Senior Data Engineer

Who We Are

Second Dinner is an award-winning independent game development studio that is here to make the most fun games in the world. Not super fun games. Not SUPER DUPER fun games. We mean the MOST fun games. In fact, our game MARVEL SNAP has earned multiple Mobile Game of the Year Awards (Game Awards, DICE), Best Strategy Game (IGN), and the Apple Design Award for Innovation!

Second Dinner is a remote-first studio, so while we are headquartered in Irvine, California, most of our team is fully remote across the United States. We want the most talented teammates wherever they call home. A diverse team with varied perspectives makes us a better company and will help us make better games. If you can bring something new to the table and expand our point of view, that's a huge upside. 

Our Data Team

At Second Dinner, data plays a crucial role in conveying the voices of our players and informing our decisions, which leads us to great games and player experiences. Our team enables decision-making with scientific and methodological rigor for Marvel SNAP and our new projects. We partner with teams across the studio to build data-powered player experiences directly into the games. We innovate in analytics tooling and data engineering capabilities to redefine what is possible in game development and operations.

Your Role

You will report to the Data Engineering Lead. You will play a critical role in shaping data-driven insights across our organization. You will develop and operate data pipelines to empower analytics, data science, marketing, product management, and design teams to create incredible player experiences. You will build and operate large-scale cloud data infrastructure. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure the collection and serving of timely high-quality data. Moreover, you will partner with the AI team to innovate in self-service analytics tools. If you are passionate about building high-impact core capabilities to help craft world-class game experiences and are excited to influence millions of players by leveraging your expertise in data engineering, then APPLY!!!

What You'll Do:

• Develop and operate data infrastructure and pipelines to enable robust data for analytics and reporting in Marvel SNAP

• Empower the SNAP Marketing team with high-quality data to improve user acquisition (UA)

• Enable SNAP Product Management, Analytics, Design, Engineering, and Production teams to gain insights from analytics quickly

• Partner with data scientists, analysts, and software engineers to ensure high-quality and relevant data collection

• Partner with the AI team to innovate, develop, and operate self-service analytics tooling

What You’ll Need:

• Extensive expertise with data infrastructure and data engineering

• Demonstrated experience in large-scale distributed data systems (Spark, Flink)

• Deep expertise in analytical database technologies (SQL and NoSQL)

• Proficiency in SQL and Python

• Experience with database technologies and ETL/ELT

• Experience with orchestration and automation tools (Airflow, Beam)

• Experience with Looker or Tableau

• Familiarity with Databricks and data/analytics solutions on AWS

• Experience with marketing platforms and data tools (Braze, AppsFlyer)

• Demonstrated success in a highly collaborative cross-functional work environment

• Passionate player of mobile games

• Mindset for serving a diverse and global player base

Nice to Have But Not Necessary:

• Experience working in online video games, preferably mobile free-to-play games

• Experience in .NET/C# and backend software development

• Experience in building and integrating data pipelines for customer-facing live services (e.g., recommenders)

• Experience in operational database and storage technologies (e.g., DynamoDB, Cassandra, and Redis)

The total compensation for this position includes a new hire of