Senior Data Engineer

Summary

Join Place Exchange as a Senior Data Engineer and contribute to scaling a large-scale, out-of-home digital ad exchange. You will work on developing and deploying features, collaborating with other engineers, and mentoring junior team members. The role involves shaping the team's roadmap and technical strategy while adhering to best software development practices. The ideal candidate possesses extensive full-stack software engineering experience, strong Python skills, and experience with testing, monitoring, and cloud-based solutions. Place Exchange offers a competitive salary, bonus, stock options, comprehensive health benefits, 401k matching, generous time off, and a flexible hybrid work environment.

Requirements

• Have 4-6 years of full-stack software engineering experience with a track record of building clear, maintainable code, and engineering large-scale systems
• Have strong experience with Python or comparable server-side languages, like Java or Node
• Have experience in building out well-thought functional and unit tests
• Have experience using metrics and monitoring tools/frameworks to handle performance optimization or to provide visibility into the systems
• Have experience with architecture and development of business solutions and acting as a thought leader in cloud-based technical solutions
• Have experience of mentoring, educating and motivating young developers
• Have strong problem solving, analytical and critical thinking skills
• Are a strong communicator who communicates effectively across groups, locations and cultures, in-person and virtually
• Have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or a similar field or applicable experience in the industry

Responsibilities

• Ship small to large features independently
• Pair with other senior engineers on the team to help deliver key initiatives
• Work with and mentor fellow software engineers to enhance our platform
• Play a key role in shaping our team, our roadmap and our technical strategy
• Operate in a team that follows best practices for shipping good software, including documentation, comprehensive testing, CI/CD hygiene and code instrumentation
• Learn and understand Place Exchange’s corporate, departmental and team goals
• Work with the Product team to have a clear understanding of the product roadmap
• Identify and incorporate tools needed for working on the transaction processing platform
• Diagnose and troubleshoot production application issues
• Gain a good understanding of the Place Exchange landscape
• Pair with team members on committed initiatives
• Work collaboratively with other engineering teams and incorporate best practices
• Work with stakeholders and formulate delivery plans for key initiatives
• Provide hands-on technical leadership in the development team
• Drive architecture for the team, consistently designing code that is aligned with the overall service architecture
• Promote and drive innovation in technologies, processes, and tools
• Deliver projects on time and budget, ensuring quality standards are met
• Mentor and develop team members, provide constructive feedback on design and code quality and build an inclusive culture with high performing teams
• Help define and enforce development practices, including unit tests and code reviews
• Develop a deep understanding of the business environment and strategy

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Spark, Airflow for ETL, DAG management
• Experience with AWS Lambda, Kubernetes for running applications
• Experience with Postgres, S3, Elasticsearch, Dynamo, Snowflake as data stores

Benefits

• For those based in New York City, the expected compensation for this role at time of hire is a salary range of $150,000 - $165,000, plus bonus (based on level and performance), and stock options
• Comprehensive health benefits
• Commuter benefits
• 401k with match
• Equity incentives
• Generous time off: 20 PTO days, sick days, and Summer Fridays
• Monthly cell phone and quarterly work-from-home stipends
• Place Exchange Gives Back program with charity donation matching
• Flexible hybrid work environment
• Ability to work remotely or work from the NYC office (or both!)