Sr. Data Engineer- Discover Platform Team (LA)
About Route
Route is helping people discover and celebrate the world's brands through a completely reimagined e-commerce marketplace that directly connects and empowers both consumers and brands. Route’s unique platform takes a holistic approach to online shopping, rethinking the consumer experience from discovery to delivery via the Route app, while offering a suite of features that provides merchants the tools necessary to enhance the overlooked post-purchase experience. Since launching in 2018, Route has built a network of over 1.5 million app users and 7,000 merchants. Route has offices in Lehi, UT and Los Angeles, CA. For more information go to route.com.
About the Role
Route's software engineers are developing next-generation technologies that change how millions of users see, share, and discover the world's products. We are looking for a data engineer who loves to code, develop tools, build data pipelines, and work with internal customers. You will be working on building best-in-class data platforms that provide powerful analytics and recommendations to our customers and merchants.
Route is an engineering company. We want engineers to bring fresh ideas, which excite them, to tackle new problems across the stack and be comfortable being challenged. We aspire to hire the best people with a broad set of technical skills, representing a globally diverse audience, and bringing a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and cultures.
What you’ll do:
- Design, develop, test, deploy, and improve backend software
- Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables
- Embody a culture of innovation, transparency, and radical candor
- Define and standardize engineering SDLC processes for workflows
- Collaborate with Product Managers, Machine Learning Engineers, and Data Analysts to develop solutions and features
Skills & Experience you need to have:
- BS/BA degree in Computer Science, or equivalent experience
- Experience working with technologies to aggregate, centralize, and consume data
- Experience with one or more general-purpose languages, e.g. Go, Java, Python, Javascript
- Experience with PL/SQL
- Experience working with cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure.
- Willingness to work with CI/CD pipelines
- Experience in building gigabyte scale ETL pipelines
- 5+ years of relevant experience
- Interest and ability to learn new tools and technologies as needed
Preferred Skills & Experience:
- Knowledge of and experiences with infrastructure as code (TerraForm)
- Strong experience with Kafka, Kineses, or equivalent
- Experience with databases like Redshift, Snowflake, Hive, etc.
- Familiarity with Airflow
- Exposure to NoSQL technologies like MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, etc.
- Experience with data collection from large-scale and/or public APIs
- Knowledge of working with CI/CD and Scrum framework in a team environment
Benefits:
Route offers an array of benefits including generous salaries, stock options, 100% healthcare coverage, and an unlimited PTO policy.
Route is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.