Senior Data Engineer, Analytics

San Mateo, California, United States

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Skydio

Skydio delivers autonomous drones powered by the best AI in the sky for exceptional data capture.

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Skydio is the leading US drone manufacturer and world leader in autonomous flight, the key technology for the future of drones and aerial transportation. The Skydio team combines deep expertise in artificial intelligence, best-in-class hardware and software product development, and operational excellence to empower a broader, more diverse audience of drone users - from action sports enthusiasts to first responders.
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About the Role:

We are seeking a proven Sr. Data Engineer to improve our robust Analytics tech stack by implementing data infrastructure and management best practices across ETL, automation, reporting, and governance.  This role will be instrumental in ensuring a performant, reliable data architecture empowering the Analytics and Strategy team to service the entire organization.  You will be the thought partner to the head of Analytics, SW Infra. Engineers, and head of Security on data storage locations, formats, and access controls for internal and external needs.  Your contributions will meaningfully impact the present and future tech stack, team and company productivity, and ultimately profitability.

How You Will Make an Impact:

  • Assist in managing the performance of our tech stack including Fivetran, Databricks, AWS, Tableau, and Ascend (Airflow-like environment) 
  • Refine and expand on the automated pipelines ensuring completeness of data and deviances (e.g. changing schemas) are properly ingested and propagated      
  • Partner with Analytics teammates to translate their respective stakeholders’ business needs into data products 
  • Collaborate with Engineering to appropriately provision internal and external users with governance (e.g. GDPR) in mind 
  • Help democratize data by contributing to data dictionary and lineage initiatives
  • Assist with ad-hoc projects and provide support as needed
  • Develop data pipeline status reporting such as data anomaly detection, cluster health, error handling, and automated alerting 
  • Assist with ad-hoc projects and provide support as needed

What Makes You a Good Fit:

  • Demonstrable experience in developing, deploying, and maintaining data pipelines from ETL to automation and anomaly alerts preferably with Fivetran, Airflow, and Databricks 
  • Advanced understanding of AWS (e.g. Terraform, S3, IAM)  and Databricks offerings including cluster management with infrastructure-as-code as a bonus 
  • Proven ability to write, test, and debug code primarily in SQL and Python 
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
  • Strong communication skills, with the ability to break down complex concepts to non-technical stakeholders
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At Skydio we believe that diversity drives innovation. We have created a multi-disciplinary environment that embraces the power of diverse perspectives to create elegant solutions for complex problems. We are committed to growing our network of people, programs, and resources to nurture an inclusive culture.
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As such, we do not make hiring or other employment-related decisions on the basis of an applicant or employee’s race, color, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), pregnancy, gender, gender identity or expression, age, religion, disability status, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics, veteran, military or family status, or other classifications protected by applicable federal, state or local anti-discrimination laws.
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Tags: Airflow AWS Databricks Data pipelines Drones Engineering ETL FiveTran Pipelines Python Security SQL Tableau Terraform

Perks/benefits: Salary bonus

Region: North America
Country: United States
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