Marketing Data and Analytics Engineer

Fortune; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision coverage

401(k) plan

Parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Fortune is building a modern data-driven Martech practice. This role sits at the crossroads of data engineering and marketing operations, shaping how data flows between Salesforce Sales Cloud, Marketing Cloud, and future ESP/CDP ecosystems.

You’ll help architect data definitions, governance, and integrations while partnering with stakeholders across marketing, technology, and revenue operations.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to solve complex, high-scale engineering problems with clean, efficient code.
• Strong system design and distributed architecture skills for enterprise data pipelines.
• Deep understanding of data modeling, NoSQL vs relational schemas, and performance tuning.
• 2–6 years in data, data engineering, martech, or similar roles.
• Hands-on experience with Salesforce Sales Cloud and Marketing Cloud integrations.
• Fluency in SQL and data validation across platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain data pipelines between Salesforce clouds and ESPs and other systems.
• Document data flows, mappings, and transformation logic in a centralized way.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure governance, quality, and compliance across marketing data.

Skills

Python

Go

Java

SQL

Data Modeling

ETL/ELT pipelines

Salesforce Sales Cloud

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

Tools

Marketing Cloud Connect

CDP (Sales Cloud/Data Cloud)

Job description

About the Role

Fortune Media is building a modern, data-driven marketing technology practice from the ground up. This is an early and foundational hire on a newmartechteam — a rare opportunity to define how data flows, behaves, and is governed across our customer-facing systems.

You'llsit at the intersection of data engineering and marketing operations: designing the pipelines, definitions, and governance structures that connect Salesforce Sales Cloud and Marketing Cloud today, and that will scale into a broader CDP and ESP ecosystem over the next 12-24 months. Youwon'tjustmaintainthe systems — you'llhelparchitectwhat they become.

This role reports tothe Director of Martech & CRMand works closely with marketing,technology,editorial, events, and revenue operations stakeholders.

What You’ll Own

Data Architecture & Flows

• Design, build, andmaintaindata pipelines between Salesforce Sales Cloud, Marketing Cloudand any future ESPs, and adjacent systems (event platforms, subscription tools, analytics layers)
• Ensure reliable and performant data syncs withinthe integration architecture between Sales Cloud and Marketing Cloud Connectand any future ESP and tools
• Evaluate and help implement future ESP and CDP tooling, defining how data enters, moves through, and exits each system
• Document all data flows, field mappings, and transformation logic in a centralized, accessible way

Data Governance & Definitions

• Establish andmaintaina data dictionary:canonicaldefinitions for contacts, leads, accounts, subscribers, and audience segments across systems
• Enforce data quality standards — deduplication rules, field validation, consent flags, suppression logic — with an eye toward a unified customer "golden record"
• Partner with the Salesforce Developer to ensure custom objects, fields, and automations conform to governance standards
• Champion compliance hygiene: CAN-SPAM, GDPR, and opt-in/opt-out data integrity across all marketing sends

Analytics & Measurement

• Build andmaintainreporting frameworks for email performance, audience health, list growth, and data quality metrics
• Surface actionable insights to marketing and revenue stakeholders — deliverability trends, segment performance, data decay, contact coverage gaps
• Support attribution modeling and funnel reporting as Sales Cloud and Marketing Cloud mature

Stakeholder Partnership

• Serve as the internal expert and translator between marketing operations, engineering, and business stakeholders on data questions
• Work with the Marketing Cloud Solutions Architect on technical implementation decisions
• Contribute to vendor evaluation and RFP processes as the team considers CDP and ESP investments

What You Bring

Required

• Demonstrated ability to solve complex, high-scale engineering problems through clean, efficient code. Strongproficiencyin at least one major programming language (e.g., Python, Go, Java)beyondbasic scripting for data manipulation.
• System Design & Distributed Architecture:
• Expertisein designing scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems.
• Deep understanding of system design trade-offs (e.g., CAP theorem, latency vs. throughput, synchronous vs. asynchronous processing) in the context of enterprise data pipelines.
• Advanced Data Modeling: Beyond SQLproficiency, candidates should have a deep understanding of NoSQL vs. Relational schemas and how tooptimizedata structures for high-performance retrieval in a CDP/CRM environment.
• 2-6 years of experience in a data, data engineering, marketing operations, ormartech-focused role
• Hands-on experience with Salesforce Sales Cloud and Marketing Cloud — you understand how the two systems connect and where they break
• Fluency in SQL; ability to query, transform, andvalidatedata independently
• Working knowledge of data governance concepts: data dictionaries, lineage, deduplication, and master data management principles
• Experience designing ormaintainingdata integrations (APIs, connectors, ETL/ELT pipelines)
• Strong documentation instincts — you leave systems better-understood than you found them
• Comfortoperatingin ambiguity; this team is new and the roadmap is actively being shaped

Preferred

• Experience with Marketing Cloud Connect and Synchronized Data Extensions
• Knowledge of email deliverability fundamentals (sender reputation, list hygiene, ISP feedback loops)
• Exposure to ESP migration or evaluation projects
• Familiarity with CDP platforms (Salesforce Data Cloud, Segment, or similar)preferred
• Salesforce certification (e.g., Marketing Cloud Email Specialist, Administrator, or Data Cloud)preferred
• Experience in a media, publishing, or subscription businesspreferred

The Stack (Today)

• CRM: Salesforce Sales Cloud
• Marketing Automation: Salesforce Marketing Cloud
• Integration: Marketing Cloud Connect
• On the roadmap: CDP evaluationand integration, ESP consolidation/migration

Compensation

$120-$150K + 10% target bonus

Location

New York, NY — hybrid schedule

A Few Of Fortune’s Perks And Benefits

• 20 vacation days and 2 personal days on top of 11 company holidays and an honour-based sick leave policy
• Health, dental, and vision coverage (90% paid for individuals and families), along with flexible spending accounts where Fortune contributes to your HSA
• 401(k) plan
• Generous parental leave
• Dependent care, commuter, and cell phone benefits
• Tuition reimbursement program
• A commitment to an open, inclusive, and diverse work culture

Why Fortune

Fortune is one of the world’s most recognized business media brands — andwe’rein an active, well-resourced period of rebuilding our technology and data foundations. This role offersunusualscope: you'llwork on problems that matter to the business, with visibility to senior leadership, on a team where your contributions are directly traceable to outcomes.