Senior Data Engineer

Summary

Join Second Dinner, an award-winning game development studio, as a Data Engineer. You will report to the Director of Data and focus on building and operating data infrastructure for marketing and game teams. Your primary responsibility is ensuring high-quality and accessible data for data-driven decisions. You will collaborate with various teams to deliver robust pipelines and self-service analytics tools, refining user acquisition and retention strategies. This remote-first position offers a competitive salary, equity, comprehensive benefits, and potential performance bonuses. The ideal candidate possesses extensive data infrastructure and engineering expertise, experience with large-scale data systems, and proficiency in SQL and Python.

Requirements

• Extensive expertise with data infrastructure and data engineering
• Demonstrated experience in large-scale distributed data systems such as Spark and Flink
• Deep expertise in analytical database technologies, including SQL and NoSQL
• Proficiency in SQL and Python
• Experience with database technologies and ETL/ELT processes
• Experience with orchestration and automation tools like Airflow and Beam
• Experience with Databricks and AWS-based data/analytics solutions
• Knowledge of marketing platforms and data tools such as Braze and AppsFlyer
• Proven success in collaborative cross-functional work environments
• Passion for serving a diverse and global player base

Responsibilities

• Develop and operate data infrastructure and pipelines to enable robust data for analytics and reporting for Marketing
• Empower the Marketing team with high-quality data to improve user acquisition (UA) and retention strategies
• Enable SNAP Product Management, Analytics, Design, Engineering, and Production teams to gain insights from analytics quickly and effectively
• Partner with data scientists, analysts, and software engineers to ensure high-quality and relevant data collection
• Collaborate with the AI team to innovate, develop, and operate self-service analytics tools

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in online video games, preferably mobile free-to-play games
• Proficiency in C# and backend software development
• Experience in building and integrating data pipelines for customer-facing live services (e.g., recommenders)
• Knowledge of operational database and storage technologies (e.g., DynamoDB, Cassandra, Redis)

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance plans with Second Dinner paying 100% of premiums for employees and 75% for dependents for many plans
• 401(k) contribution with no waiting period
• 16 weeks paid parental leave with no waiting period
• Home office improvement bonus
• Paid Vacation & Sick time
• Up to 10 BetterHelp sessions covered each benefits plan year
• Remote-first with core overlap hours between 10AM and 4PM PT
• Company Winter Holiday shutdown (Dec 25-Jan 1)
• Company Summer Holiday shutdown (week of July 4)
• Company Events - In-person Summer all-hands gathering, in-person holiday party, and virtual events throughout the year