Senior Data Engineer, UTA
$185-200k
Talent & entertainment agency
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Talent & entertainment agency
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$185-200k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To shape talent, build careers, and tell stories.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
- 6+ years of engineering experience, with 3–5+ years focused on data engineering, analytics platforms, or big data systems
- Advanced proficiency in SQL and Python; experience with Spark or distributed data processing is a plus
- Strong experience with modern data warehouses and data lake platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery, Databricks, Delta Lake)
- Hands-on experience building ETL/ELT pipelines using tools such as dbt, Apache Airflow, or similar orchestration frameworks
- Solid understanding of data modeling, schema design, partitioning strategies, and performance optimization
- Experience working with cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and an understanding of security and compliance best practices
- Familiarity with BI and visualization tools (e.g., Looker, Tableau, Power BI)
- Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
What the job involves
- UTA seeks a Senior Data Engineer to architect and elevate the modern data platforms that fuel business intelligence, advanced analytics, and real-time decision-making across the organization
- In this highly visible, hands-on role, you’ll tackle complex data challenges, design and scale robust pipelines, and collaborate closely with cross-functional partners to transform raw data into powerful, actionable insights that drive the business forward
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable, secure, and high-performing data warehouse and analytics solutions (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery, Databricks) that consolidate data from diverse business domains and sources into a single, trusted environment
- Build, optimize, and support ETL/ELT pipelines and orchestration frameworks to pull data from multiple systems and data types into unified models that power reporting, analytics, and machine learning workflows
- Contribute to the design and implementation of CI/CD pipelines for data infrastructure, ensuring reliable deployments and monitoring
- Support batch and near-real-time data processing patterns as the data ecosystem evolves
- Partner with stakeholders across engineering, product, analytics, and machine learning to translate business requirements into well-designed data solutions
- Participate in cross-functional initiatives and contribute technical expertise to data platform strategy and roadmap discussions
- Work closely with analytics and BI teams to ensure data is reliable, well-modeled, and easy to consume
- Ensure data quality, observability, and reliability across pipelines and platforms
- Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and remediation for data-related issues
- Apply best practices for performance tuning, cost optimization, and scalability in cloud environments
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team standards around clean code, documentations, and data engineering best practices
- Promote a culture of operational excellence, testing, and continuous improvement
Our take
Founded in 1991, UTA represents some of the world’s most acclaimed and recognised figures - from actors and athletes to writers and digital influencers. These include Lizzo, The Coen Brothers, Bad Bunny and Timothee Chalamet.
The entertainment landscape is in a permanent state of flux, but the boom of digital and social media has brought rise to new kinds of talent. To remain on the cultural pulse, UTA has expanded its business into gaming, digital media and influencers, as younger consumers spend more time playing games or watching social content over traditional media.
With the acquisitions of Fletcher & Company and Curtis Brown, UTA took on the estates of esteemed literary figures like John le Carré and Ian Fleming. This reflects a larger competition between agencies to acquire intellectual property to develop into content. In doing so, UTA hopes to find competitive edge over other dominant agencies, WME and CAA.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
10% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
Beverly Hills, CA
Leadership
Jeremy Zimmer
(Co-Founder & CEO)Has served as CEO for UTA since 1991.
Jim Berkus
(Co-Founder & Chair)Served as a partner at Leading Artists Agency, which merged with Bauer-Benedek Agency to form UTA.
Peter Benedek
(Co-Founder & Owner)Also served as a partner at Bauer-Benedek Agency.
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