Data Engineer, Analytics (Ranking, AI)

Meta; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 177,000 - 247,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a senior Data Engineer to design and build scalable data pipelines for the Ads stack and Monetization group. You will collaborate with software engineers, data scientists, and product managers to create data artifacts, models, and visualizations that inform growth and user experience for billions of users.

You will own data architecture, logging, and governance across multiple projects, optimize ETL pipelines, and mentor teammates while translating data insights

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of experience involving data for roles such as data analyst/scientist/engineer.
• 7+ years with SQL, ETL, data modeling, and at least one programming language (Python/C++/C#/Scala).

Responsibilities

• Conceptualize and own data architecture for multiple large-scale projects, evaluating design and operational cost-benefit tradeoffs.
• Create and contribute to data logging frameworks; collaborate with data infrastructure to triage issues and resolve.
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and data scientists to translate data needs into visual insights.
• Define and manage SLAs for all data sets in ownership areas.
• Implement security models with privacy requirements and governance.
• Design, build, and launch sophisticated data models and visualizations for multiple use cases.
• Solve data integration problems with efficient ETL patterns and querying techniques.
• Own production data processes and optimize complex code.
• Optimize pipelines, dashboards, and systems to ease data artifact development.
• Influence cross-functional teams to identify data opportunities and impact.
• Mentor team members with actionable feedback.

Skills

SQL

ETL

Data modeling

Python

C++

C#

Scala

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field

Tools

ETL frameworks

Job description

Summary

Ranking AI is the central core machine learning org within Meta’s Monetization group, powering Meta’s revenue and business growth by advancing and deploying state-of-the-art Recommendation Systems AI for our Ads stack. We are currently redesigning the large and fragmented ads model space by developing new modeling architectures, advancing the scale limit through model-hardware co-design, and developing techniques that better leverage anonymized, aggregated data. While there is significant focus on innovation, we pride ourselves in being able to translate research to production with high velocity, delivering on half-over-half revenue targets in a predictable fashion

As a Data Engineer at Meta, you will collaborate with software engineering, data science, and product management teams to design/build scalable data solutions across Meta to optimize growth, strategy, and user experience for our 3 billion plus users, as well as our internal employee community. You will be at the forefront of identifying and solving some of the most interesting data challenges at a scale that few companies can match. By joining Meta, you will become part of a data engineering community dedicated to skill development and career growth in data engineering and beyond.

Data Engineering: You will guide teams by building optimal data artifacts (including datasets and visualizations) to address key questions. You will refine our systems, design logging solutions, and create scalable data models. Ensuring data security and quality, and with a focus on efficiency, you will suggest architecture and development approaches and data management standards to address complex analytical problems.

Product leadership: You will use data to shape product development, identify new opportunities, and tackle upcoming challenges. You'll ensure our products add value for users and businesses, by prioritizing projects, and driving innovative solutions to respond to challenges or opportunities.

Communication and influence: You won't simply present data, but tell data-driven stories. You will convince and influence your partners using clear insights and recommendations. You will build credibility through structure and clarity, and be a trusted strategic partner.

Required Skills

Data Engineer, Analytics (Ranking, AI) Responsibilities:

1. Conceptualize and own the data architecture for multiple large-scale projects, while evaluating design and operational cost-benefit tradeoffs within systems

2. Create and contribute to frameworks that improve the efficacy of logging data, while working with data infrastructure to triage issues and resolve

3. Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and data scientists to understand data needs, representing key data insights visually in a meaningful way

4. Define and manage Service Level Agreements for all data sets in allocated areas of ownership

5. Determine and implement the security model based on privacy requirements, confirm safeguards are followed, address data quality issues, and evolve governance processes within allocated areas of ownership

6. Design, build, and launch collections of sophisticated data models and visualizations that support multiple use cases across different products or domains

7. Solve our most challenging data integration problems, utilizing optimal Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) patterns, frameworks, query techniques, sourcing from structured and unstructured data sources

8. Assist in owning existing processes running in production, optimizing complex code through advanced algorithmic concepts

9. Optimize pipelines, dashboards, frameworks, and systems to facilitate easier development of data artifacts

10. Influence product and cross-functional teams to identify data opportunities to drive impact

11. Mentor team members by giving/receiving actionable feedback

Minimum Qualifications

1. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience

2. 7+ years of experience where the primary responsibility involves working with data. This could include roles such as data analyst, data scientist, data engineer, or similar positions

3. 7+ years of experience with SQL, ETL, data modeling, and at least one programming language (e.g., Python, C++, C#, Scala or others.)

Preferred Qualifications

1. Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)

2. Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies

3. Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)

4. Master's or Ph.D. degree in a STEM field, with coursework or research in data systems, machine learning, or related areas

Public Compensation

$177,000/year to $247,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Industry

Internet

Equal Opportunity

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