Sr. Data Engineering

Job Posted: 11/16/2024

Location: WORLD (limited to where we can hire from as a company. Here are a few countries we can't presently hire from.)

Hi there!

Are you passionate about leveraging data to transform software products? We’re excited to invite you to join the Zapier Data team as a Senior Data Engineer! In this role, you’ll play a crucial part in shaping the future of data infrastructure at Zapier, developing and implementing technical strategies that drive impactful, scalable, and reliable data solutions across the organization.

As a Senior Data Engineer, you’ll lead the creation and optimization of data systems to support Zapier’s growth, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure data is trustworthy, timely, and accessible, powering strategic decision-making and user-facing features.

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About You

• Experienced in Data Engineering: You bring 6+ years of experience as a Data Engineer, with a demonstrated ability to lead complex, large-scale data projects in cloud environments. You’re well-versed in modern data platforms and best practices for scalability, performance, and maintainability.

• Strategic Mindset: You connect your team’s data systems to the broader company strategy, proactively identifying opportunities to add value. You’re skilled at planning future-focused projects that enhance stakeholder outcomes and align with organizational goals.

• Technical Leadership: You are an expert in technical direction, including architecture, performance optimization, and improving technical processes. You make high-impact technical decisions that influence architecture and data pipeline strategy across zones, not just within your team.

• Data Pipeline Expertise: You design, build, and optimize complex, scalable data pipelines that drive critical analytics and product use cases. You ensure data assets are robust, reliable, and continuously monitored for performance.

• Proficient in Cloud and Distributed Systems: You have extensive hands-on experience with cloud ecosystems like AWS, GCP, or Azure and deep expertise with Databricks, Spark, or similar distributed platforms, enabling efficient and cost-effective large-scale data processing.

• Advanced Software Lifecycle Management: You take responsibility for every stage of the data solution lifecycle, from design and development to deployment and continuous improvement, and support others in doing the same.

• Programming Mastery: You’re highly skilled in Python or other data-centric languages and have advanced SQL capabilities for complex data transformation and querying.

• Data Quality Advocate: You prioritize data integrity, using observability, testing, and monitoring to ensure quality and accountability in data pipelines. You excel in creating and maintaining frameworks that uphold these standards.

• You are a skilled written communicator. Zapier is a 100% remote team and writing is our primary means of communication. You communicate complex technical topics clearly and in an approachable way.

• Mentorship and Development: You elevate the team’s impact by mentoring and coaching others, sharing best practices, and fostering a culture of learning and continuous improvement. You help other team members achieve their goals and influence growth across teams.

• Innovation. You embrace innovation and continuous improvement, refine processes, streamline workflows, and embrace change as an opportunity for growth

• You understand that perfect is the enemy of good. You will default to