Senior Data Engineer - Platform

Voodoo; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative tech company is seeking a skilled Data Engineer to join their dynamic team. In this role, you will design and maintain high-performance data platforms that support the growth of mobile games and apps. Collaborating with top-tier engineers, you will build data pipelines, ensure data quality, and optimize infrastructure components. This position offers the chance to work with cutting-edge technologies in a fully remote environment, providing a unique opportunity to impact the business significantly. If you are passionate about data engineering and want to be part of a forward-thinking organization, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Best-in-class compensation

Country-specific benefits

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in data engineering or platform engineering roles.
• Strong programming skills in Python and Java.
• Experience with modern data stacks like Spark and Kafka.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data platforms.
• Build and manage data pipelines using tools like Apache Airflow.
• Ensure data quality and compliance across all data processes.

Skills

Python

Java

Data Engineering

Problem-Solving

Communication Skills

Leadership Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Apache Airflow

DBT

SQLMesh

Terraform

CircleCI

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Founded in 2013, Voodoo is a tech company that creates mobile games and apps with a mission to entertain the world. Gathering 800 employees, 7 billion downloads, and over 200 million active users, Voodoo is the #3 mobile publisher worldwide in terms of downloads after Google and Meta. Our portfolio includes chart-topping games like Mob Control and Block Jam, alongside popular apps such as BeReal and Wizz.

Team

The Engineering & Data team builds innovative tech products and platforms to support the impressive growth of their gaming and consumer apps which allow Voodoo to stay at the forefront of the mobile industry.

Within the Data team, you’ll join the Ad-Network Team which is an autonomous squad of around 30 people. The team is composed of top-tier software engineers, infrastructure engineers, data engineers, mobile engineers, and data scientists (among which 3 Kaggle Masters). The goal of this team is to provide a way for Voodoo to monetize our inventory directly with advertising partners, and relies on advanced technological solutions to optimize advertising in a real-time bidding environment. It is a strategic topic with significant impact on the business.

This role can be done fully remote in any EMEA country.

Role

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable, secure, and high-performance data platforms.
• Build and manage data pipelines (ETL/ELT) using tools such as Apache Airflow, DBT, SQLMesh or similar.
• Architect and optimize lakehouse solutions (e.g., Iceberg).
• Lead the design and implementation of data infrastructure components (streaming, batch processing, orchestration, lineage, observability).
• Ensure data quality, governance, and compliance (GDPR, HIPAA, etc.) across all data processes.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and CI/CD pipelines for data platform components using tools like Terraform, CircleCI, or similar.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with data scientists, analytics teams, and product engineers to understand data needs and deliver scalable solutions.
• Mentor experienced data engineers and set best practices for code quality, testing, and platform reliability.
• Monitor and troubleshoot performance issues in real-time data flows and long-running batch jobs.
• Stay ahead of trends in data engineering, proactively recommending new technologies and approaches to keep our stack modern and efficient.

Profile (Must have)

• Extensive experience in data engineering or platform engineering roles.
• Strong programming skills in Python and Java.
• Strong experience with modern data stacks (e.g., Spark, Kafka, DBT, Airflow, Lakehouse).
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, data architecture, and performance tuning.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and Infrastructure-as-Code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.).
• Solid experience operating data services in Kubernetes, including Helm, resource tuning, and service discovery.
• Strong understanding of data modeling, data governance, and security best practices.
• Knowledge of CI/CD principles and DevOps practices in a data environment.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and leadership skills.

Nice to Have

• Experience with real-time data streaming and event-driven architectures.
• Familiarity with ML model deployment and MLOps practices.
• Exposure to data cataloging, lineage tools and observability platforms.
• Contributions to open-source data tools or platforms.

Benefits

• Best-in-class compensation
• Other benefits according to the country you reside in