Senior Data Engineer

Posted 4 Days Ago
Hiring Remotely in United States
Remote
183K-275K Annually
Senior level
AdTech
The Role
Design, evolve, and maintain large-scale ETL/ELT pipelines, data warehousing, and monitoring. Collaborate with internal stakeholders, implement CI/CD and Airflow orchestration, ensure security/RBAC and scalability, and improve BI dashboards and data governance.
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About Wurl, LLC.

At Wurl, our mission is to create innovative technologies and services that help accelerate the shift to streaming. At our core, we are innovators focused on driving the streaming industry forward with technologies that help connect viewers to the right content and ads. Our technology and data-driven solutions help companies reach new audiences, engage high-value viewers, and ultimately increase their revenue.

In 2022, Wurl was acquired by AppLovin (Nasdaq: APP), a leading marketing platform, giving our employees the best of both worlds: the dynamic environment of a 150+ person startup as well as the stability of a high-growth public tech company. We invest in providing a culture that fosters passion, drives excellence, and encourages collaboration to drive innovation. Wurl is a fully-remote company that has been globally recognized for our people and technology, having been named a Great Place to Work by Fortune in 2022, 2023, and 2024; an Ad Tech Company of the Year finalist by the UK Business Tech Awards in 2023; a BIG Innovation Awards winner in 2024 and 2025; and the “Innovation in Advertising” winner by the StreamTV Awards in 2024.


Wurl is seeking an experienced, detail-oriented data engineer with experience in big data and an understanding of ETL processes and data governance. Wurl’s position in the video and ad delivery ecosystem generates large quantities of data that needs to be carefully ETLed and managed. We’re looking for a Senior data engineer that can help evolve, productize and maintain the processes that control our data ETL and data governance processes. 

The ideal candidate is experienced with Big Data, SQL, Snowflake, DataBricks and AWS. Experience with OTT video, ad insertion processes, DataDog is advantageous but not mandatory. 

Responsibilities: 

  • Evolve and streamline Wurl’s data ETL processes, Business Intelligence dashboards (internal and external) enhancement, data workflows (with emphasis on scale, security, maintainability, and validation), data warehousing processes, and internal/external monitoring, alarming, and reporting. 
  • Act as a data team representative and gather requirements from the internal customers such as data science, sales team, etc. 

Qualifications:

  • 5+ years experience with data warehouses.
  • Python and extra strong SQL skills. 
  • Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science or equivalent. 
  • Proven experience building, deploying, and operating large-scale ETL/ELT processes, implementing CI/CD pipelines, and orchestrating data workflows using Apache Airflow.  
  • RBAC/security experience. 
  • Strong engineering leadership skills. 
  • Understanding of professional coding practices, versioning systems, bug tracking, agile processes, etc.
  • Experience with SaaS offerings: Snowflake. Containerization, serverless processes, microservice architectures, etc. 
  • Experience with effective usage of AI powered code editors, e.g., Cursor.
  • Nice to have: Databricks experience. Experience with streaming ad delivery, ad campaigns, supply and demand connectivity, OTT streaming formats (HLS, DASH), SSAI architectures.
  • Effective communication skills and team player.
  • Location: US remote.

What We Offer:

  • Competitive Salary & Bonus
  • Strong Medical, Dental and Vision Benefits, 100% paid by Wurl 
  • Remote first policy 
  • Flexible, unlimited  Time Off 
  • 10 US Holidays 
  • 401(k) Matching
  • Pre-Tax Savings Plans, HSA & FSA with matching funds
  • Ginger, Aaptiv and Headspace subscriptions for mental and physical wellness
  • OneMedical subscription for 24/7 convenient medical care
  • Paid Maternity and Parental Leave for all family additions
  • Discounted PetPlan and easy at home access to Covid testing with empowerDX 
  • $1k Work From Home Stipend to set up your Office 

AppLovin provides a competitive total compensation package with a pay for performance rewards approach. Total compensation at AppLovin is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Depending on the position offered, equity, and other forms of incentive compensation (as applicable) may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to dental, vision, and other benefits.

Other Types of Pay: Bonus eligible

Health Insurance: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability

Retirement Benefits: 401(k) Retirement Plan

Paid Time Off: Unlimited Discretionary Time Off

Paid Holidays: 10 paid holidays per year

Paid Sick Leave: 80 hours per year

Method of Application: Apply online

Application Window: The application window is expected to close within 30 days of the posting date.

All questions or concerns about this posting should be directed to [email protected].

USA Base Pay Range: CA, NY, WA States
$183,000$275,000 USD
USA Base Pay Range: all other States (excludes CA, NY, WA)
$166,000$250,000 USD
AppLovin is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about EEO rights as an applicant here.
 
If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send us a request at [email protected].
 
AppLovin will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law.  If you’re applying for a position in California, learn more here.
 
Please read our Global Applicant Privacy Notice to learn more about how AppLovin processes your personal information.

Skills Required

  • 5+ years experience with data warehouses.
  • Python programming skills.
  • Extra strong SQL skills.
  • Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or equivalent.
  • Proven experience building, deploying, and operating large-scale ETL/ELT processes.
  • Implementing CI/CD pipelines.
  • Orchestrating data workflows using Apache Airflow.
  • RBAC/security experience.
  • Strong engineering leadership skills.
  • Familiarity with professional coding practices, version control, bug tracking, and agile processes.
  • Experience with Snowflake (SaaS data warehouse).
  • Experience with containerization, serverless processes, and microservice architectures.
  • Experience with effective usage of AI-powered code editors (e.g., Cursor).
  • Databricks experience.
  • Experience with streaming ad delivery, ad campaigns, supply/demand connectivity, OTT formats (HLS, DASH), SSAI.
  • Experience with DataDog.
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The Company
HQ: Palo Alto, CA
152 Employees
Year Founded: 2011

What We Do

Since 2017, Wurl has been on a mission to make TV better for everyone. Today, Wurl is the world leader in powering streaming TV. Our video distribution and advertising services reach over 300 million connected TVs, delivering hundreds of millions of hours of TV viewing and millions of individually targeted ads. Wurl’s innovative, market-leading technologies enable content companies, streamers and advertising to continually reach new viewers and grow revenue.

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