Data Engineer, Product Analytics

Meta; Jefferson City (MO); On-site; USD 177,000 - 247,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Meta is hiring a Data Engineer focused on product analytics and large-scale data systems in the United States. You will shape data architectures across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, and more, partnering with software engineers, data scientists, and PMs to build scalable data solutions for billions of users and hundreds of millions of businesses.

You will architect data models, optimize ETL pipelines, and implement governance and security while mentoring peers and delivering impactful

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• 7+ years of experience with data-centric roles such as data engineer, data analyst, or data scientist
• 7+ years of experience with SQL, ETL, data modeling, and at least one programming language (e.g., Python, C++, C#, Scala)

Responsibilities

• Conceptualize and own data architecture for large-scale projects, evaluating design and cost-benefit tradeoffs
• Create frameworks to improve data logging and triage data infrastructure issues
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and data scientists to understand data needs and visualize insights
• Define and manage SLAs for datasets in ownership
• Determine security model based on privacy requirements and ensure governance
• Design, build, and deploy data models and visualizations for multiple use cases
• Solve data integration problems using ETL patterns and varied data sources
• Optimize production data pipelines and analytics code
• Improve 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 CS/Engineering or equivalent

7+ years data-centric experience

Job description

Summary:

As a Data Engineer at Meta, you will shape the future of people-facing and business-facing products we build across our entire family of applications (Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, Reality Labs, Threads). Your technical skills and analytical mindset will be utilized designing and building some of the world's most extensive data sets, helping to craft experiences for billions of people and hundreds of millions of businesses worldwide. In this role, 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 few companies can match. By joining Meta, you will become part of a world-class data engineering community dedicated to skill development and career growth in data engineering and beyond.

Required Skills:

Data Engineer, Product Analytics 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:

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. Master's or Ph.D degree in a STEM field

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

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

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

Public Compensation:

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

Industry:

Internet

Equal Opportunity:

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