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Laurel

Staff Data Engineer

Laurel
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about 2 months ago
Los Angeles, CA, USA +2 moreStaff+

Base Salary

$200k - $250k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and evolve Laurel's global large scale data platform architecture.
  • Design and operate large-scale data pipelines processing millions of events per day.
  • Define best practices for data ingestion, transformation, processing, and storage.
  • Mentor and help grow team knowledge of big data best practices.
  • Work on Python API services (Django) to improve AI infrastructure.
  • Build, improve, and maintain Airflow DAGs, optimizing MongoDB and PostgreSQL usage.
  • Design and operate streaming data infrastructure, including migrations to event-driven architectures.
  • Work on internal OLAP and DataLake systems.
  • Develop and manage Kubernetes, Docker, and compute infrastructure.
  • Improve continuous integration, continuous deployment, and other automation.
  • Write backend code to assist teams with deadlines or resource constraints.
  • Attend quarterly offsites, team standups, and other company meetings.
  • Raise the bar for engineering quality and advocate for best practices.

Requirements

  • Strong Python skills with experience building and deploying APIs for AI/ML teams.
  • Experience with Airflow, Kubernetes, and AWS.
  • Experience with machine learning infrastructure and large language models.
  • Development experience with Terraform.
  • Experience working in startup environments.
  • Experience participating in a regular engineering on-call rotation.
  • Experience with PostgreSQL and MongoDB.
  • Experience with OLAP systems like Snowflake or Clickhouse.
  • Experience with AI-specific databases, such as vector databases.
  • Experience with event streaming platforms like Kafka or SQS.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical/dental/vision coverage with covered premiums.
  • 401(k) plan with additional benefits including wellness, commuter, and FSA stipends.
  • Remote work flexibility with a preference for candidates near San Francisco, Los Angeles, or New York City.
  • Bi-annual in-person company off-sites in unique locations.
  • A collaborative and inclusive team environment.

Tech Stack

Apache AirflowApache KafkaArgo CDAWSCircleCIClickHouseDatadogDjangoDockerGitHub ActionsGoKubernetesMongoDBPostgreSQLPythonSnowflakeTerraformTypeScript

Categories

AI & MLBackendData EngineeringDevOps