Senior Data Engineer, Vimeo
DataOps
$117-178k
All-in-one video experience platform
Job no longer available
All-in-one video experience platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$117-178k
1001+ employees
Company mission
Vimeo's mission is to empower video creators to tell exceptional stories, and connect with their audiences and communities.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of engineering experience in a fast-paced environment; 3+ years of experience in scalable data architecture, fault-tolerant ETL, and monitoring of data quality in the cloud
- Deep understanding of distributed data processing architecture and tools such as Kafka and Spark
- Working knowledge of design patterns and coding best practices
- Experience with and understanding of data modeling concepts, techniques, and best practices
- Experience with Airflow, Celery, or other Python-based task-processing systems
- Proficiency in SQL
- Proficiency in Python or Java
- Proficiency with modern source control systems, especially Git
- Experience working with non-technical business stakeholders on technical projects
Desirable
- Cloud-based DevOps: AWS or Google Cloud Platform or Azure
- Experience with Amplitude, Snowplow, Segment, or other event analytics platforms
- Relational database design
- Snowflake or other distributed columnar-store databases
- Basic Linux/Unix system administration skills
- Familiarity with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
What the job involves
- We're seeking an innovative, solution-oriented Sr Data Engineer to join our dynamic Data Ops team
- Your mission is to develop, maintain, and scale a sophisticated platform for product and event analytics capable of handling vast amounts of data
- This exciting role will see you at the heart of transformative projects, turning complex datasets into accessible insights that drive strategic decisions
- As part of our team, you'll be shaping the future of data in our organization, crafting scalable data systems that can keep pace with our rapid growth
- We can't wait to meet you if you're passionate about data and ready to push boundaries
- Our platform has robust analytics tools that can tell video creators where people are from, where they click, and even track where in a video someone stopped watching—giving you insight into creating engaging content in the future
- While working as a peer to both technical and non-technical staff throughout the company, you will drive the improvement process of our products and business operations
- You will help define data access and discoverability requirements and work to create infrastructure and services that provide access to event streams
- Design, develop and maintain Vimeo’s product and event analytics platform that processes billions of records every day in real-time to enable analytics and event-driven systems
- Partner with analytics leaders and analysts to ensure adherence to data governance and data modeling best practices
- Partner with product engineering teams to enhance the efficiency of product analytics clients and data collection mechanisms
- Contribute software designs, code, tooling, testing, and operational support to a multi-terabyte analytics platform
- Provide technical leadership to the data engineering team and actively lead design discussions
- Constantly monitor our data platform and make recommendations to enhance system architecture
- Work collaboratively with other data engineers, analysts, and business stakeholders to understand and plan technical requirements for projects
- Prioritize project intake, perform cost/benefit analysis, and make decisions about what work to pursue that best balances our platform’s users, stakeholders, and technology
Our take
Vimeo was founded by filmmakers who wanted an efficient way to share videos with others. It is more creator-oriented than YouTube, with professional software, technology, and tools for creators to produce, share, and sell their videos.
In 2007, it became the first online video sharing site to support HD playback for consumers, updating to 4K playback in 2016. Vimeo's app has also been updated to allow recording and live streaming as well as watching video. This service is aimed predominantly at enterprise customers although they have millions of small-time users too.
Vimeo has risen to become the world's biggest ad-free open video platform, with significant funding that has allowed it to expand operations and build up the business. Recently, however, the company has found itself struck by the effects of the economic downturn felt by much of the industry, and has been forced to reduce its workforce - a step taken to ensure it comes out of this rough time "a stronger company". On top of this, it received a hefty fine for failure to remove copyrighted content back in 2019, after losing an appeal against the initial ruling.
In 2024, Vimeo is rumoured to be in the process of acquisition by leading mobile app developer Bending Spoons, which could signify a major shift in the tech landscape.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Jan 2021
$300m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Nov 2020
$150m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $450m
Company benefits
- Unlimited paid time off
- Medical and dental
- Daily breakfast, plus snacks and drinks aplenty
- Company outings and events
- Tuition reimbursement
- Company equity
- Company-matched charitable donations
- Parental leave and adoption assistance
- Company-matched 401k
Company HQ
Midtown South, New York, NY
Leadership
Adam Gross
(Interim CEO)Currently Board Member at Buildkite. Previously Chair of the Board of Directors at Democracy Works and the CEO of Salesforce.
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