Senior Data Engineer

Remote - USA

Wizard

Meet the AI-powered, two-way SMS commerce platform helping brands provide engaging, delightful, and personalized mobile shopping experiences—all via text.

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Wizard is on a mission to build the most powerful AI-driven conversational commerce platform. Our B2B software empowers brands to transact with consumers via text, launching an entirely new sales channel to capture increased transactions, conversions, engagement and loyalty. C-commerce is exploding to a $1 Trillion market in the next decade and Wizard is positioned to become the dominant technology in the space. 

Wizard is backed by Marc Lore and a $50M Series A from top tech VCs. We’re quickly scaling our team and technology and seeking passionate and growth-minded tech talent to join the ride.

The Role

We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer that will work on collecting, storing, and analyzing data across all of Wizard’s services. 

  • Build a scalable and highly performant infrastructure to process batch and real-time workloads
  • Work with the data science team to monitor and extract insights from business processes
  • Implement ETL data pipelines
  • Architect backend data solutions to support various microservices
  • Develop third-party integrations with various e-commerce platforms

You

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or similar discipline
  • 10-15 years experience in software development
  • Managed teams of 3-5 data engineers
  • Hiring and mentoring engineers
  • Writing detailed specifications for data processing projects
  • Proficient in Python or Java
  • Familiarity with the basic principles of distributed computing and data modeling
  • Experience building ETL pipelines using Apache Spark, Databricks, or Hadoop
  • Experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB, or CosmosDB
  • Experience with real-time stream processing systems like Kafka, AWS Kinesis, GCP Data Flow
  • Experience with Redis, Elasticsearch, Solr
  • Experience with messaging systems like RabbitMQ, AWS SQS, GCP Cloud Tasks
  • Familiarity with Delta Lake and Parquet files
  • Familiarity with one or more cloud providers: AWS, GCP, or Azure
  • Proficiency with Test Driven Development (TDD)
  • Proficiency with Git using services such as Github or Bitbucket

Additional Preferred Qualifications

  • Great written and verbal communication skills
  • Team player hungry to learn from and teach fellow team members

 

The expected salary for this role is $193,000-$208,000 depending on skills and experiences. 

 

Benefits

  • Early-stage startup with massive growth potential and ability to grow as Wizard grows
  • Competitive compensation packages, including equity
  • Health 
    • Comprehensive, high-quality medical coverage
    • Dental & vision insurance
    • OneMedical memberships for you and dependents
    • Spring health platform for mental healthcare personalized to your needs
    • XP Health eyewear benefits ($180, 3x per year)
    • Rightway Health Guide
  • Wealth 
    • 401(k) Plan
    • Life & Disability insurance covered by Wizard
  • Work/Life
    • Flexible PTO and sick time
    • 11 paid holidays
    • 16 weeks parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers
  • In Office Perks (for NYC based employees)
    • Hybrid work environment
    • Monthly team outings
    • Snacks and drinks to keep you fueled throughout the day

Wizard is committed to building the best team and strongly believes that fair hiring practices will help us achieve our goals. We advocate for diversity, equity and inclusion because it's not only the right thing to do, but also creates a positive work culture and stronger outcomes. Wizard does not discriminate or make decisions based on race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, marital status, disability or any other protected class(es). If you have a disability please let our recruiting team know how we can make the interview process work for you.

Tags: AWS Azure Bitbucket Cassandra Computer Science Databricks Data pipelines DynamoDB E-commerce Elasticsearch ETL GCP Git GitHub Hadoop Java Kafka Kinesis Microservices MongoDB NoSQL Parquet Pipelines Python RabbitMQ Spark TDD

Perks/benefits: Career development Competitive pay Equity Flex vacation Health care Insurance Medical leave Parental leave Team events

Regions: Remote/Anywhere North America
Country: United States
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