Cars.com is hiring a
Data Engineer III

Summary

Join Cars Commerce, a company that simplifies car buying and selling, as a Data Engineer to build scalable platforms and systems. Collaborate with teams to design, develop, and maintain mission-critical Big Data applications. Build data pipelines and derive insights from data using advanced analytic techniques.

Requirements

• Experience with one or more query language (e.g., SQL, PL/SQL, DDL, HiveQL, SparkSQL)
• Experience with data modeling, warehousing and building ETL pipelines
• Proficiency in at least one programming language commonly used within Data Engineering, such as Python, Scala, or Java
• Solid understanding of Spark and ability to write, debug and optimize Spark code in Python
• Solid understanding of various file formats and compression techniques
• Experience with any of ETL schedulers such as Airflow or similar frameworks
• Experience with source code management systems such as Github and developing CI/CD pipelines with tools such as Jenkins for data
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to design, develop and debug at a cross-project level
• Data Engineering | 3+ years of designing & developing complex, real-time applications at enterprise scale; specifically Python and/or Scala
• Big Data Ecosystem | 2+ years of hands-on, professional experience with tools and platforms like Spark Streaming, EMR, Kafka
• AWS Cloud | 2+ years of professional experience in developing Big Data applications in the cloud, specifically AWS

Responsibilities

• Build data pipelines and deriving insights out of the data using advanced analytic techniques, streaming and machine learning at scale
• Work within a dynamic, forward thinking team environment where you will design, develop, and maintain mission-critical, highly visible Big Data applications
• Build, deploy and support data pipelines into production
• Work in close partnership with other Engineering teams, including Data Science, & cross-functional teams, such as Product Management & Product Design
• Opportunity to mentor others on the team and share your knowledge across the Cars.com organization

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with developing REST APIs
• Experience to develop Spark streaming jobs to read data from Kafka
• Experience working with Google Analytics
• Experience working with digital marketing platforms such as Facebook, Google Ads, and so on

Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision Healthcare Plans
• 401(k) with Company Match + Immediate Vesting
• New Hire Stipend for Home Office Set-Up
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Generous PTO
• Refuel - a service based recognition program where employees receive additional paid time away to learn grow and reset
• Paid Holidays, Floating Holiday, Volunteer Day, Recharge Day