Data Engineer, Samba TV
Samba Platform
$135-180k
Data & measurement for smarts TVs
Open for applications
Data & measurement for smarts TVs
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$135-180k
201-500 employees
Company mission
To create data at the heart of TV, powering a more scientific approach to advertising and a better viewing experience for everyone.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate will have strong experience in cloud-based data engineering, distributed data processing, and data governance and metadata management to support analytics, reporting, and machine learning use cases
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
- 5+ years of experience in data engineering or a related role
- Strong hands-on experience with Databricks, Apache Spark and BigQuery or Snowflake
- Proven experience with Modern table formats such as Delta Lake and Iceberg
- A deep understanding of the data lifecycle and how teams operate with data
- Hands-on experience implementing data governance and metadata management using Databricks Unity Catalog
- Experience managing and extending Apache Airflow (custom operators, plugins, infrastructure)
- Experience with Kubernetes
- Solid experience with AWS cloud services, especially S3 and data-related services
- Experience with data validation and data quality principles and working with SLA systems
- Proficiency in Python and SQLExperience with data modeling, data lakes, and lakehouse architectures and a strong understanding of distributed systems and big data processing
- Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
- Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines for data platforms
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments
- AWS, Databricks, or cloud data certifications
- Experience working with data clean room environments, including implementation or collaboration within Snowflake, Databricks, or BigQuery ecosystems
- Experience with streaming data pipelines (Kafka, Flink)
What the job involves
- We are seeking a skilled Data Engineer to strengthen our data platform team. Our team is tasked with building and maintaining the data platform that powers the entire organization; from ingestion to analytics and reporting; from valuable viewership and contextual datasets to scalable applications that enable data-driven decision making
- While our organization is hybrid, you'll be building mostly on AWS, Databricks, BigQuery and Snowflake technology
- Build scalable data product architecture, capable of supporting both internal and external data consumers
- Responsible for modernizing our data frameworks and integrations with Databricks and BigQuery
- Upgrade and reduce toil for developers on Apache Airflow
- Develop and optimize data transformations using Apache Spark (PySpark/Scala)
- Build procedures and guidelines to help teams operate with data
- Identify bottlenecks in our development lifecycle and find solutions to improve them
- Drive innovation throughout the tech org by evangelizing and educating teams on best practices and new technologies
- Work directly with our data teams and FinOps teams to drive efforts that span across teams
- Implement data governance, access control, and auditing using Databricks Unity Catalog
- Build and integrate automated, reusable data validation suites using data quality frameworks (Great Expectations or similar)Implement monitoring and anomaly detection systems for data quality, reliability and performance
- Develop and manage REST APIs to support secure data access, automation, and integration
- Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and software engineers to deliver governed, reusable data assets
- Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting for data workflows
- Optimize cost and performance of cloud-based data infrastructure
Our take
Samba TV is improving the TV viewing experience by employing analytics to better personalize adverts and recommendations. With a scientific and algorithmic approach to how smart TVs work, the company enables TV businesses to better capture and serve consumers - an offering which has attracted the likes of Disney.
In recent years, Samba TV has focused on making artificial intelligence and machine learning central to its offerings, in part through the acquisition of Disruptel. This has enabled heightened content recognition and non-intrusive ad unit development, both of which enable it to deliver more value.
Moving forwards, Samba continues to partner and integrate with a wide range of companies to expand its product offering and market reach. And is 2022 expansion into Australia has put the company on the path to becoming a global force to be reckoned with.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Apr 2018
$7.5m
EARLY VC
Jun 2017
$30m
SERIES B
Total funding: $45.7m
Company benefits
- Health Coverage: We have several choices of medical, dental, and vision plans with a range of coverage levels and costs, including a 100% employer-covered plan.
- Wellness & Lifestyle Perks: Our wellness programs are designed to help you maintain or move toward a healthy lifestyle through mindful meditations, gym access, and other assistance when you need it!
- Company Equity Plan: We believe in shared success. We want our employees to not just work for us, but to truly be part of our growth story.
- Volunteer Days: We're committed to making a positive impact, both in and outside the workplace!
- Flexible Time Off: We encourage a healthy work-life balance which empowers our teams to recharge when needed and thrive both personally and professionally.
- Team & Company Events: We love to hang out together! We provide many opportunities to get to know each other whether virtually or in person.
Company HQ
China Basin, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Ashwin Navin
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously co-founded i/o ventures and BitTorrent, serving there as President. Experience as an Analyst for Epoch Partners, Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs.
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