Staff Data Engineer, OpenSea
$180-270k
+ Equity
Decentralised NFT marketplace
Open for applications
Decentralised NFT marketplace
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$180-270k
+ Equity
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To shape an accessible and open digital economy for everyone.
Role
Who you are
- Expert-level proficiency in SQL and modern data stack technologies
- Hands-on experience with Snowflake or similar data warehousing tools, including multi-cluster warehouse configuration and optimization
- Strong background in CDC solutions and real-time data streaming (Kafka, Confluent)
- Experience with both SQL and NoSQL databases (Postgres, MongoDB)
- Proven track record building ETL/ELT pipelines that process terabytes of data daily
- Understanding of blockchain/NFT data structures and metadata standards
- Experience implementing data governance, security controls, and access management
- Strong communication skills and ability to work with cross-functional teams
- High ownership mentality
- AI-forward mindset with hands-on experience adopting and integrating AI tools
What the job involves
- We're looking for a Staff Data Engineer to Lead the design and implementation of scalable data infrastructure that powers analytics and insights for millions of NFT transactions and digital asset activities
- This role sits at the intersection of blockchain analytics and massive-scale data engineering, where you'll architect the data backbone that powers insights for one of the most prominent platforms in web3
- Design and implement end-to-end data pipelines for processing blockchain and digital asset data at scale
- Create and maintain business critical dashboards across revenue & monitoring use-cases
- Develop robust ETL processes using SQL to transform raw data into analytics-ready tables Implement data modeling solutions for complex domains like NFTs, including metadata, ownership, and analytics
- Build and maintain CDC (Change Data Capture) solutions to synchronize data between MongoDB, Postgres, Kafka, Confluent, and Snowflake
- Configure and maintain data streaming solutions for real-time data processing
- Set up and manage automated scheduling systems for data transformation tasks
- Implement data governance and security controls, including role-based access management
- Optimize and configure multi-cluster Snowflake data warehouses for concurrent query handling
Our take
OpenSea is a peer-to-peer digital marketplace for NFTs or uniquely identifiable digital items. These items are authenticated with blockchain and are part of a new internet economy that consists of digital products representing art, game characters, domain names, and event tickets.
The OpenSea platform allows users to both purchase NFTs or list digital items for sale. The platform initially encountered speed issues when NFT trading boomed due to the limitations of the Ethereum blockchain technology it was using. However, the company has transitioned to a new blockchain system, Polygon, which has mitigated the problem.
In the wake of the FTX collapse the NFT world has been shaken up, and new competitors have arisen to take advantage of the disruption. One such rival, Blur, overtook OpenSea's market lead in 2023. This has led to OpenSea changing its policies and fee structures to be more favourable to creators in a bid to retake its crown. It remains to be seen whether Blur and other rivals will be able to keep up the pressure, but it's clear that OpenSea will need to innovate if it wants to remain at the head of the market.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
5% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jan 2022
$300m
SERIES C
Jul 2021
$100m
SERIES B
Total funding: $427.3m
Company benefits
- Paid family leave
- Health insurance
- Flexible vacation policy
- Flexible hours
- Workshops & conferences
- Travel & company retreats
Company HQ
Tribeca, New York, NY
Leadership
Devin Finzer
(CEO & Co-Founder)Started their career as a Pinterest Software Engineer, before leaving after almost 2 years to co-found Iris Labs and Claimdog. They left their Engineering Manager role at Credit Karma in December 2017 to co-found OpenSea.
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