The Role
Join the VRChat Team!
VRChat offers a first-of-its-kind, game-changing platform that provides an endless collection of social VR experiences and gives the power of creation to its robust community. With over 250,000 worlds and growing, VRChat’s vision is to allow users to bring their imaginations to life and help shape the metaverse anywhere in the world on any device. VRChat has raised $100M to date with the support of investors Makers Fund, Anthos Capital and HTC. VRChat has grown with talent from: Netflix, Twitter, Meta, Microsoft, Roblox, Google, Amazon, Unity, Spotify, Discord, Uber, eBay, Robinhood, Twitch, Zynga and TikTok.
Come and join the mission!
Job Overview
We’re looking for a Senior/Staff Data Engineer to improve and transform our expanding data capabilities. Reporting to the Head of Data, the Senior/Staff Data Engineer will collaborate closely with Data Science, Product, and Engineering to maintain and optimize our data infrastructure and analytics stack. The ideal candidate will have a background in a technical field, will have expertise working with large production data sets, and will have experience building & maintaining a Data Platform from the ground up. This position will be fully remote.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Design and Implement Data Solutions: Lead translation of business requirements and end-to-end designs into technical implementations that align with VRChat's objectives.
- Strong Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Data Science, Product, and Engineering teams to build and maintain data products that drive VRChat's innovation.
- Data Warehouse Management: Build and maintain both batch and real-time data warehousing solutions using Snowflake on AWS to support VRChat's data needs.
- ETL Pipeline Development: Develop complex data pipelines using SQL queries and Python scripts to manage data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) processes.
- Data Orchestration: Implement and manage data orchestration tools (e.g. Dagster, Apache Airflow) to ensure seamless data workflow automation.
- Data Integration: Integrate diverse data sources, including MongoDB and SQL databases (e.g., Postgres, MySQL), facilitating comprehensive data analysis and decision-making processes.
- Infrastructure Scalability and Optimization: Identify opportunities to ensure the scalability and performance of data infrastructure to accommodate VRChat's growing data needs.
- Data Privacy and Security: Ensure compliance with data privacy regulations and ethical standards in data handling, prioritizing user privacy and data security.
Experience, Skills & Qualifications
- Experience: 6+ years in data engineering and data modeling.
- Problem-Solving: Strong analytical capabilities and very comfortable working autonomously to resolve problems.
- Technical Proficiency: Expert in SQL and Python for data pipeline development.
- Data Warehousing: Deep experience with data warehousing concepts and Snowflake.
- Database Knowledge: Familiarity with MongoDB and SQL databases (e.g., Postgres, MySQL).
- Cloud Services: Extensive experience with AWS or other cloud services.
- Data Orchestration: Advanced expertise with tools like Dagster or Apache Airflow.
- Communication: Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Team Collaboration: Proven ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams.
Bonus Points
- Industry Experience: Experience in data engineering at a consumer technology, social media, or gaming company.
- Passion for Technology: Interest in social technology, gaming, or immersive experiences.
- Distributed Computing Engines: Familiarity with engines like Spark, Flink, or Hive.
- Streaming Platforms: Experience with Kafka, Kinesis, or other streaming platforms.
- VR and Gaming: Understanding of VR, AR, and online communities.
- Certifications: Relevant certifications (e.g., SnowPro, AWS Certified Data Analytics) are a plus.
- Unity 3D: Basic understanding of Unity 3D development.
- Social Platforms: Experience with social platforms, social gaming, or interactive online environments.
- Innovative Thinking: Ability to think creatively and solve complex data challenges.
- Cloud ETL Tools: Experience with cloud-based ETL tools (e.g., Fivetran,Glue, Hevo).
Benefits
- Work from anywhere! VRChat is a 100% remote company
- Health Benefits
- 401K for US & RRSP for Canadian Employees
- Stock Options
- Generous paid holiday schedule
- Unlimited/Flexible vacation time
- Paid parental leave
VRChat is an equal-opportunity employer, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds. VRChat fosters a diverse, creative, and collaborative environment where anyone can contribute to any of the ongoing projects or direction of the roadmap at any time. If you’re a passionate team player who wants to have an impact on a dynamic team, we’d love to hear from you!
All job offers are subject to satisfactory referencing and background checks.
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The Company
What We Do
VRChat, Inc. is one of the leading Virtual World platforms, hosting one of the largest active online communities of users and creators. We have secured key investment from major partners, allowing us to grow and develop VRChat for the foreseeable future. Dive into VRChat on our website at VRChat.com or our Twitter at https://twitter.com/VRChat.
