Senior Data Platform Engineer, Sovrn
$135-165k
+ Bonus & Equity
More information about location
Office located in Boulder, Colorado
Advertising tools & services for content creators
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Advertising tools & services for content creators
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
$135-165k
+ Bonus & Equity
More information about location
Office located in Boulder, Colorado
101-200 employees
Company mission
To empower independent content creators and publishers to grow their businesses and achieve the attention they deserve.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate is passionate about building and maintaining key datasets and data infrastructure, possesses strong problem-solving skills, and has a proven track record in managing and optimizing data platforms
- You share Sovrn’s belief that a highly effective engineer is defined as much more than just technical ability, but also someone who uses exceptional interpersonal skills to improve team dynamics and executes on technical work with a long-term strategic vision
- You are a self starter and able to get the job done without direct supervision
- You enjoy leading a collaborative team but are also independently responsible
- You are technically curious and enjoy investigating what is possible
- Defining technical challenges and solving problems with your team to make better software gets you excited
- Excellent understanding of big data processing environments such as Spark and Databricks
- Hands-on experience with data processing using Spark and Python
- Hands-on experience in big data and distributed data processing in the AWS ecosystem
- Hands-on experience with orchestration tools such as Airflow and MWAA
- Proficiency with Postgres, Athena, and DynamoDB
- Experience with data warehousing and data mart design and implementation
- Strong understanding and inner workings of metadata management, data lineage, and data governance
- Strong experience in structured, unstructured, semi-structured data techniques and processes
- Hands on experience with infrastructure as code tools like Terraform and AWS Cloudformation
- Ability to clearly document and communicate architectural concepts at multiple levels
- Experience with data security and compliance (PII, CCPA, GDPR etc.)
- Ability to lead problem definition, solution designs, and define implementation work plans
- A creative yet analytical mindset with problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to understand business domains and translate into data requirements
What the job involves
- As a Senior Data Platform Engineer, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance our data architectureI, troubleshoot data processing issues, and implement solutions to ensure the integrity, efficiency, and governance of our data ecosystem
- Perform architecture design, table design, metric consistency, data modeling, and implementation of a big data platform and analytics applications
- Analyze latest big data and analytics technologies and provide expertise in big data strategies
- Provide governance of business-critical product data sets within Sovrn’s data warehouse and ensure their readiness for data analysts and other internal business users
- Specify data platform components and configurations required for data pipeline implementation
- Implement data pipeline metrics to monitor performance, accuracy, and availability
- Research, implement, and evolve methods to process our data
- Optimize data processing and data access to business intelligence tools
- Provide domain expertise across the organization to enable business growth and development through data services and data models
- Troubleshoot systemic issues and lead improvements
- Work with the security team to implement and maintain robust data security measures
- Ensure compliance with relevant data governance and privacy regulations
- Create and maintain data products from data warehouse to user facing outputs such as reports and dashboards
- Staying up to date with industry metrics and anticipate how they can be incorporated into Sovrn data
Our take
The monetization of online content creation can be very lucrative but requires time, resources and expertise outside of writing. Passionate writers who focus on storytelling and creating inspiring content may waste valuable time attempting to develop their business, and hiring somebody to do this is often too expensive for independent writers.
Sovrn tackles this in a smart way by providing writers with simple-to-use tools that take the stress out of monetization. It works with publishers and advertisers to provide opportunities to passionate writers, allowing them to focus on excelling at their job rather than dealing with distribution, monetization and operations - all of which Sovrn is able to handle.
The startup claims to be able to drive higher revenues and scale a publishing business, at the same time as allowing writers to focus on what they do best. It has seen significant investment that will enable it to pursue acquisitions and support the further expansion of its platform with more capabilities to be added in the future.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-19% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Aug 2022
$35.6m
LATE VC
Jul 2022
$36m
SERIES C
Total funding: $132.6m
Company benefits
- Work at a company that values your strengths. See the results of your actions. There are no barriers at Sovrn
- First-class health benefits, wellness options, and a host of life-improvement perks that help you be the best you
- Retirement benefits, 401k matching, and stock options show we’re equally dedicated to financial health
- In-house barista, catered lunches and breakfasts
- Volunteer opportunities
- Flexible vacation and a focus on mental and physical health mean you’ll have time for life outside the office
- Learn new skills. Pursue great ideas. Take on new opportunities and thrive in a workplace that rewards your efforts
Company HQ
Boulder, CO
Leadership
Walter Knapp
(CEO)Having studied at the University of Colorado, they worked as a Partner at Cambridge Technology, and Novell Ventures for a combined 6 years. They worked as SuSE Linux at Novel, COO of Lijit Networks, and COO of Federated Media Publishing before leaving in January 2014 to found Sovrn.
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