Senior Software Engineer - Data Platform | Klaviyo Careers

The Briefed; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual cash bonus plan, equity, and签-?

Job summary

Klaviyo is seeking an experienced data platform engineer to design, build, and maintain mission-critical data and analytics infrastructure. You will work with a cross-functional team, mentor other engineers, and help set best practices and technology choices that power core Klaviyo functionality and data-driven insights.

You will design scalable systems in production, write high-quality code, review designs, and collaborate across teams.

Qualifications

• BA or BS degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of experience in a software engineering discipline
• High skill in at least one modern programming language
• Experience provisioning infrastructure with Terraform or a similar infrastructure-as-code tool
• Experience designing, building, and operating distributed systems in a cloud environment
• Experience with Linux operating systems
• Experience with OLTP and OLAP databases
• Experience with high-volume data processing and storage systems

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain mission-critical data and analytics infrastructure
• Write technical design documents and create system infrastructure
• Write high-quality code and operate large-scale systems in production
• Review other engineers’ designs and code
• Provide technical mentorship to engineers on the team and across the engineering organization
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams

Skills

Strong programming skills

Mentorship

Communication

Adaptability

Education

BA/BS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Python

Kubernetes

ClickHouse

DynamoDB

MySQL

Kafka

Spark

Flink

Iceberg

Airflow

DataHub

Job description

Klaviyo empowers creators to own their destiny by making first-party data accessible and actionable. It runs a real-time data analytics platform, written primarily in Python, that is built for massive scale on Amazon Web Services (AWS). The company welcomes candidates who are a close but not exact match to the requirements.

Join the Data Platform team to design, build, and maintain Klaviyo’s mission-critical data and analytics infrastructure. The team builds tooling and sets best practices and technology choices that power core Klaviyo functionality and data-driven insights. You will work with a cross-functional team and mentor other engineers.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain mission-critical data and analytics infrastructure
• Write technical design documents and create system infrastructure
• Write high-quality code and operate large-scale systems in production
• Review other engineers’ designs and code
• Provide technical mentorship to engineers on the team and across the engineering organization
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams

Requirements

• BA or BS degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of experience in a software engineering discipline
• High skill in at least one modern programming language
• Experience provisioning infrastructure with Terraform or a similar infrastructure-as-code tool
• Experience designing, building, and operating distributed systems in a cloud environment
• Experience with Linux operating systems
• Experience with OLTP and OLAP databases
• Experience with high-volume data processing and storage systems

Skills

Technical Skills

• AWS, Terraform, Python, Kubernetes
• ClickHouse, DynamoDB, MySQL
• Kafka, Spark, Flink, Iceberg
• Airflow, DataHub
• Distributed systems design and operation

Soft Skills

• Clear verbal and written communication
• Teamwork and mentoring
• Continuous learning and adaptability in a high-growth environment
• Persistence in solving difficult problems

Benefits

• Annual cash bonus plan, equity, and sign-on payments (based on eligibility)
• Comprehensive health, welfare, and wellbeing benefits