Senior Data Engineer, MasterClass
$167-200k
Salary applicable for NYC/CA/WA, may vary in other locations + Equity
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Streaming platform for learning
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Streaming platform for learning
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$167-200k
Salary applicable for NYC/CA/WA, may vary in other locations + Equity
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To help unleash the human potential, by inspiring individuals to learn amazing new skills.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years of experience in Data Engineering, with ownership of production data platforms at scale
- Deep expertise designing and operating Airflow, AWS-based data platforms, including Redshift, S3, IAM, and related services in complex production environments
- Advanced proficiency in SQL and Python, with strong data modeling and systems design skills
- Strong understanding of distributed data processing , modern ELT architectures, analytics workflows and BI use cases, and experience partnering closely with Analytics and business stakeholders
- AI tools knowledge that includes an understanding of prompt engineering and familiarity with modern AI technology stacks
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to lead technical discussions, influence architecture, and drive initiatives across teams
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Senior Data Engineer to play a key role in owning, evolving, and scaling our core data platform
- This role operates with significant autonomy and influence, partnering closely with Analytics, Product, and Engineering to ensure our data systems are reliable, scalable, cost-efficient, and aligned with how the business operates
- You will help shape architectural decisions, raise engineering standards, and ensure our data platform enables analytics, experimentation, and emerging AI-driven use cases
- Design, build, and operate robust, fault-tolerant, and observable data pipelines using Airflow and modern ELT best practices
- Architect, enhance and improve data ingestion, AWS data infrastructure, including Redshift, S3 and monitoring
- Partner with Analytics, Product, Finance, Marketing, and Content teams to design canonical, analytics-ready datasets that power key metrics such as growth, engagement, retention, and revenue
- Define, implement, and enforce SLAs, data quality checks, observability, and alerting for production data systems. Take shared ownership of data platform reliability, participating in on-call rotations and driving root-cause fixes for incidents
- Contribute to design reviews, raising engineering quality, and sharing best practices
- Evaluate and introduce data tooling that improves reliability, developer productivity, and analytics velocity
- Collaborate deeply with cross functional teams to align event design, source systems, and data contracts
Our take
MasterClass is a streaming platform that offers its members the chance to learn skills and theory directly from the best in the business, all with celebrity status. For example, learning to cook with Gordon Ramsay, mastering tennis techniques with Serena Williams, and perfecting songwriting with Alicia Keys.
The streaming platform provides more than 100 classes across nine categories including sport, wellness, music, food, and business. Each class is made up of around 20 short video lessons, accompanied by a workbook and a members’ community.
With a $2.5 billion valuation and no shortage of funding, MasterClass is seen as a leader in the edtech market and differentiates itself from fierce competitors Udacity and Udemy by blurring the line between education and entertainment.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
May 2021
$225m
SERIES F
May 2020
$100m
SERIES E
Total funding: $461.4m
Company benefits
- Health & Wellness: Premium medical, dental, and vision insurance plans for you and your family. OneMedical and Peloton subscriptions. Access to Modern Health and Included Health for additional well-being and expert medical care
- Paid Time Off: Take the time you need when you need it. Company-wide winter and summer recharge breaks and half-day Fridays
- Equity: In addition to a competitive base salary, our equity plans allow employees to share in the success of the company
- Unique Perks: Quarterly flex dollars for whatever you need, cell phone and internet stipends, lunch on Tuesdays for those in-office, and the occasional instructor drop in
- Family Planning: Competitive parental leave programs for both birthing and non-birthing parents. Leave administration with Cocoon. Fertility support through Carrot
- Learning & Development: We are a learning company after all! Full access to MasterClass courses and the opportunity to gift memberships to loved ones. Personal development dollars are provided every 6 months for things like career coaching or books
- Charitable Giveback: Company charity matching and paid days off to volunteer in your community
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
David Rogier
(Founder & CEO)Having studied at Washington University, they worked in Strategy and Operations at Tesco for 3 years before taking an MBA at Stanford. They used this experience to found MasterClass.
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