Staff Data Engineer

We have an exciting and unique opportunity for a motivated and energetic Staff Data Engineer to join the Realtor.com Data team. In this position, you will enable optimal data-driven decisions that empower our products and people. If you have deep experience in building modern data platforms that prioritize data governance, security, compliance, and efficient data management for optimal performance and cost, we want to hear from you!. You will  learn about and leverage new technologies, work with an experienced team of engineers, and be part of a team that has a lot of fun along the way!

What You'll Do:

Champion data best practices. Develop and design modern, scalable enterprise Data and AI architectures and models. Balance existing systems with innovative solutions.

Make strategic recommendations and drive critical technical decisions across empowered teams, influencing the technical direction and execution

Demonstrate expert knowledge of SQL, data structures, algorithms, and schema design best practices.

Collaborate effectively with stakeholders to gain a deep understanding of their data needs.

Dive into complex technical details to understand challenges, debug issues, and provide expert guidance to engineers

Own the delivery, quality, and reliability of data in our data warehouse and act as support for production issues, profile performance, and assist in root cause analysis.

Make data easily collected and accessible by our Data Platform to users

Participate in hackathons and Proof Of Concept experiments to continuously improve our delivery.

Perform presentations of our products/features to internal stakeholders

Work in a primarily Agile/Scrum product development process

What You'll Bring:

A driven data engineer that is motivated to build great products and a great codebase in a fast-paced environment

8+ years experience building data pipelines and platforms

Exposure to build, test, and deployment automation technologies

Experience with cloud-based architecture, development, and deployment

Experience with data collecting, streaming, and processing technologies

Knowledge of Data Structures, SQL, and schema design best practices

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related field, Master's degree a plus