Data Engineer

Figma · San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States · Engineering · listed July 8, 2024

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Seniority
Not stated
Where
Not stated
Stated pay
$140,000 – $348,000 USD
Requirements listed
5
Length
737 words

In the posting’s own words

To ensure the integrity of our hiring process and facilitate a more personal connection, we require all candidates keep their cameras on during video interviews. Additionally, if hired you will be required to attend in person onboarding.

What it asks for · 5

  • 4 + years in a relevant field.
  • Fluency with both SQL and Python.
  • Familiarity with Snowflake, dbt, Dagster, and ETL/reverse ETL tools.
  • Excellent judgment and creative problem solving skills.
  • A self-starting mindset along with strong communication and collaboration skills.

Also a plus

  • Knowledge in data modeling methodologies to design and build robust data architectures for insightful analytics.
  • Experience with business systems such as Salesforce , Customer IO, Stripe, NetSuite is a big plus.

What the job covers

  • Own, build, and maintai n scalable data pipelines that connect various cloud data sources.
  • Develop a deep understanding of Figma’s core data model s and optimize data pipelines for scale.
  • Partner with the Data Science and Data Infrastructure teams to build new foundational data sets that are trusted, well understood, and enable self-service .
  • Work with a wide range of cross-functional stakeholders to derive requirements and architect shared datasets; ability to document, simplify and explain complex problems to different types of audiences.
  • Establish best practices for the development of specialized data sets for analytics and modeling.

Tools and skills named

Data
  • Data pipelines2×
  • ETL2×
  • Data modeling
  • dbt
  • Snowflake
Product & design
  • Figma5×
Languages
  • Python
  • SQL
Go to market
  • Salesforce
Ways of working
  • Cross-functional

Words the posting leans on

  • data10×
  • design4×
  • build3×
  • analytics2×
  • collaboration2×
  • creative2×
  • data pipelines2×
  • data sets2×
  • idea2×
  • modeling2×
  • plus2×
  • problem2×
  • skills2×

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