Senior Data Engineer, Akeneo
1-2 days a week in office
The product experience company and global leader in Product Information Management
Job no longer available
The product experience company and global leader in Product Information Management
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
1-2 days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To empower business leaders with software, education and an engaged community all focused on the practice of product experience management.
Role
Who you are
- If you are an experienced Data Contributor and have been sailing in Data Tooling, Data Collection, and Cloud Infrastructure for the past 8+ years, we’ve got the right job for you!
- Experience: You have a strong track record in designing and building end-to-end data platforms—from Data Ingestion to Data Visualization
- You have been using data and software development tools/languages extensively such as Airbyte, DataStream, Debezium, Google Cloud Workflows, Terraform, CloudFormation, BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift, GCP, AWS, Airflow, Dagster, Google Analytics, Postgres, dbt, or Dataform
- Technical Expertise: You possess in-depth knowledge of data best practices as well as software development principles
- You are fluent in scripting languages such as Python or Shell
- You can write advanced SQL queries with your eyes closed
- You know Linux environments and have already containerized and orchestrated applications with Docker and Kubernetes
- Communication Skills: You can effectively communicate complex technical concepts to stakeholders not familiar with your expertise and work very well within a diverse team
- Adaptability: You thrive in a fast-paced, impact-focused environment and can handle uncertainties and changing requirements
- Mentoring Skills: You have demonstrated that you can mentor and grow others in previous roles, guiding less experienced colleagues through challenges so they can deliver impact
What the job involves
- In this role, you will be leading our Data Engineering/Data Ops topics and work closely with the Data Team as well as Engineering Leaders
- The Data Team is currently composed of five Analytics Engineers and one Data Engineer
- At Akeneo, Data Engineers look after our Data Platform, allowing Analytics Engineers to collect, transform, expose, and leverage our data
- Today our data stack is composed of Google Cloud Platform (GCP), dbt, Airbyte, Dagster, Metabase, Amplitude, and Segment. Additionally, company-wide tools include CircleCI, Terraform, and Datadog
- Technical Excellence: Design and implement end-to-end scalable solutions for Data Processing and Cloud Infrastructure, applying best-in-class development practices while managing costs and complexity. Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code
- Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize our data platform performance. Ex: Design and implement an orchestrator to automate data pipelines. Ex:Terraform our GCP project and build a robust framework to manage data access efficiently and thus secure our sensitive data. Ex: Identify and resolve bottlenecks in one of the Data Collection homemade components
- Collaborative Impact: Collaborate with Data Team members and Engineering Leaders to evangelize Data Engineering and Data Ops best practices, building a data culture based on the highest quality and reliability standards
- Ex: After identifying frequent data quality issues with a source provider, set up an interface contract with them allowing them to be alerted if the data provided is not respecting our data quality standards
- Mentorship: Mentor other Data Team members, and drive data and software craftsmanship within the team and across the organization. Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to other Data Team members
- Ex: Pair with Analytics Engineer on complex data collection tasks. Ex: Organise knowledge-sharing sessions on development best practices. Ex: Explain data engineering and/or software development concepts pedagogically to other Data Team members
- Visionary: Build the Data Engineering and Data Ops vision, adapting our stack to anticipate users’ needs and avoid pitfalls
- Stay up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies in data and software development
- Ex: Build the Data Engineering and Data Ops roadmap, articulating rationale for each priority and identifying opportunities based on new feature releases of available technologies
Application process
- All interviews will be conducted remotely and ideally within two weeks, depending on your availability
- We are asking for a total of around six hours of your time
- There are no take-home exercises, coding tests, or surprises
- We will not continue the process if you do not pass a step, to save you time and effort
- If we decide not to move forward, we will provide you with feedback
- Phone Screen: If your application has caught our attention, you will receive an invitation to a short conversation with one of our Talent Acquisition Specialists, where you'll learn more about the role and about Akeneo
- You will be asked to send a one-pager on an “Impact You Are Proud Of," which will be used to validate that you are able to start the interview loop and during the technical interview to aid discussion and deep dive into decision making
- The “Impact You Are Proud Of" one-pager should be short and clear, articulate the problems and the solutions, and if possible, include code you produced in that context
- Hiring Manager Chat: This short interview will allow you to go in more depth into what the role entails and discuss your experience and skills
- General Interview Loop: These interviews ensure you are qualified to join Akeneo and that you are a right fit for the Data Team at this point in time
- Efore each interview you will receive an email detailing the types of questions you will be asked and who your interviewers will be so you can research and prepare
- Technical Deep Dive: The two Technical Deep Dive interviews are looking to see how you think critically, expose gaps, navigate ambiguity, focus on impact and execute
- “Impact You Are Proud Of": You will be asked to bring the “Impact You Are Proud Of" one-pager to discuss and go deep in 60 minutes with a Staff Engineer and a Data Team member
- Akeneo specific problem: During this interview, you will discuss in 60 minutes how you would solve Akeneo-specific complex data problems related to either Cloud Infrastructure and/or Data Tooling and/or Data Collection
- Behavioural Deep Dive: You will spend 90 minutes with a cross-functional panel of peers
- They are looking to see what it's like to work with you and how you add to our values
- This interview relies heavily on examples from your past, so take some time to think back and write down some so you are best prepared
- We want to emphasise that the purpose of this interview is not to "test" you
- Instead, our goal is to create an environment and opportunities for you to express yourself fully, allowing us to understand your years of experience in a short timeframe
- We encourage you to think of the interviewers as collaborators, there to ensure you have every opportunity to shine
- We're genuinely interested in learning about your experiences, thought processes, and approaches to problem-solving
- Team Interview: The rest of the Data team will want to meet you at this point for an hour to see if you are someone that they would like to work with and learn from
- The team will be curious about you as a person and what you want for your next chapter
- At all stages of your recruitment process, our Talent Acquisition team is committed to giving you an update in a one-week time frame
Our take
Based in France and Boston, Akeneo is a provider of product experience management (PXM) and product information management (PIM) solutions. The platform enables businesses to create product growth opportunities by enriching, managing and optimizing product data across the entire customer journey, to deliver unforgettable experiences to their customers.
The company is trusted by global brands and industry experts, including Staples, AMG Medical and Bensons for Beds. Recognised as a Global Leader in Product Information Management by IDC and Gartner, Akeneo's Product Cloud provides an AI powered, single source of truth for product information and data.
With over 3 billion unique product experiences delivered by Akeneo PIM, they are in a great position to continue making waves in the product experience management space, bringing Akeneo ever closer to its goal of best serving the growing needs of modern omnichannel brands and retailers.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Meet the team
Meet Nicholas, Senior Manager Business Development
Our mission
Progress careers and make impactful contributions to team members' professional growth.Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Mar 2022
$135m
SERIES D
Sep 2019
$46m
SERIES C
Total funding: $197.2m
Company values
- Diligent Benevolence: We thrive as a unified force, caring deeply for one another, celebrating victories, and growing together. Openness and kindness are our cornerstones, but we steer clear of complacency. We strive for excellence, knowing it demands constant, honest feedback within a supportive environment
- Humble Hunger: We have big ambitions and aim to be the best at what we do. But we recognize that this is a long and imperfect road. There is no recipe for success. Arrogance and self-conceit will not drive us anywhere. It’s a journey of learning, minus the ego trip
- Responsible Pioneers: Our decisions boldly navigate new frontiers, always aligned with our customer-first compass. We navigate with responsibility, recognizing our resource limits. We're a crew of accountable owners
- Inclusive Community: More than an inner spark, our Purple Fire forges a community where everyone's seen, heard, and valued. It's our diversity – of thought, background, and culture – that fuels this fire, creating an impactful, united, and passionate collective that aims to create and inspire
Company HQ
101 Arch St Boston, MA 02116
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Leadership
Romain Fouache
(CEO)Previously the Managing Director at Arbiom before working several positions at Dataiku, including VP of Strategy, COO and CRO. They worked at Dataiku for 7 years total before becoming CEO of Akeneo.
Benoit Jacquemont
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previously worked for over 12 years at Smile in many different roles before becoming the CTO of Akeneo. These titles include Project Manager, PHP Technical Director and CTO of Smile Group.
Fred de Gombert
(Co-Founder & President)Previously founded and was CEO of Manalee before working at Smile as a Pre-Sales Engineer and later E-commerce Director. They worked at Smile for over 7 years before co-founding Akeneo.
Nadine Pichelot
(CFO)Nadine supports the company through its next phase by implementing infrastructure and processes that support profitable and sustainable growth. She brings 35 years of experience as a COO and CFO.
Sabrina Jaksa
(Chief People Experience Officer)Sabrina is an award-winning HR coach, consulting start-ups and SMEs on a variety of pain points such as culture, values, recruitment, L&D, people management, HR compliance, and more.
Andy Tyra
(Chief Product Officer )Andy leads Akeneo's Eng, Product, & Design to define multi-product strategy. He helped build AmazonFresh/AWS Marketplace & was Whereby's 2023 CEO.
Annabelle Malherbe
(Chief Operating Officer )Annabelle collaborates closely with the CEO to drive Akeneo’s strategic agenda and corporate development. Annabelle’s previous roles include COO at Zoovu and Linkfluence.
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Akeneo
Camille Fant (Principal CSR & DEI Manager)
- At Akeneo, we are committed to fostering a safe and welcoming environment for everyone, regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, race, age, family status, religion, or any other personal traits. We strive to create the conditions for you to feel safe and be yourself. We have created different Employee Resource Groups (ERG) to support our Inclusive community value. By providing a safe place for underrepresented groups (URGs) and advocating for the needs and concerns of URGs they play a significant role in promoting diversity and inclusion and reinforce Akeneo’s commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Akeneo Employee Resource Groups (ERGs): - Akeneo Women & Allies - Akeneo LGBTQIA+ & Allies - Akeneo Neurodiversity & Allies - Akeneo Parents & Allies - Akeneo People of Color & Allies Our five ERGs have led a variety of impactful initiatives, including hosting conferences with external speakers, publishing newsletters, and organizing First Aid training sessions for infants and children.
- Woman in Leadership Program The Women in Leadership program (open to every woman at Akeneo) empowers women to navigate leadership with confidence, authenticity, and strategic influence. Through a mix of discussions, skill-building workshops, and peer collaboration, participants gain the tools needed to overcome challenges, strengthen their leadership presence, and advance their careers.
- Uncounscious bias Training An unconscious bias is a prejudice or stereotype individuals hold about certain groups of people that they aren’t consciously aware of having. These biases may exist toward people of various races, ethnic groups, gender identities, sexual orientations, physical abilities and more. At Akeneo, we are committed to identifying and understanding unconscious biases and their impact on recruitment and company culture. We strive to build a workplace that actively acknowledges bias by empowering everyone to speak up and providing comprehensive training to help all employees recognize and address it.
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