Senior Data Engineer - Audience Engine & AI Pipelines

Locality; New York (NY); On-site; USD 83,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement benefits

Paid days off

Job summary

Locality is seeking a Senior Data Engineer in New York to own the Audience Engine, spanning data ingestion, identity resolution, automation, and AI enablement. Lead Databricks Bronze→Silver→Gold pipelines and ensure scalable, cost-efficient data platforms.

You will collaborate with Product, Analytics, and Ad Operations to onboard new data sources, maintain SLAs, and support AI/ML workflows in a modern cloud environment.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience as a Data Engineer or Data Platform Engineer, preferably in advertising.
• Strong hands-on experience with Databricks, Spark, and modern cloud data platforms.
• Proven ability to design and maintain multi-layer data architectures (Bronze/Silver/Gold).
• Deep SQL expertise and Python or similar scripting language.

Responsibilities

• Own the Audience Engine, manage data ingestion, identity resolution, automation, and AI enablement.
• Architect and optimize Databricks pipelines (Bronze→Silver→Gold) for large-scale ingestion and activation.
• Ensure platform reliability, data quality, and cost efficiency across pipelines and integrations.
• Lead identity resolution across datasets and maintain robust data delivery SLAs.
• Integrate with external data and activation partners and onboard new data sources.
• Support AI/ML workflows within Databricks and translate business needs into production features.
• Design scalable data models and datasets for Power BI reporting and analytics.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data pipelines

Databricks

Spark

Identity graphs

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

Databricks

Spark

Cloud platforms

Power BI

Job description

Locality is seeking a Senior Data Engineer in New York to own the Audience Engine, spanning data ingestion, identity resolution, automation, and AI enablement. Lead Databricks Bronze→Silver→Gold pipelines and ensure scalable, cost-efficient data platforms.

You will collaborate with Product, Analytics, and Ad Operations to onboard new data sources, maintain SLAs, and support AI/ML workflows in a modern cloud environment.