Guru is on a mission to give every team in the world trusted information so that they can do their best work. We're backed by an amazing group of investors and we're growing fast; in 2020 we raised a series C round which took our total funding to $70M.

At Guru, we know that talent is everywhere. We support remote and hybrid models of work, with offices in Philadelphia and San Francisco and employees spread across 23 states. Time differences can make live collaboration difficult, which is why we're intentional about our internal communication practices, favoring asynchronous options where possible.

Everyone is welcome here. Guru is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, where every employee experiences a sense of belonging every day. It’s a fact that teams with diverse representation across race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and abilities perform better. If you’re interested, please apply even if you don’t check every box because you could be just what we’re looking for! We'd love passionate individuals to join us on the next stage of our journey!

Overview:

Guru helps teams build and surface the knowledge they need to do their jobs in real-time. With offices in Philadelphia and San Francisco, we are seeking experienced Data Engineer to be a key player in the Data Infrastructure team to develop and manage the scalable data pipelines in the AWS Cloud environment. The Data Engineer will collaborate with business analytics, data science, and software engineering teams, in building and optimizing an innovative product that our customers love to use every day.

This job is not only about the data; it’s about how you lend your positivity and presence, combined with your skills, to an energized environment and highly collaborative team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own the Data Model: Own the design, monitoring, and deployment of DBT for the Biz Ops & Analytics team and Guru’s Self-Service BI deployment. This also includes certifying downstream data sources on our reporting platforms and warehouses.
• Iterate the Data Model for Speed: Optimize modeling and documenting new datasets as they become meaningfully impactful to the business for speed of query retrieval. This will regularly include answering the question “should this live in DBT or Mode?”. For context, we have several teams using these datasets on Zooms with customers where seconds vs. minutes make a big difference.
• Be a Business Partner: Partner with Analytics leads to automate business metrics that define success. Additionally, work with Analytics leads to optimize their use of data, either through query reviews, modeling exercises, or dashboard audits, aligning overall data architecture with business requirements
• Enable Data for All: Enable all Guru employees to adopt data as part of their business and usual via recorded Looms and “how-to”’s via Guru cards.
• Data Engineering Partnership: We have a small and nimble sister team (data infrastructure) that sits in Engineering. They own our AWS Redshift instance and primarily service Engineering requests. This role will have a closer partnership with the Data Infrastructure team, both from a strategic knowledge sharing/cross-functional best-practice sharing focus to more tactical business continuity perspective. This is an opportunity to ensure best practices are implemented company-wide while internalizing how the Data Infrastructure team operates in order to help from time to time.

Requirements:

• 7+ years of experience building/implementing/managing data pipelines, ideally in a modern data stack (for ex. DBT)
• 5+ years of experience with data engineering concepts and database design
• 2+ years of experience in DBT
• Expert-level SQL knowledge, specifically performance tuning of AWS RedShift and DBT
• Programming proficiency in Java or Python
• Proficiency using version control systems like Git
• Experience with ETL and analytics tools, such as DBT, Mode, Stitch and Airflow

Benefits to you:

• Competitive salary
• Employee incentive stock option plan
• Generous medical benefits package
• Paid parental, family & medical Leave
• Unlimited vacation
• 401k
• Wellness stipend
• Home office stipend
• Remote perks
• Professional developmentsStipend
• Tuition reimbursement
• Thrive After Five: in recognition of our long-tenured employees, Guru celebrates your five year anniversary with a $10,000 personal travel reimbursement
• Guru-sponsored company & team events, no matter where you work

We ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us at [email protected] to request accommodation.

“Who You are Matters”

Individuals seeking employment at Guru are considered without regards to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation. Your responses are critical in helping us progress and remain committed to increasing equity in all areas of diversity. Your responses will be used (in aggregate only) to help us identify areas of improvement in our process. Your responses will not be associated with your specific application and will not in any way be used in the hiring decision.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.