Senior Data Engineer – United States – Remote

About Spokeo

Join our mission to make the world more transparent through data.

Spokeo is a leading people search engine that helps over 18 million monthly users reconnect with friends, reunite with family, and protect themselves against fraud. With access to more than 12 billion records and over 250 million unique profiles, Spokeo supports business professionals in locating individuals and assets, conducting criminal investigations, and much more.

Founded in 2006, Spokeo has grown into a remote-first company with nearly 200 employees and an average tenure of 4.5 years. We are proud to have been recognized as a “Best Company” for 2023 in several categories by Comparably, including Women, Compensation, Happiest Employees, Company Perks & Benefits, and Work-Life Balance. Our co-founder, Harrison Tang, was also named “Best CEO.”

About This Opportunity

We are looking for an experienced Data Engineer to help us develop, optimize, and enhance our data technologies, including ETL, data pipelines, storage, and entity resolution. As part of our team, you’ll work with AWS infrastructure such as Airflow, PySpark, EMR, S3, DynamoDB, and more. Your role will involve building and improving data products, automation features, and analytical tools to support our company’s strategic goals.

What You’ll Do:

• Develop infrastructure and automate data pipelines for the extraction, preparation, and loading of data from various sources.
• Integrate new components into the data pipeline and work closely with stakeholders and data science teams to develop data products.
• Contribute to entity resolution and best selection processes to efficiently execute product vision and align with organizational goals.
• Write unit and stress tests to monitor technical performance and resolve any identified issues.
• Develop data analysis tools to generate insights and track key metrics.
• Research technical solutions and maintain thorough documentation.
• Follow best practices for data governance, quality, cleansing, and ETL activities.

What You Bring:

• 7+ years of experience in data engineering development.
• 5+ years of hands-on programming experience with Python.
• 5+ years working with big data ecosystems, with strong expertise in Spark (PySpark preferred).
• 3+ years of experience with SQL, schema design, and dimensional data modeling.
• 2+ years of experience with data orchestration tools like Airflow.
• 2+ years of experience building scalable, distributed systems and cluster architectures in AWS.
• Experience working with large data sets (100M+ records).
• A B.S. in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 2+ years of experience with non-relational databases (e.g., DynamoDB, Elasticsearch) is preferred.

Working at Spokeo

At Spokeo, we are driven by our mission to promote transparency, which we achieve by embodying six core values: listening with empathy, understanding the why, clarifying with data, innovating to learn, collaborating to achieve, and insisting on quality.

As a remote-first company, we are open to hiring team members in the following U.S. states: AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, KY, MD, MI, MO, NH, NJ, NV, NC, PA, SC, SD, TX, VA, or WA.

In addition to a competitive base salary, we offer generous benefits, including:

• Annual bonus potential
• Stock options
• 401(k) plan
• 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Unlimited PTO
• Mental health resources
• Paid home office equipment
• Fitness reimbursements
• Support for continuing education (course fees)

Equal Opportunity Employer

Spokeo is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and will consider candidates based on merit, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status. We foster a culture where diverse ideas and perspectives drive our growth, innovation, and success.

Note: To apply, you must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas at this time.

Recruiters or Staffing Agencies: Spokeo is not responsible for compensating any external recruiter or staffing agency that presents a candidate or their resume/profile to Spokeo without a current, fully executed agreement on file and the assignment of the candidate to an open position via our applicant tracking system.