Sayari

Principal Data Engineer

Sayari

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $200,000 - $220,000 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Design and implement complex Spark data logic, focusing on performance optimization, data volume tuning, and robust execution.
  • Own the architectural design of graph build pipelines, ensuring they are scalable, automated, and highly resilient.
  • Plan and oversee the strategic re-architecture of data pipelines to meet evolving business needs and scale.
  • Optimize infrastructure-as-code and schema designs to reduce cloud costs and improve pipeline latency.
  • Act as a technical consultant for the team, fostering a collaborative and engineer-led approach to design decisions.
  • Support the development of the engineering team through code reviews, design docs, and architectural best practices.
  • Ensure the accuracy of mission-critical data outputs.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in the big data space, with a proven track record of implementing large-scale features and leading process redesigns.
  • Expert-level mastery of Apache Spark for large-scale data processing.
  • Strong experience with orchestration tools (Airflow) and cloud computing environments.
  • Hands-on experience architecting and managing data flows into databases such as Elasticsearch, Memgraph, and Cassandra.
  • Demonstrated ability in system architecture, including Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and schema design.
  • A "builder" mindset with experience evolving and improving existing architectures to meet new scale requirements.
Benefits
  • 100% fully paid medical, vision, and dental for employees and their dependents
  • Generous time off; we observe all US federal holidays, close our office for a winter break (12/24-12/31), in addition to granting 18 PTO days and 10 sick days
  • Outstanding compensation package; competitive commissions for revenue roles and quarterly bonuses for non-revenue positions
  • A strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
  • Eligibility to participate in additional benefits such as 401k match up to 5%, 100% paid life insurance (up to $100,000 coverage),, and parental leave
  • A collaborative and positive culture - your team will be as smart and driven as you
  • Limitless growth and learning opportunities

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
Apache Sparkdata processingInfrastructure as Codeschema designdata volume tuningperformance optimizationsystem architecturedata flowsorchestration toolscloud computing
Soft skills
collaborative approachtechnical consultingcode reviewsdesign documentationarchitectural best practicesbuilder mindset