Who We Are
Creative Artists Agency (CAA) is the leading entertainment and sports agency, with global expertise in filmed and live entertainment, digital media, publishing, sponsorship sales and endorsements, media finance, consumer investing, fashion, trademark licensing, and philanthropy. Distinguished by its culture of collaboration and exceptional client service, CAA’s diverse workforce identifies, innovates, and amplifies opportunities for the people and organizations that shape culture and inspire the world. The trailblazer of the agency business, CAA was the first to build a sports business, create an investment bank, launch a venture fund, found technology start-up companies, establish a philanthropic arm, build a business in China, and form a brand marketing services division, among other innovations. Named Most Valuable Sports Agency by Forbes for eight consecutive years, CAA represents more than 2,000 of the world’s top athletes in football, baseball, basketball, hockey, soccer, in addition to coaches, on-air broadcasters, and sports personalities and works in the areas of broadcast rights, corporate marketing initiatives, social impact, and sports properties for sales and sponsorship opportunities. Founded in 1975, CAA is headquartered in Los Angeles, and has offices in New York, Nashville, Memphis, Chicago, Miami, London, Munich, Geneva, Stockholm, Shanghai, and Beijing, among other locations globally.
The Role
Lead data engineering execution in support of complex application development initiatives, ensuring data integrations, pipelines, and models align with established architectural standards
You and your teammates will work collaboratively with other engineers to design, build, and execute data migrations between systems, including data mapping, transformation, validation, and reconciliation to help ensure data accuracy and completeness across environments.
You will use your software development skills in an agile environment to develop new data pipelines, APIs, and data management tools and your experience with continuous delivery will support the end-to-end lifecycle: design, deployment, test, operations, monitoring and support.
Languages and Frameworks
Proficiency in Python with a history of delivering production pipelines.
Experience building production scripts or services used for data movement and validation.
Experience with the Azure data stack (Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, Tabular Model / DAX, Microsoft Fabric) is preferred, though strong experience with comparable technologies is also valued.
Languages and Frameworks
We’d like to see real SQL and NoSQL production experience.
We’re particularly interested in your expertise with SQL Server and MongoDB.
You should be comfortable modeling data, analyzing source and target schemas, writing complex queries, and resolving data quality issues during migration.
Tools
Experience maintaining projects using a distributed version control system such as Git and GitHub.
Experience in automated pipeline deployment and schemas into production environments would be great.
You should be experienced with agile methods and the concepts behind continuous delivery.
We expect you to be passionate about developing migrations, data structures, pipelines, and APIs, so we want to see your experience with security, testing, performance, JSON, and REST.
We are eager to hear about your experience and opinions around data quality, test strategy, and test automation.
Focus
We expect you to have a passion for and experience shipping and maintaining production software products and data migrations.
You must have strong verbal and written skills.
We are most interested in candidates who want to work in an environment where attention to detail, solving problems, simplicity, quality, and moving quickly are highly prized.
Location
This role is hybrid, based in our Nashville office.
Compensation
The annual base salary for this position is in the range of $132,000 - $160,000 in Nashville. This position is also eligible for benefits and a discretionary bonus. Ultimately, the salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, time in the role, business sector, and geographic location, among other criteria. Please talk with a CAA Recruiter to learn more.
Skills Required
- Proficiency in Python with production pipeline delivery
- Experience building production scripts or services for data movement and validation
- Experience executing data migrations including mapping, transformation, validation, and reconciliation
- Production SQL experience including SQL Server; data modeling and complex query writing
- Production NoSQL experience, particularly MongoDB
- Experience with the Azure data stack (Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, Tabular Model/DAX, Microsoft Fabric)
- Experience maintaining projects using Git and GitHub
- Experience with automated pipeline and schema deployment to production
- Experience with APIs, JSON, REST, security, testing, and performance tuning
- Experience with continuous delivery and agile development practices
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
Creative Artists Agency Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Creative Artists Agency and has not been reviewed or approved by Creative Artists Agency.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is considered strong and affordable, with low co-pays and solid plan options frequently highlighted. This makes core medical, dental, and vision coverage a standout part of the package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is bolstered by an office shutdown around late December alongside standard vacation/holiday and sick time. This combination is viewed as a meaningful boost to practical time away from work.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Unique industry access such as screenings, event tickets, and on-site showcases are emphasized as meaningful lifestyle perks. These add distinctive non-cash value for those seeking entertainment exposure and networking.
Creative Artists Agency Insights
What We Do
Creative Artists Agency (CAA) is the leading entertainment and sports agency, with global expertise in filmed and live entertainment, digital media, publishing, sponsorship sales and endorsements, media finance, consumer investing, fashion, trademark licensing, and philanthropy. Distinguished by its culture of collaboration and exceptional client service, CAA’s diverse workforce identifies, innovates, and amplifies opportunities for the people and organizations that shape culture and inspire the world. The trailblazer of the agency business, CAA was the first to build a sports business, create an investment bank, launch a venture fund, found technology start-up companies, establish a philanthropic arm, build a business in China, and form a brand marketing services division, among other innovations. Named Most Valuable Sports Agency by Forbes for eight consecutive years, CAA represents more than 2,000 of the world’s top athletes in football, baseball, basketball, hockey, soccer, in addition to coaches, on-air broadcasters, and sports personalities and works in the areas of broadcast rights, corporate marketing initiatives, social impact, and sports properties for sales and sponsorship opportunities. Founded in 1975, CAA is headquartered in Los Angeles, and has offices in New York, Nashville, Memphis, Chicago, Miami, London, Munich, Geneva, Stockholm, Shanghai, and Beijing, among other locations globally. For more information, please visit www.caa.com.
