Senior Data Engineer

Audacy, Inc.; Denver (CO); In loco; USD 140.000 - 160.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Descrizione del lavoro

Audacy, Inc. is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join the Digital Data Engineering team in Denver.

You will design and optimize scalable ETL/ELT pipelines, work across batch and streaming workloads, and collaborate with analytics, product, and engineering teams to scale data solutions in a massive digital audio ecosystem. You will mentor other engineers, improve data models and warehouses (BigQuery/Snowflake), and ensure data quality and governance while staying ahead of evolving technologies.

Competenze

• 8+ years of professional data engineering experience.
• Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of experience with Airflow (Cloud Composer) and data modeling.

Mansioni

• Design and build batch and streaming data pipelines using cloud technologies (GCP, AWS)
• Develop and optimize data models and dimensional warehouses for analytics and BI
• Create robust ETL/ELT processes for ingesting and transforming terabytes of data
• Troubleshoot complex data pipeline issues and determine root causes
• Collaborate with analysts, data scientists, and stakeholders to translate requirements into technical backlogs
• Lead and mentor data engineers to follow standards and best practices
• Improve performance, reliability, and scalability of data infrastructure
• Implement data quality, governance, and GDPR/privacy controls
• Document pipelines and data workflows for the data catalog
• Evaluate emerging technologies for relevance to the stack

Conoscenze

Analytical thinking

Communication

Agile teamwork

Problem solving

Mentoring

Formazione

B.S. in Computer Science or related field

Strumenti

GCP

BigQuery

Snowflake

Dataflow

Pub/Sub

GCS

Airflow (Cloud Composer)

Descrizione del lavoro

Overview

Audacy is looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join our dynamic Data Engineering team. In this role, you’ll be at the forefront of building and optimizing scalable data infrastructure that supports critical business insights, product innovation, and operational excellence. You’ll collaborate with other engineering teams, analytics, and product teams to design and drive data-forward solutions across a massive-scale digital audio ecosystem.

Job Title: Senior Data Engineer

Department: Digital

Reporting To: Manager, Data Engineering

Employment Type: Full-Time

What You'll Do

• Design and develop batch and streaming data pipelines using cloud technologies (GCP, AWS, BigQuery, Snowflake, etc). GCP and BigQuery experience preferred.
• Build, maintain, and optimize data models and dimensional warehouses to support analytics and BI tooling as well as other operational workflows.
• Design and develop robust ETL/ELT processes for ingesting, transforming, and validating terabytes of structured data.
• Troubleshoot complex data pipeline issues to determine root cause and corrective actions.
• Research, analyze, recommend, and implement technical approaches for solving complex data transformation and integration problems within a Medallion data warehouse architecture.
• Collaborate with business analysts, data scientists, and stakeholders to understand complex data problems and translate business requirements into technical solutions and a structured backlog.
• Lead and mentor other data engineers to follow the team’s evolving data engineering standards and best practices.
• Analyze, support, and improve the performance, reliability, and scalability of our data infrastructure.
• Define and implement data quality, data governance, privacy-first practices, and validation mechanisms to ensure accuracy and compliance (e.g., GDPR).
• Document pipelines, systems, and workflows to improve our internal data catalog.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and evaluate their relevance in our stack.

Required

More About You:

• 8+ years of professional data engineering and programming skills building scalable ETL/ELT systems.
• Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6+ years of experience with Python and SQL.
• Advanced analytical problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
• Extensive experience working with cloud data warehouses (e.g. BigQuery or Snowflake), and Google Data tools (DataFlow, DataForm, Pub/Sub, GCS).
• 3+ years of experience with Airflow (Cloud Composer), data modeling (star/relational schema), and test case development.
• Solid understanding of columnar vs. row-based storage solutions and when to use each (e.g., Snowflake vs. Postgres).
• 3+ years of experience writing design documents and breaking work down into a well‑structured backlog.
• Proven ability to work in agile, cross-functional teams.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; a team player who enjoys learning and teaching. Willingness to dig into “why” to help build the right solutions and data products for our business to scale our data capabilities.

Compensation And Benefits

The anticipated salary for individuals expressing interest in this position is below:

$140,000.00-160,000.00

Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and location of the applicant, as well as internal and external equity.

Audacy offers employees who are eligible for benefits with a comprehensive benefits package which includes: a health care coordinator, medical, dental, vision, mental health, telemedicine, flexible spending accounts, health savings account, disability, life insurance, critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, paid time off (sick, flex‑time away/vacation days, personal, parental, volunteer), 401(k) retirement plan, legal assistance, life assistance program, identity theft protection, discounted home and auto insurance, and pet insurance.

About Us

Audacy is a scaled, leading multi-platform audio content and entertainment company differentiated by its exclusive, premium audio content. Audacy operates one of the country’s two scaled radio broadcasting groups with leading positions across the country’s largest markets, as well as one of the country’s largest podcast networks and the Audacy direct‑to‑consumer streaming platform. Audacy is a major event producer and a digital marketing solutions provider and is the unrivaled leader in local news and sports radio. Learn more at www.audacyinc.com, Facebook, X, LinkedIn and Instagram.

Eeo

Audacy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Audacy affords equal employment opportunity to qualified individuals regardless of their race, color, religion or religious creed, sex/gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age (over 40), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, or other classification protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. Consistent with our commitment to equal employment opportunity, we provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities who need assistance in applying electronically for a position with Audacy, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship. To request a reasonable accommodation for this purpose, please call 1-610-660-5614. Please note that this phone number is to be used solely to request an accommodation with respect to the online application process. Calls for any other reason will not be returned. Reasonable accommodation requests are considered on a case‑by‑case basis.

Important Notes

Please be aware that Audacy will never ask you to send money at any point during the hiring process. Communication from legitimate Audacy representatives will only come from email addresses ending in @audacy.com. If you receive any suspicious requests or communications, please verify their authenticity before responding.