team is responsible for a key product within the organization. As a core member of the team, you will have great say in how solutions are engineered and delivered. Craft gives engineers a lot of responsibility and authority, which is matched by our investment in their growth and development.

Our data engineers carry a lot of software engineering responsibilities, so we're looking for engineers who have strong Python coding experience, Pandas expertise, and solid software engineering practices.

What You'll Do:
  • Build and optimize data pipelines (batch and streaming).
  • Extracting, analyzing and modeling rich and diverse datasets of structured and unstructured data.
  • Design software that is easily testable and maintainable.
  • Support in setting data strategies and our vision.
  • Keep track of emerging technologies and trends in the Data Engineering world, incorporating modern tooling and best practices at Craft.
  • Work on extendable data processing systems that allows to add and scale pipelines.
  • Apply machine learning techniques such as anomaly detection, clustering, regression classification, and summarization to extract value from our data sets.
  • Leverage AI-powered development tools (e.g. Cursor) to accelerate development, refactoring, and code generation.


Who You Are:
  • 4+ years of experience in Data Engineering.
  • 4+ years of experience with Python.
  • Experience in developing, maintaining, and ensuring the reliability, scalability, fault tolerance, and observability of data pipelines in a production environment.
  • Have fundamental knowledge of data engineering techniques: ETL/ELT, batch and streaming, DWH, Data Lakes, distributed processing.
  • Strong knowledge of SDLC and solid software engineering practices.
  • Familiar with infrastructure-as-code approach.
  • Demonstrated curiosity through asking questions, digging into new technologies, and always trying to grow.
  • Strong problem solving and the ability to communicate ideas effectively.
  • Self-starter, independent, likes to take initiative.
  • Familiarity with at least some of the technologies in our current tech stack:
    • Python, PySpark, Pandas, SQL (PostgreSQL), ElasticSearch, Airflow, Docker
    • Databricks, AWS (S3, Batch, Athena, RDS, DynamoDB, Glue, ECS, Amazon Neptune)
    • CircleCI, GitHub, Terraform
  • Knowledge surrounding AI-assisted coding and experience with Cursor, Co-Pilot, or Codex
  • A strong track record of leveraging AI IDEs like Cursor to:
    • Rapidly scaffold components and APIs
    • Refactor legacy codebases efficiently
    • Reduce context-switching and accelerate documentation
    • Experiment and prototype with near-instant feedback


What We Offer:
  • Competitive salary starting at $170,000 USD/ year. This starting number can be increased based on levels of expertise, location, cost of living, taxes, market experience, etc.
  • Equity at a well-funded, fast-growing startup
  • Unlimited vacation time so you can take what you need, when you need it
  • 99% covered health + dental + vision insurance for employees and dependents
  • 401K through Empower with options to invest how you want it


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