Senior Data Engineer, Way
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Brand activation platform for hospitality businesses
Open for applications
Brand activation platform for hospitality businesses
21-100 employees
Open for applications
+ Equity
21-100 employees
Company mission
To help businesses unlock the power of brand activations.
Role
Who you are
- Minimum 5+ years of hands-on data engineering experience with increasing responsibility
- Preferred 7+ years in data engineering, analytics engineering, or data platform roles
- Proven track record of building data systems from scratch or leading data infrastructure transformations
- Experience working as a solo data engineer or in small, autonomous data teams
- Python proficiency required - demonstrated experience building data pipelines, ETL frameworks, and automation scripts
- SQL expertise - advanced knowledge of complex queries, performance optimization, and data modeling
- Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and their data services
- Proficiency with data lake technologies (Delta Lake, Apache Iceberg, or Apache Hudi)
- Experience with data orchestration tools (Apache Airflow, Prefect, Dagster, or similar)
- Knowledge of streaming data technologies (Apache Kafka, Kinesis, Pub/Sub)
- Familiarity with data warehouse technologies (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, Databricks)
- Understanding of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and infrastructure as code
- Experience with version control systems (Git) and collaborative development workflows
Desirable
- Background in real-time analytics and event-driven architectures
- Previous experience in startup or fast-paced environments
- Understanding of data privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA) and security best practices
- Experience with performance monitoring and observability tools
- Knowledge of dimensional modeling and data warehouse design patterns
What the job involves
- We are seeking an experienced Senior Data Engineer to establish and lead our data infrastructure as an early member of our data team.
- This role will be responsible for building our entire data platform from the ground up, implementing a comprehensive data lake and pipeline architecture, and establishing a culture of data-driven decision-making throughout our organization.
- The ideal candidate will serve as both a technical leader and data advocate, driving automation excellence while flexing into data science and analytics responsibilities as needed
- Design and implement a comprehensive data lake architecture using modern cloud-native technologies
- Build scalable ETL/ELT pipelines for real-time and batch data processing across all data sources
- Establish data ingestion frameworks to collect data from application APIs, third-party services, and databases
- Architect automated data quality monitoring, validation, and alerting systems
- Create robust data warehousing solutions optimized for analytics and business intelligence
- Implement DataOps practices with automated testing and deployment pipelines (CI/CD for data)
- Develop and maintain Python-based data processing frameworks and utilities
- Build an automated data pipeline orchestration using Apache Airflow or similar tools
- Create streaming data processing solutions using Apache Kafka, Kinesis, or Pub/Sub
- Implement infrastructure as code for all data platform components (Terraform, CloudFormation)
- Establish feature stores and data models that support both operational and analytical workloads
- Optimize data storage costs and query performance across the entire platform
- Collaborate with product and business teams to identify key metrics, KPIs, and analytical requirements
- Build automated reporting dashboards and self-service business intelligence tools
- Support predictive modeling initiatives and A/B testing frameworks
Our take
Way’s brand activation platform is used by boutique hotel groups and independent hotels to curate and offer experiences & events to boost brand awareness and loyalty. The company was founded on the belief that consumers prefer spending on experiences than products.
Since its founding in 2020, Way has picked up a number of well-known hotel brands including Salt Hotels and Life House Hotels in North America. And the fact that it's already expanded to an office in Paris is a good indication of its strong growth.
Since securing major funding from Tiger Global, Way has also been adding to its executive team as it looks to expand even further on the international front. Plans are in motion to pivot into adjacent sectors including retail and media, where brand activation experiences are also growing in demand.
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Company
Funding (1 round)
Nov 2022
$20m
SERIES A
Total funding: $20m
Company HQ
Sixth Street Historic District, Austin, TX
Leadership
Michael Stocker
(Co-Founder & CEO)Founded and was CEO of skiing industry-focused digital transformation company OnlySky between 2016 and 2020. Previously worked in Government Relations for the Ridge Policy Group.
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