Senior Data Engineer, TCGplayer
NoSQL, TCGplayer
$135.2-205.7k
Salary is applicable to candidates based in California, Washington, or New York
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Online marketplace for collectible card games
Job no longer available
Online marketplace for collectible card games
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$135.2-205.7k
Salary is applicable to candidates based in California, Washington, or New York
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To establish TCGplayer as the most admired company in the hobby collectibles universe
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology or a related field, or a combination of education and experience
- 8 years or more experience in designing datastores, data architectures, and data flows for microservices which are scalable, reliable, and efficient
- Mastery of NoSQL datastore technologies, significant experience with MongoDB strongly preferred. Familiarity with other NoSQL databases like Redis and ElasticSearch is also beneficial
- Significant experience with RDBMS technologies. PostgreSQL preferred
- Strong experience and knowledge relating to working within a cloud-first environment, AWS experience strongly preferred
- Excellent communication skills, written and verbal, including ability to adapt messaging as appropriate for varying audiences
- Strong ability to influence through collaboration across functional roles and levels within the organization
What the job involves
- The Senior Data engineer will join the Data Engineering team, who collaborate across the TCGplayer Technology organization to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the organization’s use of datastore technologies
- Members of this team partner with other teams to define appropriate datastore infrastructure for applications, create efficient and scalable database and data flow designs, resolve scaling or performance challenges as they arise in existing systems, and generally support effective datastore usage in aspects such as data architecture, data governance, data lifecycle management, software currency, and security
- Guide selection of appropriate datastore technologies for new and replatformed applications, ensuring they meet current and future data needs
- Consult on database design for the structures within an application’s datastores, optimizing for performance and scalability
- Write minimal yet effective code, primarily database queries, to facilitate data management and manipulation
- Support other engineers and teams with expert advice on the best ways to interface with databases and data storage solutions
- Support the development of data flow strategies and assist in defining data storage requirements for microservices, ensuring alignment with overall system architecture
- Troubleshoot and improve existing database designs and queries to enhance system performance and reliability
- Collaborate with other teams to ensure that data architectures and data flow designs are scalable, reliable, and efficient
- Provide leadership on cross-application datastore-related projects, including those related to security, software currency, and platform migrations
- Act as a subject matter expert for one or more datastores, offering direct guidance and creating materials to help other technologists improve their proficiency with datastore usage
- Research emerging capabilities in both the datastores used by the organization and the broader marketplace to inform long-term strategic planning in the data domain
- Define and implement data storage strategies for microservices, ensuring each service is supported by a robust and appropriate data management framework
Our take
TCGplayer has established itself as the leading US marketplace for collectible card games like Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh! The company has found success through focusing on emphasising the entire customer experience of passionate enthusiasts through multiple community-focused products such as ‘Direct’, a local-store purchasing platform.
Technology has allowed the company to scale at such low-cost that it can facilitate the authentication of more than 100,000 products every day, dramatically improving the experience of enthusiasts used to dealing with scammers. The company has now expanded to serve the wider collectibles market, and in 2022 was acquired by eBay for $295 Million - though it continues to operate its trading-card marketplace autonomously.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
11% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Jun 2021
$35m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Feb 2018
$10m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $45m
Company benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- Life Insurance
- Family Leave Program
- Unlimited Paid Time Off
- Free coaching, counseling and mental health services
- Stock Options for all employees
- Merch
- After-work Activities
- Constant Learning - Monthly classrooms provide a deeper understanding of company operations, while educational resources help every team member evolve personally and professionally
- Game nights complete with card games, board games and video games. (Plus, we have our own Pauper Magic & Pokémon leagues)
- A casual dress code
- Open office with coworking stations for collaboration and quiet rooms for solitude - treadmill desks and yoga balls help you stay active, while a company library, book club and writing group keep your mind inspired
- Laptop
- Hackathons
- Real-time peer-to-peer feedback tools
- Parking Stipend
- Fitness Equipment
Company HQ
Downtown, Syracuse, NY
Leadership
Robert Bigler
(CEO)Previosuly General Manager at eBay, Senior Vice President at Holt Renfrew, was a Digital Transformation Director at Selfridges Group and Vice President of Strategy and worked in Corporate Development at Sears Canada.
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