Senior Staff Data Engineer

SecurityScorecard; Córdoba; Presencial; ARS 143.666.000 - 191.556.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A cybersecurity ratings leader is seeking a Senior Staff Data Engineer in Córdoba, Argentina. You will play a vital role in building scalable applications, mentoring engineers, and leading critical projects. The position offers a competitive salary range of $105,000 - $140,000, alongside a comprehensive benefits package. Ideal candidates will have over 10 years of data engineering experience and a strong background in agile methodologies.

Servicios

Performance-based incentives

Equity options

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Formación

• 10+ years of experience in Data Engineering.
• 5+ years in agile environments.
• Experience with strong typing languages preferred.

Responsabilidades

• Lead projects from start to finish.
• Mentor engineers through code reviews.
• Own end-to-end projects across tiers.

Conocimientos

Data Engineering expertise

Agile collaboration

Spark proficiency

RESTful API development

Herramientas

Scala

Apache Spark

Python

AWS

Descripción del empleo

About Us

Funded by world-class investors including Silver Lake Waterman, Moody’s, Sequoia Capital, GV, Riverwood Capital, and others with over $290 million in funding, SecurityScorecard is the global leader in cybersecurity ratings and the only service with over 2M+ companies continuously rated. Founded in 2013 by security and risk experts Dr. Aleksandr Yampolskiy and Sam Kassoumeh, SecurityScorecard’s patented rating technology is used by over 16,000 organizations for enterprise risk management, third-party risk management, board reporting, due diligence, and cyber insurance underwriting. This is done by measuring your and your vendors\' cyber-health by assigning a security rating of 'A' through 'F' based on outside-in, non-intrusive data. SecurityScorecard continues to make the world a safer place by transforming the way companies understand, improve and communicate cybersecurity risk to their boards, employees, and vendors.

SecurityScorecard is headquartered in NYC with over 500 employees globally. Our culture has helped us be recognized by Inc Magazine as a 'Best Workplace,' 'Best Places to Work in NYC' by Crain's NY, and one of the 10 hottest SaaS startups in NY for two years in a row.

About the team

Be part of an exciting and growing Technology team focused on product development. Our team emphasis is collaboration and shared responsibilities, you will be hands-on involved in the entire Software Development Life Cycle. Our team is growing and so will you! Check out our tech blog below and let us know if you are our next star.

https://techblog.securityscorecard.com/

What you will do:

We are looking for a Senior Staff Data Engineer who thrives on building commercial products and plays a key role in delivering reliable, scalable, and maintainable applications. You will lead projects from start to finish, collaborating with Product Managers to define requirements, implement solutions, and ensure ongoing success post-deployment. You’ll focus on simplicity while contributing technical insights to enhance the system\'s performance, stability, and user experience.

• Participate in all stages of the software development life cycle, from design and development to deployment and maintenance.
• Influence the product and technical roadmap by providing data-driven insights and articulating the trade-offs between technical options and business goals.
• Mentor other engineers on the team through code reviews, pairing, and technical guidance, raising the bar for the entire team.
• Follow clean code principles, using best practices to write secure, testable, and well-documented software.
• Work closely with a global team, including engineers and product managers to build a stable, high-performance platform.
• Implement comprehensive testing and performance tuning to ensure system stability and uptime.

Responsibilities

• Translate requirements, estimate effort, and address or escalate blockers as needed.
• Write clean, maintainable code that adheres to best practices in readability, design patterns, reusability, and testing.
• Own end-to-end projects, understanding and contributing to all aspects (infrastructure, application tiers, and data tiers).
• Continuously monitor performance metrics and recommend improvements or refactors.
• Make informed trade-off decisions between immediate delivery and long-term strategic goals.

Our Tech Stack

• Scala, Apache Spark, Python
• Airflow
• ScyllaDB, PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, Hive, Redis, Kafka, Kafka Connect
• Docker, Jenkins, Terraform, AWS

Technical Skills

• 10+ years of experience working in the Data Engineering space, and with building and maintaining big data pipelines
• 5+ years of experience working in agile environments (ideally Scrum), collaborating with cross-functional teams (engineering, design, product).
• Proficient in Spark
• Experience with strongly-typed languages (Java / Scala preferred)
• Experience designing, building, and maintaining RESTful APIs and integrating with external services.
• Participate in code reviews to ensure best practices, maintainability, and continuous improvement of the codebase.
• Ability to write and maintain unit and integration tests based on acceptance criteria, ensuring code quality and reliability.
• Proficiency with version control tools, particularly Git, for collaborative development and code management.

Nice to have

• Strong understanding of building scalable and high-performance back-end systems, optimizing for low-latency and high-throughput.
• Worked with a variety of data (structured/unstructured), data formats (flat files, XML, JSON, relational, parquet).
• Experience in functional programming languages (Scala preferred)
• Experience in Cyber Security

Communication and Collaboration

• Strong attention to documentation and maintaining standards across projects.
• Ability to present and defend technical decisions with confidence.
• Skilled at estimating project complexity based on early documentation and discussions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate technical challenges and solutions clearly.

Benefits

The estimated total compensation range for this position is $105,000 - $140,000 (base plus bonus). Actual compensation for the position is based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to affordability, skills, qualifications and experience, and may vary from the range. In addition to base salary, employees may also be eligible for annual performance-based incentive compensation awards and equity, among other company benefits.

SecurityScorecard is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and embraces diversity. We believe that our team is strengthened through hiring and retaining employees with diverse backgrounds, skill sets, ideas, and perspectives. We make hiring decisions based on merit and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex or gender (including pregnancy) gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, age, marital, veteran, disability status or any other protected category in accordance with applicable law.

We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, in accordance with applicable law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please contact [e-mail].

Any information you submit to SecurityScorecard as part of your application will be processed in accordance with the Company’s privacy policy and applicable law.

SecurityScorecard does not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies. Please note that we do not provide immigration sponsorship for this position.