Senior Data Platform Engineer

Summary

Join GameChanger, a remote-first tech company, as a Senior Data Platform Engineer. You will build and maintain scalable data platforms, improve existing systems, collaborate with other engineers, and ensure data security. This role requires 5+ years of software development experience, expertise in Python and SQL, and experience with various technologies like Airflow and AWS. GameChanger offers a competitive salary, remote work options, unlimited vacation, and comprehensive benefits including health insurance, retirement plans, paid parental leave, and various stipends.

Requirements

• Consider yourself a specialized software engineer and follow SE best practices
• Be well versed in OOP principles and know how and when to apply them to data engineering
• Have 5+ years of software development experience as a data or backend engineer
• Have expertise in Python and SQL for processing data
• Have experience in Airflow, Docker, Kafka, AWS, Terraform, Snowflake, or Git version control / GHA cicd
• Have experience creating detailed technical design documents
• Be motivated to help others learn and improve themselves as engineers

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain scalable and efficient data platforms serving analytics needs across the organization
• Look for opportunities to improve existing systems' performance, observability, reliability, and scalability
• Identify new infrastructure and software patterns to elevate systems for the next magnitude of scale
• Collaborate with data producers and consumers across the organization to improve efficiency for their work
• Ensure system security and data privacy compliance
• Share your knowledge through design docs, technical documentation, code reviews, and mentoring

Benefits

• Work remotely throughout the US* or from our well-furnished, modern office in Manhattan, NY
• Unlimited vacation policy
• Paid volunteer opportunities
• Technology stipend - $4,000 every 2 years after your start to make sure you have the latest and greatest technology
• WFH stipend - $500 annually to make your WFH situation comfortable
• Learning stipend - $500 annually towards continued development
• Monthly physical, mental, wellness & learning stipend offered through Holisticly
• Monthly lifestyle stipend offered through Fringe
• Full health benefits - medical, dental, vision, prescription, FSA, HRA, HSA, and coverage for family/dependents
• Retirement savings - Traditional and Roth 401K plans are offered through Vanguard, with an immediate company match
• Life insurance - basic life, supplemental life, and dependent life
• Disability leave - short-term disability and long-term disability
• Company paid parental leave - up to 20 weeks for birthing parents and up to 12 weeks for non-birthing parents
• Family building benefits offered through Progyny
• DICK’S Sporting Goods and their family of brands teammate discount