Data Engineer, Figma

• This is a great role for an individual who is passionate about working with data and data systems, and who loves solving problems
• You’ll have a good sense for when it makes sense to build fast, scrappy solutions to unblock a key stakeholder vs. when to push back or bring in an outside service
• The ideal candidate will be a great communicator who can help coordinate across multiple internal and external teams and takes pride in building end-to-end projects
• 4+ years in a relevant field
• Fluency with both SQL and Python
• Familiarity with Snowflake, dbt, Dagster, and ETL/reverse ETL tools
• Excellent judgment and creative problem solving skills
• A self-starting mindset along with strong communication and collaboration skills

Desirable

• We are looking for an experienced Data Engineer to partner with our Data Science and Data Infrastructure teams to own and scale our data pipelines
• You’ll also work closely with stakeholders across business teams including sales, marketing, and finance to ensure that the data they need arrives promptly and reliably
• You’ll play an integral role in building the metrics and self-serve reporting capabilities to unlock Figma’s next phase of growth
• Own, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines that connect various cloud data sources
• Develop a deep understanding of Figma’s core data models and optimize data pipelines for scale
• Partner with the Data Science and Data Infrastructure teams to build new foundational data sets that are trusted, well understood, and enable self-service
• Work with a wide range of cross-functional stakeholders to derive requirements and architect shared datasets; ability to document, simplify and explain complex problems to different types of audiences
• Establish best practices for the development of specialized data sets for analytics and modeling