3 hours ago
Base Salary
$232k - $348k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and implement a next-generation data platform for batch and real-time integrations, advanced analytics, multiple data types, and real-time data processing.
- Architect solutions across the organization and align engineering strategy with product and business goals.
- Define standards for data ingestion, creation, enrichment, storage, governance, data modeling, ETL, and data warehousing.
- Develop end-to-end production systems and provide mentorship, technical direction, and engineering leadership.
- Partner with Security, Compliance, and Legal teams on data protection standards, monitoring, alerting, incident response, availability, and fault tolerance.
- Drive architectural decisions, roadmap planning, build-versus-buy evaluations, and vendor integrations.
- Collaborate with data science and machine learning teams on infrastructure, tooling, and platform enhancements for advanced analytics and AI initiatives.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in data engineering, data architecture, or related roles, including at least 5 years at the Principal Engineer level.
- Experience designing and operating large-scale data infrastructure in complex, high-scale environments.
- Experience with Kafka and its ecosystem, including Kafka Streams and Confluent Platform, as well as ClickHouse, Tinybird, Snowflake, and broader big data frameworks.
- Proficiency with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure and associated big data services.
- Strong data governance and security background, including regulatory compliance and protection of sensitive information.
- Ability to communicate, collaborate, influence stakeholders, mentor teams, drive consensus, and advocate for best practices.
- A Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is preferred.
- Industry recognition or notable data engineering contributions, such as publications or open-source work, are a plus.
Benefits
- The role is based in San Francisco, California.
- The compensation package may include benefits, equity-based compensation, and eligibility for a company bonus or variable pay program.
- Vercel promotes an inclusive, nondiscriminatory workplace and encourages candidates to apply even if they do not meet every listed qualification.
Tech Stack
Categories
Data Engineering
About Vercel
Vercel builds a frontend cloud platform for developing, previewing, and deploying web applications, with strong support for React and Next.js. It sells usage-based and enterprise plans to developers and companies, and it stewards the open-source Next.js framework alongside tools like the AI SDK. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, the privately held company focuses on speeding up modern web development and delivery.