We are looking for a leader who can enhance and evolve a world-class data platform. The system includes a legacy data warehouse built using traditional technologies, that we are actively migrating away from, as well as a new robust big data platform which will replace all of our old system. As the director for this department, you will be responsible for driving the technical vision for the overall architecture, leading and growing the data engineering organization and partnering with our business on overall data strategy.
Prior experience leading large teams and building a modern data organization in an internet or technology industry to support business intelligence, analytics, data science and data products.
Deep understanding of traditional and modern data ingestion, data storage, data processing and data access technologies.
Experience with traditional data warehouse design and development including star schemas, OLAP cubes, modeling structured and semi-structured data, Informatica, SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), Teradata, Greenplum, Redshift, SQLServer, etc.
Experience with modern data technologies Hadoop, Hive, Map Reduce, Tez, Spark, Sqoop, Kafka, Flume.
Experience with workflow management technologies such as Airflow, Oozie, Azkaban, Luigi, etc.
Understanding of data analysis and visualization tools such as Tableau, Business Objects, Qlik, etc.
Experience processing large volume data from internal sources (web logs, relational DB’s, noSQL DB’s) and also from external partners (Google Analytics, Sendgrid, etc).
Passion for data mining and machine learning and experience building, shipping and scaling consumer facing data products.
Experience working in public cloud environments like AWS, Rackspace, etc.
Experience with modern programming languages like Java, Python, Ruby, etc.
Experience implementing monitoring, quality assurance, data validation processes in a big data environment.
Ability to interpret business requirements to formulate technical solutions and also to decide among competing technical solutions.
Excellent communication skills and experience in collaborative environments.
Ability to constructively resolve conflict and drive the team towards business goals.
Experience with Agile/Scrum development methodologies.
BS or MS in a quantitative field such as computer science, physics, math, engineering, or economics
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Perks:
Sunny Mill Valley offices located right on the water
Time when you need it - Unlimited vacation days
Free catered lunch with a new menu every day
Fully-stocked break rooms with complimentary food and drinks
Your choice between Mac or PC
Onsite gym with yoga, CrossFit and boot camp classes
Game room complete with ping pong, PacMan, and beer on tap
Dog-friendly office (with a few dog-free zones if you are so inclined)
Frequent company and team outings, including kayaks, stand-up paddle boards, hiking, sports teams, weekly poker nights, and more events put together by our fun committee!
Free parking
4-Time Winner “Best Places to Work” in the North Bay, (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
Benefits:
Competitive salary
Equity in a late stage startup backed by top-tier VCs (Google Capital, Tiger Global, Benchmark, Battery Ventures, Sutter Hill Ventures, DAG Ventures, Dragoneer Investment Group, and others)
100% company paid medical/dental/vision/life coverage, with 90% dependent coverage
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