Data Platform Engineer
June 5
🏢 In-office - Manhattan
Description
• We’re looking for an experienced and independent data platform engineer to design and build our data architecture. As part of our Engineering team, you’ll work closely with various business functions to understand Figure Markets’ analytic, data science, and reporting needs and to develop data products that address those needs. You will be contributing to data engineering’s vision and development from day one, and, as an early member of the team, you’ll get to shape the data architecture that will drive a fast-growing business.
Requirements
• BS degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience • 6+ years of proven working experience as a data engineer • 5+ years writing production-quality Python • 3+ years’ experience with Spark, either in Python or in Scala. Bonus points for Spark on EMR, Dataproc, or Kubernetes • Working knowledge of Google Cloud tools (compute, cloud storage, GKE, GCR, AutoML, etc.) • Expertise building and optimizing data pipelines using Kafka (preferred), Kinesis, or other event bus • Deep experience with data frameworks and tools like Spark, Spark Streaming, Apache Beam, and Airflow • Comfort with and experience working within CI/CD processes and tools and software development practices • Advanced working SQL knowledge and experience working with relational databases, query authoring (SQL) as well as working familiarity with a variety of SQL and NoSQL databases, including BigQuery (preferable), MySQL/MariaDB, Postgres or Cassandra • Expertise in data modeling for data science, reporting, and analytics, including dimensional and transactional models • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced growing company
Benefits
• Competitive salary and growth opportunities • Company quarterly performance based bonus • Equity stock options package • Employer funded comprehensive health, vision, dental insurance and wellness program for employees and their dependents • Employer funded life and disability insurance coverage • Company HSA, FSA, Dependent Care, 401k, and commuter benefits • Up to 12 weeks paid family leave • In office, remote, and hybrid work location options • Home office and technology stipend for those working outside of a traditional office more than 75% of the time • Flexible time-off plan to empower employees to take the time off that they want and need • Continuing education reimbursement • Routine Team swag deliveries!
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