Data Engineer, 1+ Years of Experience

Snap Inc is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together. The Company’s three core products are Snapchat, a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world; Lens Studio, an augmented reality platform that powers AR across Snapchat and other services; and its AR glasses, Spectacles.

Snap Engineering teams build fun and technically sophisticated products that reach hundreds of millions of Snapchatters around the world, every day. We’re deeply committed to the well-being of everyone in our global community, which is why our values are at the root of everything we do. We move fast, with precision, and always execute with privacy at the forefront.

We’re looking for a Data Engineer to join our Decision & Insights Team!

What you’ll do:

• Work closely with stakeholders in engineering, product, data science, and governance to make high quality datasets available to consumers in a timely manner

• Develop scalable data ETL pipelines that automate manual data processes, optimize data delivery, and adhere with privacy and governance principles

• Implement and manage data warehousing solutions and ensure data integrity and quality through rigorous testing and validation

• Build tooling and implement systems to overcome limitations of the data consumption portals when appropriate

• Implement and maintain data security practices to ensure data privacy and protection, and compliance with data governance policies and regulations.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Experience in building data pipelines to serve reporting needs

• Experience owning all or part of a team roadmap 

• Ability to prioritize requests from multiple stakeholders in disparate domains

• Ability to effectively communicate complex projects to non-technical stakeholders
   

Minimum Qualifications: 

• BS/BA degree in Computer Science, Math, Physics, or a related field, or equivalent years of experience in a relevant field

• 1+ year experience in SQL or similar languages

• 1+ years development experience in at least one object-oriented or scripting language (Python, Java, Scala, etc)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Hands-on experience with Google BigQuery, Spark, and Hadoop

• Experience in version control systems such as Git, and workflow management tools such as Airflow

• Experience in ETL tools and data architecture and warehousing experience

• Experience leading a small team of data or software engineers

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities

• Attention to detail and commitment to data quality

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please don’t be shy and provide us some information.

"Default Together" Policy at Snap: At Snap Inc. we believe that being together in person helps us build our culture faster, reinforce our values, and serve our community, customers and partners better through dynamic collaboration. To reflect this, we practice a “default together” approach and expect our team members to work in an office 4+ days per week. 

At Snap, we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together will enable us to create innovative products th