Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure
April 5
🏢 In-office - Manhattan
Description
• Design, build and operate scalable data infrastructure. • Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes. • Work with engineers across the company to build innovative new features that operate at scale. • Help debug production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack. • Engage stakeholders to understand their emerging needs and use it to inform our roadmap.
Requirements
• 2+ years of experience building and scaling distributed systems as a team lead • Proven track record of identifying opportunities for and successfully shipping high-quality products in high growth environments • Excellent technical communication skills and experience working with Data Scientists, Engineers, and ML Engineers to drive solutions • Mentorship experiences with both junior and senior engineers • Experience in two or more of the following areas: • Data warehousing/lakehousing (eg. Snowflake, BigQuery, Iceberg) • Data job orchestration (eg. Dagster, Airflow) • Batch and stream processing systems (eg. Kafka, Spark, Flink) • Data cataloging, discoverability, and life-cycle management • Are excited about keeping up with the evolving data landscape, emerging patterns and anti-patterns • Have excellent problem solving skills. You use a systematic and thorough approach. You think from first principles and have a bias for action. Are driven by impact. You are willing to work on grungy problems if they have a high impact on the business or the health of the infrastructure. • Care deeply about the quality of the software/systems you build. You have an artisan mentality and are always looking to improve your craft. At the same time you are able to strike the right balance between idealism and pragmatism. • Value inclusivity and collaboration, and see yourself actively contributing to a close-knit culture at Figma.
Benefits
• Competitive base salary • Equity opportunities • Health, dental & vision benefits • Retirement plan with company contribution • Parental leave & reproductive/family planning support • Mental health & wellness benefits • Generous paid time off • Company recharge days • Learning & development stipend • Work from home stipend • Cell phone reimbursement
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