Data Engineer - Growth Insights and Foundations

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Job Description:

  • Partner closely with data scientists and other engineers to build low-latency data products
  • Ensure the availability of critical data to enhance "in-the-moment" experiences
  • Develop highly available and reliable distributed data systems and services
  • Optimize for the best customer experience with data insights
  • Ensure timely delivery of high-quality data for Netflix product

Requirements:

  • Proficient in at least one major language preferably on the JVM stack (e.g., Java, Scala) and SQL (any variant)
  • Strive to write elegant and maintainable code
  • Comfortable with picking up new technologies
  • Have a product mindset and are curious to understand the business's needs
  • Naturally collaborative style to work with product management, data science, engineering, etc.
  • Strong data intuition and know how to apply analytical skills to support building high quality data products
  • Experience building applications that use large-scale distributed systems and data processing frameworks (batch and real-time)
  • Passionate about making data available for self-service and wider integration
  • Knowledge about transport protocols and building APIs/services and frameworks (e.g. Spring, gRPC)
  • Experience in supporting and maintaining products that run 24x7
  • Can craft scalable systems and solutions to realize a range of product and engineering goals
  • Strong operational awareness and design multi-tenant systems handling high-scale demands
  • Prioritize observability in designs with comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting
  • Own what you build and have a passion for quality
  • Comfortable working in agile environments with vague requirements
  • Nimble and can pivot easily when needed
  • Unafraid to take smart risks

Benefits:

  • Health Plans
  • Mental Health support
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match
  • Stock Option Program
  • Disability Programs
  • Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Family-forming benefits
  • Life and Serious Injury Benefits
  • Paid leave of absence programs
  • Paid time off
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