Senior Data Engineer

Millions of IT pros use Spiceworks to get the info, advice and tools they need to do their jobs and decide what to buy. Thousands of tech vendors engage with these IT buyers in Spiceworks while they're doing their day-to-day IT duties. Both marvel "Wow, now I can get my job done by interacting with real people...now that's makin'? IT social!"?

Do you like to build, tinker, tune, and optimize anything you can get your hands on? Are you a true believer in the power of using data to drive decisions? Are you an engineering-minded individual who’s passionate about constructing big, scalable systems and elegant solutions to gnarly problems? Spiceworks just might have your dream job! We’re looking for a senior-level data engineer whose perfectly coded plumbing can keep our data systems running without a hitch. Sound like you? It’s time to apply!

* Your day-to-day (as a Senior Data Engineer, you’ll): * Have a significant role in the design and development of our data platform — doing heavy lifting in the infrastructure and designing data pipelines * Figure out how to make every system within our data pipeline faster and more scalable * Zero in on areas where data can offer key insights to the business and help our users * Mentor other developers and business analysts (from interns to junior-level engineers) on data-processing/manipulation techniques * Assist other departments in solving data-related dilemmas * Be an advocate within the company for scalable architecture

* 7+ years experience as a data, back-end, infrastructure, performance, or API engineer * 2 years experience building large-scale, distributed, high-volume systems * Deep understanding of one (or more) of the following languages: Scala, Python, Go, Java * Experience with big data processing (Hadoop, Scalding, Hive, Storm, etc.) * Bonus points if you’ve worked with Kafka, RocksDB, Akka, Cassandra, or HBase * Passion for performance tuning * Ability to work in an unstructured and dynamic environment * Good communication skills: Being able to boil down and discuss complex ideas with other engineers required; confidence communicating with marketing and sales teams a plus