Senior Data Engineer

Summary

Join Handshake's dynamic engineering team as a Senior Data Engineer, playing a key role in developing and evolving our data platform. You will lead the data engineering function, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to build data-driven features. Responsibilities include data architecture and design, performance optimization, and ensuring data quality and governance. You will also advance our Generative AI strategy by designing and implementing supporting data pipelines. The ideal candidate possesses extensive data engineering experience, software engineering excellence, and cloud platform proficiency. A competitive compensation package is offered.

Requirements

• Extensive data engineering experience: A proven track record in designing and implementing large-scale, complex data pipelines, data warehousing solutions, and data products. Deep knowledge of data engineering technologies, tools, and frameworks
• Software engineering excellence: Experience implementing software engineering best practices in build services for data consumption, ensuring reliability, maintainability, and scalability of data delivery systems
• Cloud platform proficiency: Hands-on experience with cloud-based data technologies, preferably Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including BigQuery, DataFlow, BigTable, and more
• Problem-solving abilities: Exceptional problem-solving skills, with the ability to tackle complex data engineering challenges and propose innovative solutions
• Collaborative mindset: A collaborative and team-oriented approach to work, with the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Technical leadership: Taking ownership of the data engineering function and providing technical guidance to the data engineering team. Mentoring junior data engineers, fostering a culture of learning, and promoting best practices in data engineering
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams: Working closely with product managers, product engineers, and other stakeholders to define data requirements, design data solutions, and deliver high-quality, data-driven features
• Data architecture and design: Designing and implementing scalable and robust data products that enable self-serve analytics for internal and external use. Staying abreast of emerging technologies and tools in the data engineering space, evaluating their potential impact on the data platform, and making strategic recommendations
• Performance optimization: Identifying performance bottlenecks in data processes and implementing solutions to enhance data processing efficiency
• Data quality and governance: Ensuring data integrity, reliability, and security through the implementation of data governance policies and data quality monitoring
• Advancing our Generative AI strategy: Leveraging your Data Engineering knowledge to design and implement data pipelines that support our AI Initiatives for both internal development and product features, advising and working in collaboration with our ML teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Machine learning for data enrichment: Experience in applying machine learning techniques to data engineering tasks for data enrichment and augmentation
• End to end data service deployment, comfortable with product alignment of data-driven initiatives
• Containerization and orchestration: Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker and container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes
• Dbt: Experience with dbt as a data transformation tool for orchestrating and organizing data pipelines

Benefits

• Equity and ownership in a fast-growing company
• 16 Weeks of paid parental leave for birth giving parents & 10 weeks of paid parental leave for non-birth giving parents
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision policies including LGTBQ+ Coverage. We also provide resources for Mental Health Assistance, Employee Assistance Programs and counseling support
• Generous learning & development opportunities and an annual $2,000/£1,500/€1,850 stipend for you to grow your skills and career
• Financial coaching through Origin to help you through your financial journey
• Monthly internet stipend and a brand new MacBook to allow you to do your best work
• Monthly commuter stipend for you to expense your travel to the office (for office-based employees)
• Free lunch provided 3x a week across all offices
• Referral bonus to reward you when you bring great talent to Handshake
• 401k Match: Handshake offers a dollar-for-dollar match on 1% of deferred salary, up to a maximum of $1,200 per year
• All full-time US-based Handshakers are eligible for our flexible time off policy to get out and see the world. In addition, we offer 13 standardized holidays, and 2 additional days of flexible holiday time off. Lastly, we have a Winter #ShakeBreak, a one-week period of Collective Time Off
• Handshake offers $500 home office stipend for you to spend during your first 3 months to create a productive and comfortable workspace at home
• Family support: Parental leave coaching and support provided by Parentaly. We partner with Maven Clinic to provide a lifetime coverage up to $15K for expenses related to fertility and family forming!
• Lifestyle Savings Account: We offer you an annual stipend of $500 to use for purchases such as fitness classes, gym memberships, work-from-home setup , and more
• Pension Scheme: Handshake will provide you with a workplace pension, where you will make contributions based on 5% of your salary. Handshake will pay the equivalent of 3% towards your pension plan, subject to qualifying earnings limits
• Up to 25 days of vacation to encourage people to reset, recharge, and refresh, in addition to 8 bank holidays throughout the year
• Regular offsites each year to bring the team together + opportunity to travel to our HQ in San Francisco
• Discounts across various high street retailers, cinemas and other social activities exclusively for Handshake UK employees
• 25 days of annual leave + 5 days of a winter #ShakeBreak, a one-week period of Collective Time Off across the company
• Regular offsites each year to bring the team together + opportunity to travel to our HQ in San Francisco once a year
• Urban sports club membership offering access to a diverse network of fitness and wellness facilities
• Discounts across various high street retailers, cinemas and other social activities exclusively for Handshake Germany employees