Member of Technical Staff - Data

Job Title: Member of Technical Staff - Data
Location: Santa Monica, CA (On-site)
Employment Type: Full-time
Level: Senior
Company: favorited

At favorited, we believe that digital communities should be more than just spaces to watch content. Our platform is a place to connect, engage, and play, and empowers creators by enhancing audience participation and fostering deeper connections.

Our work culture is intense and isn’t for everyone. But, if you’re a self-starter eager to shape the future of social interaction with a team that holds itself to the highest standards, this is the place for you. We value open, yet respectful communication and real-time feedback to help each other grow quickly. If you’re passionate about gaming and have a knack for gamifying everyday life, you’ll thrive in our fast-moving, collaborative environment.

We’re looking for a Member of Technical Staff to build the data foundation that powers critical areas of favorited, including Trust & Safety, Fraud, and user, creator, and application analytics
.

This is a high-impact, 0-to-1 role for someone who has experience standing up data environments for live-service, consumer-focused products
. You’ll work closely with product and engineering teams to build the systems, infrastructure, and analytical capabilities needed to understand our users, creators, and platform—and make better decisions as we scale.

• Build and scale data infrastructure and environments from 0 → 1 to support a rapidly growing consumer product.

• Develop data systems that support Trust & Safety, fraud detection, and user and creator analytics
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• Create reliable data pipelines and foundational datasets that enable product, engineering, and operational decision-making.

• Partner closely with product and engineering teams to understand business and technical requirements and translate them into scalable data solutions.

• Support analytics across user behavior, creator engagement, application performance, and platform health
  .

• Develop data capabilities that help identify suspicious behavior, abuse, fraud, and other Trust & Safety risks.

• Establish strong standards for data quality, reliability, documentation, and accessibility
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• Build systems that can evolve with a rapidly changing live-service consumer product and its growing data volume.

• Identify opportunities to improve how teams access, understand, and act on data.

• Work autonomously to identify high-impact problems, prioritize solutions, and drive projects from concept through implementation.

• 5+ years of experience working in data engineering, data infrastructure, analytics engineering, or a related technical role
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• Proven experience building 0 → 1 data environments for consumer-facing products or internal teams.

• Experience supporting live-service products with rapidly changing requirements and continuously evolving data.

• Strong understanding of data pipelines, data modeling, data infrastructure, and analytics systems.

• Experience partnering closely with product and engineering teams
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• Strong ability to operate with a high degree of autonomy, ownership, and accountability
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• Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills, with the ability to prioritize high-impact work in an ambiguous environment.

• Strong communication skills and the ability to translate complex technical concepts for cross-functional partners.

• A product-oriented mindset and curiosity about how users and creators interact with a platform
  .

Nice to Have:

• Experience with
  Trust & Safety, fraud, risk, or abuse detection
  .

• Experience working with gaming, social, live streaming, or other highly interactive consumer products.

• Experience building data systems that support millions of users.

• Familiarity with real-time…