Senior Data Engineer, Product Data

Company: Sonos, Inc.
Company: Sonos, Inc.
Location: Seattle, WA
Commitment: Full time
Posted on: 2023-10-28 18:30
At Sonos we want to create the ultimate listening experience for our customers and know that it starts by listening to each other. As part of the Sonos team, you’ll collaborate with people of all styles, skill sets, and backgrounds to realize our vision while fostering a community where everyone feels included and empowered to do the best work of their lives.This role can be done from homeBuilding the world’s leading sound experience starts with the experience we provide for our people. That’s why we’ve been distributed from the start: initially between offices in Boston & Santa Barbara, and now with additional offices in Seattle, San Francisco & Paris. This role can be done from anywhere in the United States- any of our offices, or remotely from home. It’s about impact, not location.At Sonos data helps us build a better business, a better product and ultimately helps us make happier customers. By understanding how our customers listen in their homes (and beyond), the Product Data team uses data to guide and influence the product direction and improve the customer experience. Within the software organization, a group of data analysts, scientists, engineers and product managers work to maintain our product data infrastructure. We are searching for a highly skilled Senior Data Engineer with extensive cloud experience, and a proven track record in designing and managing complex data pipelines and infrastructure. In this role, you will also need to be well-versed in tools such as AWS services, Apache Airflow, dbt, Snowflake, and managing data lakes. You will play a pivotal role in our data team, collaborating with a passionate team of data engineers to drive data-driven decisions and build & maintain cutting-edge data solutions and products for the organization. Your responsibilities include ensuring data availability, reliability, and quality.What You’ll DoWork with event style data and build tooling to ensure that product data is high quality, performant and useful for analysis.Design, develop, and optimize highly scalable and efficient streaming & batch data pipelines.Collaborate with software engineers, data experts, and business stakeholders to comprehensively understand their data needs and translate these into complex data models and infrastructure designs.Utilize tools like Apache Airflow to orchestrate and schedule data pipeline workflows, ensuring reliability and timeliness of data delivery.Develop and maintain data transformation and modeling using DBT to provide structured and clean data to data consumers.Evaluate, recommend, and implement emerging technologies and tools to improve our data infrastructure, pipeline operations, and data lakes.Ensure data governance, compliance, and access control best practices are in place to maintain data security and integrity.Mentor and guide junior data engineers, fostering their growth and expertise.What You’ll NeedResearch shows that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds often don't apply for roles if they don't meet all the criteria. If you don’t have 100% of the skills listed, we strongly encourage you to apply if interested.Basic QualificationsBachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field. A master's degree is a plus.5+ years experience as a data engineer with a strong focus on complex data pipeline modeling and infrastructure design.Strong proficiency in AWS cloud services, including but not limited to S3, Glue, Lambda, Kinesis.Strong understanding of Elasticsearch and Kibana for data search and analytics.Proficiency in scripting and automation for cluster maintenance and data ingestion.Solid programming skills in languages such as Python, Java, or Scala.Excellent communication and teamwork skills.Preferred QualificationsAWS certification in relevant specialties.Strong Parquet format knowledge and data serialization experience.Proficiency in managing data lakes, especially in Snowflake.Experience with containerization and orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes.Familiarity with data streaming technologies, such as Apache Kafka,  Apache Flink.#LI-RemoteAt Sonos we consider a wide range of factors when determining compensation, which may lead  individual compensation to vary depending on job related qualifications, skills, and experience.  All full time employees are eligible for merit increases, discretionary bonuses, and equity.  Our job postings may span more than one career level and the base pay range may be modified in the future based on changing market conditions. The starting base pay for this role for all US candidates is between: $134,000 and $164,340Please note that compensation details listed in US job postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits.We also offer a comprehensive benefits program with choice and flexibility in mind to help support the health, wealth, and overall well-being of our employees. Regular full time employees in the US are eligible for benefits on day one, including:Medical, Dental, and Vision InsuranceA 401(k) plan with company matching and immediate vestingAn Open Time Off policy (OTO) so you have maximum opportunity to disconnect and recharge, with no tenure-based vacation accruals required80 hours of sick time upon hire, refreshed annuallyUp to 12 paid holidays per calendar year12 weeks of paid Bonding Leave following the birth or adoption of a new child, plus up to an additional 12 weeks of Medical Leave for birthing parents under our Short Term Disability policyCompany-paid Disability, Life, and AD&D InsuranceVoluntary benefits, including Voluntary Life, AD&D, Accident, and Pet Insurance Mental health benefits to support your holistic well-beingA generous employee discount program & paid streaming music services on the Sonos platformFor a holistic overview of our benefits, please visit sonosbenefits.com. Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.Your profile will be reviewed and you'll hear from us once we have an update. At Sonos we take the time to hire right and appreciate your patience.Notice to U.S. Job Applicants: Sonos is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.Follow the links to review the EEO is the Law poster and its supplement. Sonos is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to accommodations@sonos.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.
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