Sr Data Engineer

Paramount Pictures; New York (NY); Remote; USD 110,000 - 147,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join their dynamic team. In this role, you will build a highly scalable, cloud-based GraphQL API layer that delivers sports and betting data across various digital platforms. Your expertise in data engineering will drive the development of a seamless data ingestion and processing system, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to design a federated architecture. This exciting position offers the opportunity to work on innovative projects that impact millions of users, all while fostering a culture of inclusion and creativity within a leading digital media company.

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Plan

Life Insurance

Disability Benefits

Tuition Assistance

Paid Time Off

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in data engineering and system development.
• Experience with GraphQL schemas and optimizing query performance.
• Hands-on experience in a distributed cloud-based environment.

Responsibilities

• Build scalable, cloud-based GraphQL API layers for sports data.
• Lead design and optimization of core sports GraphQL services.
• Participate in scrum ceremonies and practice DevOps.

Skills

Data Engineering

GraphQL

JavaScript

TypeScript

Python

Node.js

AWS

ETL Pipelines

CI/CD

DevOps

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science

Equivalent professional experience

Tools

GitHub

Jira

Aurora MySQL

DynamoDB

MongoDB

Redis

Job description

Job Posting Title: Senior Data Engineer

Department: CBS Digital Media

Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL / Remote

About Us:
Truly premium content. At true scale. Only CBS Digital.
CBS Digital is the premier online content network for information and online operations of CBS Corporation as well as some of the top native digital brands in the entertainment industry. Our brands dive deep into the things people care about across sports, entertainment, technology, news, games, and business. With over 1 billion users visiting our properties every quarter, we are a global top 10 web property and one of the largest premium content networks online.

Description:
CBSSports.com provides premium online and mobile content to the connected sports fan, including live and on-demand video, in-depth analysis, breaking news, and scores and statistics across high school, college, and professional sports. CBSSports.com is part of CBS Interactive's portfolio of multi-platform brands, which includes premier Fantasy offerings, high school sports leader MaxPreps, 247Sports, Scout and CBS Sports producing more than 130 official collegiate athletic sites.

Role Details:
We are looking for a talented senior data engineer specializing in building a highly scalable, cloud-based GraphQL API layer to deliver sports and betting data across multiple digital platforms. This role involves creating a seamless and efficient data ingestion, processing, and delivery system, integrating streaming data and high-performance querying. You'll work closely with cross-functional teams to design and implement a federated GraphQL architecture, driving the future of sports and betting data integration within the CBS Sports digital ecosystem.

Your Day-to-Day:

1. Build new foundational capabilities using domain-driven design and test-driven development that will power features and experiences on various CBS Sports properties.
2. Help lead team members in the design, development, and optimization of our core sports GraphQL subgraphs and services within a federated architecture.
3. Participate in scrum ceremonies: daily stand-ups, grooming, and sprint planning.
4. Practice DevOps, writing good tests, and deploying continuously to production with observability and monitoring.
5. Review your teammates' designs and code, providing constructive feedback, and engaging in technical discussions, including weekly deep dive sessions on various topics.
6. Work with product partners to develop technical solutions for features, leveraging GraphQL for data integration.

Key Projects:

1. Building out a GraphQL API for seamless data access and integration across multiple services.
2. Designing and building out a core data layer to power all CBS Sports Digital products; ingesting, processing, and storing data from hundreds of sources over different transports and data stores.
3. Defining a distributed tracing system for web services and data observability within a GraphQL ecosystem.
4. Containerizing core systems to reduce the overhead of infrastructure management.

Qualifications:
What you bring to the team:
You have –

1. 5+ years of experience in data engineering and data system development.
2. Experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining GraphQL schemas, optimizing query performance, and ensuring seamless data retrieval and manipulation for enhanced user experiences.
3. Experience with Javascript/TypeScript, Python, Node.js.
4. Experience with relational, NoSQL, and key/value data stores such as Aurora MySQL, DynamoDB, MongoDB, Redis.
5. Hands-on experience working in a distributed cloud-based environment (AWS preferred) with high transaction volumes using a variety of connected services.
6. Proficiency with modern build strategies, continuous integration, unit testing and automated integration tests, GitHub, issue tracking tools (Jira), and CI/CD related disciplines (GitOps).
7. Ability to design solutions, provide estimates, and evaluate risk and technical feasibility.
8. BS Computer Science, Engineering, a related technical degree, or equivalent professional experience.

You might also have –

1. Wundergraph Cosmo or Apollo GraphQL experience.
2. AWS Certifications.
3. Experience with extract, transform, load (ETL) pipelines using data orchestration platforms, cloud services, and frameworks a plus.
4. Experience at an online company in digital media or content creation.
5. Excellent team player and communicator capable of creating positive relationships across engineering, product and architecture.
6. Energetic self-starter who can work in a complex collaborative environment that rewards innovation, initiative, curiosity and mentoring.
7. Knowledge of sports and gaming.

Additional Information:
Hiring Salary Range: $110,000.00 - 147,000.00. The hiring salary range for this position applies to New York, California, Colorado, Washington state, and most other geographies. Starting pay for the successful applicant depends on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education. The benefits available for this position include medical, dental, vision, 401(k) plan, life insurance coverage, disability benefits, tuition assistance program and PTO or, if applicable, as otherwise dictated by the appropriate Collective Bargaining Agreement. This position is bonus eligible.

Paramount is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.

At Paramount, the spirit of inclusion feeds into everything that we do, on-screen and off. From the programming and movies we create to employee benefits/programs and social impact outreach initiatives, we believe that opportunity, access, resources and rewards should be available to and for the benefit of all. Paramount is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, and Veteran status.