Senior Software Development Engineer - Data
Listed on 2026-06-09
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Software Development
Data Engineer
Senior Software Development Engineer - Data
Location:
San Jose
Employment Type:
Regular
Job Code: A68644
ResponsibilitiesTeam Introduction
The Data Platform team works on building data infrastructures and data products to support business engineering teams a Software Development Engineer in the data platform team, you will have the opportunity to build, optimize and grow one of the largest data platforms in the world. You'll have the opportunity to gain hands‑on experience on all kinds of systems in the data platform ecosystem.
Your work will have a direct and huge impact on the company's core products as well as hundreds of millions of users.
- Design and build data transformations efficiently and reliably for different purposes (e.g. reporting, growth analysis, multi‑dimensional analysis)
- Design and implement reliable, scalable, robust and extensible big data systems that support core products and business
- Establish solid design and best engineering practice for engineers as well as non‑technical people
- BS/MS from a quantitative field of study (CS, STEM, etc)
- Experience in API, backend, and data services development
- Experience in Big Data stack (Hadoop, M/R, Hive, Spark, Metastore, Presto, Flume, Kafka, Click House, Flink, etc.)
- Experience with ETL (Extraction, Transformation & Loading) or ELT, and architecting data systems
- Ability to ship code in Java, Python and SQL
- Solid communication and collaboration skills
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $212,800 - $387,600 annually.
Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.
BenefitsBenefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).
The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
Los Angeles County (unincorporated) CandidatesQualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment under all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
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