Senior Big Data Engineer, Tech Enablement (Hybrid)

ZipRecruiter, Inc.; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Exceptional benefits package

Flexible Vacation & Paid Time Off

Employer‑matched 401(k) plan

Job summary

ZipRecruiter, Inc. is seeking a Big Data Engineer to join the Tech Enablement team. You will design and operate data pipelines, datalake solutions, and ML-friendly tooling to accelerate product development and data-driven decisions across the company.

This hybrid US-based role offers flexible work options, competitive compensation, and a comprehensive benefits package. You’ll collaborate with data engineering, ML, and platform teams to deliver scalable data infrastructure powering ZipRecruiter’s

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional software development experience feeding a customer-facing product.
• Hands‑on Apache Spark experience: batch/streaming at scale.
• Experience deploying and operating containerized services and batch jobs.
• Solid CS fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, distributed systems, testing.
• Professional software development experience building data pipelines and infrastructure for user-facing products.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate data pipelines feeding customer-facing products.
• Develop and maintain datalake and data processing systems.
• Implement MLOps frameworks to speed ML development.
• Document data architecture and governance across platforms.
• Collaborate with data analysts and product teams on data-driven insights.

Skills

Strong CS fundamentals

Team collaboration

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Apache Spark

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Parquet/Columnar formats

Iceberg/Delta Lake

Kafka

Flink

Airflow

Job description

ZipRecruiter, Inc. is seeking a Big Data Engineer to join the Tech Enablement team. You will design and operate data pipelines, datalake solutions, and ML-friendly tooling to accelerate product development and data-driven decisions across the company.

This hybrid US-based role offers flexible work options, competitive compensation, and a comprehensive benefits package. You’ll collaborate with data engineering, ML, and platform teams to deliver scalable data infrastructure powering ZipRecruiter’s