About Slickdeals:
We believe shopping should feel like winning. That’s why 10 million people come to Slickdeals to swap tips, upvote the best finds, and share the thrill of a great deal. Together, our community has saved more than $10 billion over the past 26 years.
We’re profitable, passionate, and in the middle of an exciting evolution—transforming from the internet’s most trusted deal forum into the go-to daily shopping destination. If you thrive in a fast-moving, creative environment where ideas turn into impact fast, you’ll fit right in.
The Purpose:
Slickdeals is seeking a Staff Software Engineer with deep expertise in Big Data platforms/systems to lead and evolve our data engineering ecosystem. This role goes beyond pipeline maintenance; it’s about architecting scalable, resilient platforms that power analytics, experimentation, and machine learning across the business. You’ll inherit a mature platform built over 3+ years, spanning Databricks, dbt, Airflow, AWS, Tableau, and AtScale, and drive its next phase of growth. As a technical leader, you’ll shape architecture, mentor engineers, and ensure our data infrastructure supports analytics, experimentation, and business enablement at scale.
What You'll Do:
- Architect, evolve, and maintain core ETL/ELT pipelines using dbt, Airflow, and Databricks
- Design and optimize semantic models in AtScale to support BI tools like Tableau
- Lead cross-functional collaboration with Analytics, Product, and Engineering to deliver reliable, timely data
- Own observability, performance, and reliability of data workflows across environments
- Guide infrastructure decisions in AWS (S3, Kafka, EC2, Lambda, IAM), balancing scalability and cost
- Drive cost optimization and platform hygiene across data storage, compute, and tooling
- Champion CI/CD practices and automated testing for data pipelines and infrastructure-as-code
- Uphold engineering rigor through SDLC best practices, including version control, peer reviews, and reproducible builds
- Lead documentation efforts, promote reproducibility, and support onboarding for long-term team health
- Facilitate code reviews, lead architecture discussions, championing engineering excellence, and contribute to overall technical strategy
- Mentor engineers and foster a culture of knowledge sharing and continuous learning
What We're Looking For:
Skills & Qualifications:
- BS/BA/BE degree in a quantitative area such as mathematics, statistics, economics, computer science, engineering, or equivalent experience.
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering
- 7+ years of experience in building large scale data solutions
- Strong proficiency in SQL, Python, and dbt
- Hands-on experience with Databricks, Airflow, and AWS infrastructure
- Strong understanding of semantic modeling
- Experience building dashboards and supporting BI teams using Tableau
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and infrastructure-as-code workflows
- Experience with data governance, security, and compliance best practices
- Deep understanding of SDLC principles and how they apply to data engineering
- Excellent communication and written documentation skills
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
- Strategic mindset with a bias for action, always curious and a continuous learner
Nice to Have:
- Experience with cost monitoring tools or FinOps practices
- Experience with Machine Learning and Data Science
- Familiarity with vendor integrations and API-based data sharing
- Exposure to AtScale, Tableau, or other modern data platforms
- Passion for mentoring and knowledge sharing
With your application, kindly attach a cover letter that outlines your greatest achievement. Please share what you built, how you measured success, and your role in the result.
Please note: We are unable to sponsor visas at this time. Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without current or future visa sponsorship or transfer.
Hybrid schedule visiting our San Mateo or Las Vegas office three days a week (Tues-Thurs).
- Competitive base salary and annual bonus
- Competitive paid time off in addition to holiday time off
- A variety of healthcare insurance plans to give you the best care for your needs
- 401K matching above the industry standard
- Professional Development Reimbursement Program
Work Authorization
Candidates must be eligible to work in the United States.
Slickdeals is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other protected status. Slickdeals will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with the "Ban the Box" legislation. We may access publicly available information as part of your application.
Slickdeals participates in E-Verify. For more information, please refer to E-Verify Participation and Right to Work.
Slickdeals does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies and is not responsible for related fees.
Skills Required
- BS/BA/BE degree in a quantitative area
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering
- 7+ years of experience in large scale data solutions
- Strong proficiency in SQL, Python, and dbt
- Hands-on experience with Databricks, Airflow, and AWS
- Strong understanding of semantic modeling
- Experience building dashboards with Tableau
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code
- Experience with data governance and security best practices
- Excellent communication and documentation skills
Slickdeals Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Slickdeals and has not been reviewed or approved by Slickdeals.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare is described as platinum-level across medical, dental, and vision, with consistently strong sentiment on plan quality. This points to robust core coverage and positive experiences using it.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k) with a match described as above industry standard, with long-term wealth components like company equity highlighted alongside the match. Together these elements present solid long-horizon financial support.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Workstyle and lifestyle perks emphasize hybrid flexibility, flexible schedules, commuter support, wellness programs, pet-friendly offices, and office amenities. Development-oriented perks like tuition reimbursement and conferences complement the day-to-day benefits.
Slickdeals Insights
What We Do
Slickdeals is a community of millions of real people working together to save, so consumers can be confident they’re getting the best deal. Twelve million shoppers help other shoppers by vetting and voting up the very best products at the best prices from all the top retailers. Through the power of human intelligence, the community at Slickdeals has saved its savvy shoppers $10 billion. Slickdeals is one of the top ten most visited shopping sites in the U.S. per Similarweb.
Why Work With Us
We're leveling up across the board and that gets a venture where you have startup like themes of hustle, opportunity, and growth potential, while also having benefits of a 21 year old organization like resources, learnings, and data against which to make decisions.
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