Senior Data Engineer

Hungryroot; United States; Remote; USD 144,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the food and wellness sector is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to enhance their data pipelines and analytics. This role involves collaboration with various teams to improve data models and ensure high-quality analytics. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in ETL, Spark, and Databricks, and will contribute to a culture of excellence and teamwork.

Benefits

Equity

Unlimited vacation policy

Universal paid parental leave

Comprehensive health, vision, dental, and life insurance

Wellbeing benefits

401k with match

Work from home stipend

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in ETL development and data modeling.
• 5+ years of experience in both Scala and Python.
• 2+ years of experience working with the Databricks Platform.

Responsibilities

• Develop pipelines in Spark (Python + Scala) in the Databricks Platform.
• Build cross-functional working relationships with business partners.
• Ensure system reliability and performance.

Skills

Problem-solving

Tools

Spark

Databricks

Python

Scala

Job description

Hungryroot is using AI to build the most consumer-centric food and wellness company to ever exist. We are your personal assistant for healthy living. We get to know your goals, lifestyle, and budget, and we recommend and deliver healthy groceries, easy recipes and essential supplements for you and your family. It’s the easiest way to eat healthy, achieve your goals, save time, and discover new foods. Founded on the belief that food is the foundation of health, convenience should not mean compromise, and we’re all unique in how we eat and live, Hungryroot is building a future in which healthy living is easy and enjoyable.

We are a distributed team built on top talent from over 28 states across the U.S. While we have a headquarters in New York City, we support employees working from wherever they are based. We believe in fostering team connection and collaboration across all of our employees' locations. Expect to attend regular team building events and an annual company retreat. Expect to be treated like an owner who cares about our common goal, not someone who has to clock in and out of work.

About the Role

We’re looking for a Senior Data Engineer to be a part of our growing Data team. You’ll be responsible for working directly on the data pipelines and systems that create our Hungryroot Analytics data model used to inform financial decision making, product development, inventory management and more.

As a member of the team, you will work collaboratively with Analysts across many departments and your Data Engineering peers to build, deploy, and maintain data pipelines that power our Analytics data model. You will be responsible for data model design, developing and deploying pipelines, and setting the example of code quality and value across the Data Engineering team.

This role will join Hungryroot’s Data Engineering team and you’ll report directly to our Data Engineering Lead. In this role, you will work closely with Analysts at Hungryroot to improve our Analytical data model and unlock our Analyst’s potential to make broad impacts at Hungryroot. You will set an example in the Data Engineering team as a strong pipeline developer, communicator, and teacher for your Data Engineering peers.

Come join our team, apply your passion for data and have fun!

Responsibilities

• Develop pipelines in Spark (Python + Scala) in the Databricks Platform
• Build cross-functional working relationships with business partners in Food Analytics, Operations, Marketing, and Web/App Development teams to power pipeline development for the business
• Ensure system reliability and performance
• Deploy and maintain data pipelines in production
• Set an example of code quality, data quality, and best practices
• Work with Analysts and Data Engineers to enable high quality self-service analytics for all of Hungryroot
• Investigate datasets to answer business questions, ensuring data quality and business assumptions are understood before deploying a pipeline
• Continually integrate AI processes into your workflow and to simplify IT for the organization, so you can spend time on the most meaningful work

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in ETL development and data modeling
• 5+ years of experience in both Scala and Python
• 5+ years of experience in Spark
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to translate business problems into practical solutions
• 2+ years of experience working with the Databricks Platform
• Remote-first: work from home, work from our NYC office, work from anywhere in the U.S. - you decide!
• Equity
• Unlimited vacation policy
• Universal paid parental leave
• Comprehensive health, vision, dental, and life insurance
• Wellbeing benefits including One Medical, Spring Health, LiveHealth, Rightway care concierge, and more
• 401k with match
• A work from home stipend to support your initial home-office setup

Expected Pay Range
$144,000-$180,000 USD

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The employer will not sponsor applicants for work visas.

Our mission to help make healthy eating easy, accessible, and joyful is better served by a diverse workplace. We are a proud Equal Opportunity Employer committed to building an inclusive workplace. We have zero-tolerance for harassment or discrimination. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected class.

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