84.51° Overview:
84.51° is a retail data science, insights and media company. We help The Kroger Co., consumer packaged goods companies, agencies, publishers and affiliates create more personalized and valuable experiences for shoppers across the path to purchase.
Powered by cutting-edge science, we utilize first-party retail data from more than 62 million U.S. households sourced through the Kroger Plus loyalty card program to fuel a more customer-centric journey using 84.51° Insights, 84.51° Loyalty Marketing and our retail media advertising solution, Kroger Precision Marketing.
84.51° follows a 5‑day in‑office work schedule to support collaboration, alignment, and team connection.
Join us at 84.51°!
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Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States and with the Kroger Family of Companies (i.e. H1-B visa, F-1 visa (OPT), TN visa or any other non-immigrant status)
Take ownership of features and drive them to completion through all phases of the entire 84.51° SDLC. This includes internal and external facing applications as well as process improvement activities:
Participate in the design and development of Databricks and Cloud-based solutions
Implement automated unit and integration testing
Collaborate with architecture and lead engineers to ensure consistent development practices
Provide mentoring to junior engineers
· Collaborate within a cross-functional team of data scientists, Product partners, and engineers to translate analytical needs into reliable data pipelines and scalable solutions
Participate in retrospective reviews
Participate in the estimation process for new work and releases
Collaborate with other engineers to solve and bring new perspectives to complex problems
Drive improvements in data engineering practices, procedures, and ways of working
Embrace new technologies and an ever-changing environment
Prepare, validate, and organize governed data and metadata to support reliable analytics and downstream data consumers.
Bachelor’s Degree (Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Mathematics, Business Analytics, or STEM)
3+ years proven ability of professional Data Development experience
3+ years proven ability of developing with Databricks
3+ years of experience with PySpark/Spark
3+ years of experience developing with either Python or Java
Full understanding of ETL concepts and Data Warehousing concepts
Experience with Pipeline Orchestration
Experience with CI/CD
Experience with version control software
Strong understanding of Agile Principles (Scrum)
Experience preparing and validating data for downstream consumers, with an emphasis on data quality, governance, and clear metadata documentation.
Experience with Azure
Experience with Databricks Delta Tables, Delta Lake, Delta Live Tables
Proficient with Relational Data Modeling
Experience with Python Library Development
Experience with Structured Streaming (Spark or otherwise)
Experience with Kafka and/or Azure Event Hub
Experience with Github SaaS / Github Actions
Exposure to BI Tooling (Tableau, Power BI, Cognos, etc.)
Experience with Kubernetes and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
Experience building APIs with FastAPI.
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Pay Transparency and Benefits
- The stated salary range represents the entire span applicable across all geographic markets from lowest to highest. Actual salary offers will be determined by multiple factors including but not limited to geographic location, relevant experience, knowledge, skills, other job-related qualifications, and alignment with market data and cost of labor. In addition to salary, this position is also eligible for variable compensation.
- Below is a list of some of the benefits we offer our associates:
- Health: Medical: with competitive plan designs and support for self-care, wellness and mental health. Dental: with in-network and out-of-network benefit. Vision: with in-network and out-of-network benefit.
- Wealth: 401(k) with Roth option and matching contribution. Health Savings Account with matching contribution (requires participation in qualifying medical plan). AD&D and supplemental insurance options to help ensure additional protection for you.
- Happiness: Paid time off with flexibility to meet your life needs, including 5 weeks of vacation time, 7 health and wellness days, 3 floating holidays, as well as 6 company-paid holidays per year. Paid leave for maternity, paternity and family care instances.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Mathematics, Business Analytics, or STEM
- 3+ years of professional data development experience
- 3+ years of Databricks development experience
- 3+ years of PySpark or Spark experience
- 3+ years of experience developing with Python or Java
- Understanding of ETL concepts and data warehousing concepts
- Experience with pipeline orchestration
- Experience with CI/CD
- Experience with version control software
- Strong understanding of Agile principles and Scrum
- Experience preparing and validating data for downstream consumers, including data quality, governance, and metadata documentation
- Experience with Azure
- Experience with Databricks Delta Tables, Delta Lake, or Delta Live Tables
- Proficiency with relational data modeling
- Experience with Python library development
- Experience with structured streaming
- Experience with Kafka or Azure Event Hub
- Experience with GitHub SaaS or GitHub Actions
- Exposure to BI tools such as Tableau, Power BI, or Cognos
- Experience with Kubernetes or Azure Kubernetes Service
- Experience building APIs with FastAPI
84.51° Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about 84.51° and has not been reviewed or approved by 84.51°.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is described as generous from day one, with substantial vacation alongside wellness/floating days and company holidays. This breadth of leave is treated as a standout element of the package.
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Retirement Support — The package includes a 401(k) with a matching contribution and an HSA match for eligible plans. These features are positioned as solid components that enhance overall compensation value.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave covers birth and adoption with support for both birthing and non‑birthing parents. This complements core health coverage and reinforces a family‑friendly offering.
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What We Do
At 84.51° we use sophisticated tools, technology and data analytics to help retail partners develop, nurture and embrace customer-driven relationships. 84.51° is a retail data science, insights and media company. We help the Kroger company, consumer packaged goods companies, agencies, publishers and affiliated partners create more personalized and valuable experiences for shoppers across the path to purchase. Powered by cutting edge science, we leverage 1st party retail data from nearly 1 of 2 US households and 2BN+ transactions to fuel a more customer-centric journey utilizing 84.51° Insights, 84.51° Loyalty Marketing and our retail advertising solution, Kroger Precision Marketing.
