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Senior Software Engineer, Data

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Summary

Senior Data Engineer scaling an advertising intelligence platform for sports audience segments. You will build ETL pipelines with Spark and AWS, develop backend APIs in Python or Go, manage infrastructure with Terraform, and create BI dashboards while leading complex data projects from conception to delivery.

About Us

The Ads Analytics team is the backbone of our advertising intelligence platform, processing terabytes of data daily from programmatic, social, and search advertising channels. We build end-to-end solutions that transform raw advertising data into actionable business insights and leverage rich analytics data to create sophisticated sport audience segments.

THE CHALLENGE

We're Scaling Rapidly And Need a Senior Data Engineer Who Can Take Ownership Of Complex, Multi-faceted Data Projects. You'll Be Tackling Challenges Like

  • Scale & Performance Engineering: Processing and analyzing terabytes of advertising data with sub‑second query performance while building and maintaining robust ETL pipelines using Spark and AWS services to handle massive data volumes daily
  • Data Pipeline Architecture & Development: Designing and building scalable data processing systems, developing backend APIs and microservices (Python or Go), architecting data flows that support both batch and real-time analytics requirements, and managing user‑facing dashboards that visualize complex data insights
  • Infrastructure & Data Quality Operations: Implementing robust monitoring and alerting systems to detect data quality issues, managing AWS infrastructure using Terraform, implementing CI/CD best practices, and maintaining high coding standards across data processing systems
  • Cross-Functional Leadership & Collaboration: Leading large-scale data projects from requirements gathering through delivery, bridging technical implementation with business requirements, mentoring team members, and presenting technical concepts to stakeholders while challenging requirements constructively
  • End-to-End Data System Ownership: Taking complete ownership of complex data engineering projects while ensuring high availability and accuracy for both internal stakeholders and external clients, championing clean code principles, and serving as a knowledge leader who supports delivering the right data solutions

About You

  • 5+ yearsof data engineering experience with proven track record ofleading complex data projectsfrom conception to delivery
  • Exceptional communication skillsand experience working incross‑functional teamswith analysts, product managers, and business stakeholders
  • AWS & Data Engineering: Very strong hands‑on experience with AWS services (S3, Lambda, Glue, Athena, Redshift, EMR, etc.) and proficiency withApache Sparkfor large‑scale data processing
  • Backend Development: Strong experience withPythonfor building data processing services and APIs, plus expert‑levelSQLfor data processing and analytics
  • Infrastructure & DevOps: Hands‑on experience withDocker,Terraform, andCI/CD pipelineswith automation best practices for data systems
  • Clean Code Advocate: Strong commitment to writing clean, maintainable, well‑documented code with comprehensive testing and deep knowledge of analytics/reporting requirements
  • Data Architecture: Experience designing scalable data architectures, data modeling, and optimizing data processing workflows
  • Dashboard Development: Experience creating and managing analytics dashboards in bi tools (Tableau, Qlik Sense, Quicksuite, Power BI) and data visualization solutions to present complex insights to stakeholders
  • GenAI Tools(beneficial): Experience working with contextual and prompt engineering with GitHub Copilot, Claude, or similar AI assistants

Our Offer

  • Acollaborative environmentwith colleagues from all over the world (Engineering offices in Europe, Asia and US)
  • Ability toshape your own workday and careervia a clearly defined professional and personal development plan
  • Opportunity to work with senior leadership, develop yourself andbuild your careerwithin an inspiring and fast‑growing company and digital sports environment.
  • Avibrant and inclusive community,includingWomen in Tech and Pridegroups which welcome all participants
  • Acompany culturethat promotes social aspects, sports, physical exercise and fun.
  • Innovative andcross-teamchallenges li

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