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data engineer in media intelligence

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Senior data engineer at Samba, a media intelligence company in Warsaw, leading the design and operation of large-scale data pipelines, datasets, and infrastructure using Python, Spark/PySpark, Airflow, Databricks, and AWS/GCP, with ownership of data quality, incidents, backfills, and mentoring other engineers.

Описание: Samba is a media intelligence company that provides real-time insights into what people watch, read, and think about across screens. Its consent-based data represents consumer attention at scale and helps the world’s biggest brands make smarter decisions.

Задачи:

  • Lead the design and development of scalable, high-performance data pipelines and infrastructure powering analytics
  • Resolve complex technical issues by understanding how different disciplines relate
  • Lead the design, build, and maintenance of high-scale production datasets
  • Ensure delivery of versioned outputs and reliable customer-facing reports
  • Manage the full lifecycle of data features, including adding attributes, updating business logic, and safely rolling out changes from staging through performance checks to production
  • Execute complex backfills and reprocessing
  • Architect efficient data ingestion, transformation, and storage solutions that ensure performance, reliability, and security
  • Proactively reduce compute and storage costs
  • Serve as technical lead for production incidents, investigate root causes, implement permanent fixes, and validate data recovery across the ecosystem
  • Advise others on complex matters and build relationships with key contacts outside the area of expertise
  • Develop policies and ideas while mentoring and guiding engineers
  • Improve monitoring and observability of data processes, debugging, error detection, and system reliability at scale

Требования:

  • Typically 8+ years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree, 6 years with a Master’s degree, or 3 years with a PhD
  • Advanced knowledge of Python and a deep understanding of Apache Spark or PySpark
  • Expertise in Apache Airflow and Databricks
  • Extensive experience with cloud-based data infrastructure, including AWS or GCP, and modern data lake architectures
  • Strong knowledge of data modeling, database design, and query optimization for relational and non-relational databases
  • Proven track record of driving code quality, testing, and software design best practices in data engineering
  • Ability to adapt communication style and use persuasion when delivering messages related to the wider business

Условия:

  • Base salary of 312000 PLN - 395000 PLN per year for roles performed in Warsaw; the offered salary depends on location, experience, and performance
  • Compensation may also include bonuses, short-term incentives, and long-term incentives
  • Health insurance, wellness offerings, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays, paid time off (PTO), and other employee benefits

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