Software Engineer – Data Infrastructure
Quora
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $128,193 - $184,009 per year
Job Level
JuniorMid-Level
Tech Stack
NoSQLPythonSparkSQL
About the role
- Identify and implement improvements to system’s cost efficiency, reducing data storage and processing costs
- Design and implement scalable and efficient data architectures, meeting data needs from data scientists, engineers and business partners
- Bring your expertise to help model structured & unstructured data. Own these data models at a high level & be a data consultant for partner teams
- Champion best practices on system usages and hold high-quality code standards
- Participate in the team’s oncall rotation, helping solve timely reliability incidents
Requirements
- 2-5 years of experience working in Data Infrastructure
- Proficiency in Python and SQL query design
- Experience with big data processing frameworks, like: Hive, Spark and Trino
- Experience building data-intensive applications (high velocity/high volume)
- Experience with SQL/NoSQL data store & data lake operations
- Availability for meetings and impromptu communication during Quora's coordination hours (Mon-Fri: 9am-3pm Pacific Time)
Benefits
- medical/dental/vision coverage
- equity refreshers
- remote work reimbursement
- paid time off
- employee assistance programs
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
PythonSQLHiveSparkTrinodata architecturedata modelingbig data processingSQL/NoSQLdata lake operations
Soft skills
communicationcollaborationproblem-solvingconsultingbest practices advocacy