Senior Data Engineer

Job Description

Later is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to play a crucial role in building and optimizing its data warehouse. The Senior Data Engineer will have the opportunity to shape Later's data infrastructure and support its rapid growth. He/She will design, implement, and maintain robust data pipelines and architectures that facilitate efficient data processing and real-time analytics. The candidate will collaborate with engineers, data partners, and stakeholders, leveraging cloud technologies to develop impactful data solutions that transform raw data into actionable insights.

What this role involves:

• Data Warehouse Development: Design and build a robust data warehouse architecture.
• Data Pipeline Development: Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines for both batch and real-time processing, ensuring high availability and reliability.
• Transformation Layer: Develop reliable transformation layers and data pipelines from ambiguous business processes using tools like DBT.
• Data Architecture & Streaming: Establish optimized data architectures using cloud technologies, and implement both batch and streaming data processing systems.
• Data Quality & Governance: Enforce data quality checks and governance practices to maintain data integrity and compliance.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with data scientists, product managers, and business stakeholders to understand data needs and deliver actionable insights.
• Performance Optimization: Analyze and optimize data pipelines for performance and cost-effectiveness.

Requirements:

• Minimum of 5 years in data engineering or related fields, with a strong focus on building data infrastructure and pipelines.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field; advanced degree preferred.
• Proactive and results-driven, always taking initiative, aligning your actions with company goals, and delivering consistent outcomes.
• Strategic and forward-thinking, you balance immediate needs with long-term opportunities to drive impactful, innovative results.
• Adaptable and resourceful, you handle shifting priorities with ease, manage your time effectively, and know when to ask for support.
• You lead with emotional intelligence, building trust, supporting others, encouraging growth, and fostering strong relationships through empathy and collaboration.

What Later offers:

• Opportunity to work alongside experts who are redefining what's possible in social commerce.
• Chance to tackle complex challenges from AI-powered content recommendations to systems that process billions of posts daily.
• Be part of company with a mission to democratize the creator economy.