Sr. Data Engineer

Cars.com LLC; United States; Remote; USD 115,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Cars Commerce is seeking a Data Engineer to develop scalable data platforms and tools, essential for driving innovations with data. This role involves crafting data pipelines, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and mentoring others, supporting Cars.com’s mission to revolutionize the automotive industry.

Benefits

Medical, Dental & Vision Healthcare Plans

New Hire Stipend for Home Office Set-Up

Generous PTO

Paid Holidays and additional paid time for personal growth

Volunteer Day and Recharge Day

Qualifications

• 5+ years designing & developing complex, real-time applications.
• 5+ years professional experience with tools like Spark Streaming, EMR, Kafka.
• Experience in AWS Cloud for developing Big Data applications.

Responsibilities

• Design and build robust data pipelines using advanced analytic techniques.
• Build, deploy and support data pipelines into production.
• Work in partnership with other Engineering and Product teams.

Skills

SQL

Python

Spark

Data Modeling

ETL Pipelines

Airflow

Jenkins

Machine Learning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related major

Tools

Spark

AWS

GitHub

Job description

Be essential at Cars Commerce

At Cars Commerce, we’re fanatical about simplifying everything about car buying and selling. We do right by our customers and consumers to better connect the industry with simplified and tierless technology to enhance, measure and drive local automotive retail. Whether through our No.1 most recognized marketplace, Cars.com, our industry-leading digital experience, Dealer Inspire, our trade and appraisal technology, AccuTrade, or our new Cars Commerce Media Network, Cars Commerce is essential for success in the automotive industry.

No one ever travels alone here: at its core, Cars Commerce is collaboration. In fact, it’s built into the very fabric of our shared values. We like to say we Rise Together – putting people at the center of what we do, from consumer to customer to community. Life at Cars Commerce makes it easy when we share the ethos to be Open to All, encouraging open-minded communication because we know diverse thinking yields better outcomes. But critical to our success is Caring to Challenge and Taking Ownership, fueling a competitive spirit in a respectful environment where we think about tomorrow but act today. At our foundation, we have integrity, Doing the Right Thing, even when it’s hard. It’s our shared commitment to these values that makes Cars Commerce a place where growth becomes not only possible, but downright unavoidable.

But don’t take our word for it. As a U.S. News & World Report Best Company to Work For in 2024, we're obsessive about the employee experience. We are among the top 20% being declared “Best” of our industry based on six critical factors that are important to employee wellbeing, like quality of pay, benefits, work life balance and more.

About the Role:

Data is the driver for our future at Cars Commerce. We’re searching for a collaborative, analytical, and innovative engineer to build scalable and highly performant platforms, systems and tools to enable innovations with data. If you are passionate about building large scale systems and data driven products, we want to hear from you.

Responsibilities Include:

Design and build robust data pipelines and deriving insights out of the data using advanced analytic techniques, streaming and machine learning at scale

Work within a dynamic, forward thinking team environment where you will design, develop, and maintain mission-critical, highly visible Big Data applications

Build, deploy and support data pipelines into production.

Work in close partnership with other Engineering teams, including Data Science, & cross-functional teams, such as Product Management & Product Design

Partner with stakeholders for requirements and prioritization

Opportunity to mentor others on the team and share your knowledge across the Cars.com organization

Required Skills

Experience with one or more query language (e.g., SQL, PL/SQL, DDL, HiveQL, SparkSQL)

Experience with data modeling, warehousing and building ETL pipelines

Proficiency in at least one programming language commonly used within Data Engineering, such as Python, Scala, or Java.

Solid understanding of Spark and ability to write, debug and optimize Spark code in Python.

Solid understanding of various file formats and compression techniques.

Experience with any of ETL schedulers such as Airflow or similar frameworks.

Experience with source code management systems such as Github and developing CI/CD pipelines with tools such as Jenkins for data.

Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Ability to design, develop and debug at a cross-project level.

Required Experience

Data Engineering | 5+ years of designing & developing complex, real-time applications at enterprise scale; specifically Python and/or Scala.

Big Data Ecosystem | 5+ years of hands-on, professional experience with tools and platforms like Spark Streaming, EMR, Kafka.

AWS Cloud | 5+ years of professional experience in developing Big Data applications in the cloud, specifically AWS.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related major; or equivalent years of experience

Preferred:

Experience managing and Optimizing Spark

Experience with developing REST APIs

Experience to develop Spark streaming jobs to read data from Kafka.

Experience working with Google Analytics 4

Experience working with digital marketing platforms such as Facebook, Google Ads, and so on.

#Li-HD1 #LI-REMOTE

Salary Range

Be essential at Cars Commerce

At Cars Commerce, we’re fanatical about simplifying everything about car buying and selling. We do right by our customers and consumers to better connect the industry with simplified and tierless technology to enhance, measure and drive local automotive retail. Whether through our No.1 most recognized marketplace, Cars.com, our industry-leading digital experience, Dealer Inspire, our trade and appraisal technology, AccuTrade, or our new Cars Commerce Media Network, Cars Commerce is essential for success in the automotive industry.

No one ever travels alone here: at its core, Cars Commerce is collaboration. In fact, it’s built into the very fabric of our shared values. We like to say we Rise Together – putting people at the center of what we do, from consumer to customer to community. Life at Cars Commerce makes it easy when we share the ethos to be Open to All, encouraging open-minded communication because we know diverse thinking yields better outcomes. But critical to our success is Caring to Challenge and Taking Ownership, fueling a competitive spirit in a respectful environment where we think about tomorrow but act today. At our foundation, we have integrity, Doing the Right Thing, even when it’s hard. It’s our shared commitment to these values that makes Cars Commerce a place where growth becomes not only possible, but downright unavoidable.

But don’t take our word for it. As a U.S. News & World Report Best Company to Work For in 2024, we're obsessive about the employee experience. We are among the top 20% being declared “Best” of our industry based on six critical factors that are important to employee wellbeing, like quality of pay, benefits, work life balance and more.

About the Role:

Data is the driver for our future at Cars Commerce. We’re searching for a collaborative, analytical, and innovative engineer to build scalable and highly performant platforms, systems and tools to enable innovations with data. If you are passionate about building large scale systems and data driven products, we want to hear from you.

Responsibilities Include:

• Design and build robust data pipelines and deriving insights out of the data using advanced analytic techniques, streaming and machine learning at scale

• Work within a dynamic, forward thinking team environment where you will design, develop, and maintain mission-critical, highly visible Big Data applications

• Build, deploy and support data pipelines into production.

• Work in close partnership with other Engineering teams, including Data Science, & cross-functional teams, such as Product Management & Product Design

• Partner with stakeholders for requirements and prioritization

• Opportunity to mentor others on the team and share your knowledge across the Cars.com organization

Required Skills

• Experience with one or more query language (e.g., SQL, PL/SQL, DDL, HiveQL, SparkSQL)

• Experience with data modeling, warehousing and building ETL pipelines

• Proficiency in at least one programming language commonly used within Data Engineering, such as Python, Scala, or Java.

• Solid understanding of Spark and ability to write, debug and optimize Spark code in Python.

• Solid understanding of various file formats and compression techniques.

• Experience with any of ETL schedulers such as Airflow or similar frameworks.

• Experience with source code management systems such as Github and developing CI/CD pipelines with tools such as Jenkins for data.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

• Ability to design, develop and debug at a cross-project level.

Required Experience

• Data Engineering | 5+ years of designing & developing complex, real-time applications at enterprise scale; specifically Python and/or Scala.

• Big Data Ecosystem | 5+ years of hands-on, professional experience with tools and platforms like Spark Streaming, EMR, Kafka.

• AWS Cloud | 5+ years of professional experience in developing Big Data applications in the cloud, specifically AWS.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related major; or equivalent years of experience

Preferred:

• Experience managing and Optimizing Spark

• Experience with developing REST APIs

• Experience to develop Spark streaming jobs to read data from Kafka.

• Experience working with Google Analytics 4

• Experience working with digital marketing platforms such as Facebook, Google Ads, and so on.

#Li-HD1 #LI-REMOTE

Salary Range $115,300.00-144,150.00

Our Comprehensive Benefits Package includes:

• Medical, Dental & Vision Healthcare Plans
• New Hire Stipend for Home Office Set-Up
• Generous PTO
• Refuel - a service based recognition program where employees receive additional paid time away to learn grow and reset
• Paid Holidays, Floating Holiday, Volunteer Day, Recharge Day

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Welcome!
At Cars Commerce, we think big, push boundaries, and rise together as a team. It’s all the challenge and energy of a job in the tech industry, backed by 25 years of proven resilience and growth as a leading consumer brand.

Imagine getting to work on a team with a bold mission to simplify everything about buying and selling cars. A culture that’s a unique mix of innovation and collaboration. Exciting training and development opportunities that empower you to take ownership of your career. For our employees, every day is an opportunity.

We’re a remote-first workplace that embraces diversity at every level. Inspired by our values, we intentionally create opportunities for our employees to grow and make an impact in our industry and local communities. Let’s move your career forward together.

About Us

Cars Commerce is an audience-driven technology company empowering automotive that simplifies everything about buying and selling cars. The Cars Commerce platform includes the flagship automotive marketplace and dealer reputation site Cars.com, innovative digital marketing technology and services from Dealer Inspire, industry-leading trade-in and appraisal technology from AccuTrade, an exclusive in-market media network, and powerful and predictive AI technologies that enable more efficient and profitable retail operations. Cars Commerce is the essential partner to stay one step ahead in automotive.