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InstacartInstacartUnited States

Staff Software Engineer, Ads Data Platform

Staff Software Engineer designs and builds scalable data platforms for ads, ensuring data compliance, integrity, and self-service capabilities. Requires 8+ years experience with expertise in Spark, ETL, SQL, distributed systems, and big data infrastructure.

221k – 280k/yr
Remote8+ YOEData Engineering

About the role

About the Job

  • Lead and break down complex problems while keeping the broader data vision in focus.
  • Collaborate with engineers and engineering teams, providing mentorship and fostering a strong engineering culture.
  • Directly contribute to our data vision and engineering architecture. Produce and review technical artifacts that align with business goals.
  • Oversee engineering initiatives end-to-end, proactively managing risks, setting goals, and ensuring smooth execution and delivery.
  • Balance maintainability with tech debt and the development of new features.

Minimum Qualifications

  • 8+ years of software development experience.
  • Proven ability to work with multiple stakeholders and manage ambiguity and conflicting requirements.
  • Self-motivated with a strong sense of ownership in a fast-paced startup environment.
  • Expertise in Spark, ETLs, Distributed System architecture, MapReduce, SQL, and Big Data infrastructure.
  • Experience in balancing urgency and pragmatism with high-quality, long-term solutions.

Preferred Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience
  • Strong background in Scala and functional programming.
  • Familiarity with Snowflake, Databricks, DBT, Airflow, Python, Terraform, and Go.

Skills

SparkSQLETLScalaSnowflakeDatabricksdbtAirflowPythonTerraformGoMapreduceBig DataDistributed SystemsKubernetes
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