Senior Data Engineer

We're a dynamic team of 400+ globally distributed members who thrive working from our favorite places around the world, with teammates spanning the USA, Canada, Japan, Hungary, Nigeria, Brazil, the UK, and beyond!

We're searching for passionate individuals eager to contribute to Alpaca's rapid growth. If you align with our core values—Stay Curious, Have Empathy, and Be Accountable—and are ready to make a significant impact, we encourage you to apply.

• →Design and oversee key forward- and reverse-ETL patterns to deliver data to relevant stakeholders.
• →Develop scalable patterns in the transformation layer to ensure repeatable integrations with BI tools across various business verticals.
• →Expand and maintain the Alpaca Data Lakehouse architecture's constantly evolving elements.
• →Collaborate closely with sales, marketing, product, and operations teams to address key data flow needs.
• →Operate the system and manage production issues in a timely manner.

• 7+ years of experience in data engineering, including 2+ years of building scalable, low-latency data platforms capable of handling >100M events/day.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language, with strong working knowledge of Python and SQL.
• Experience with cloud-native technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm.
• Strong hands-on experience with relational database systems and object storage implementations like Apache Iceberg.
• Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform and its various data-related services (Composer, Dataproc, Datastream, etc.)
• Experience in building scalable transformation layers, preferably through formalized SQL models (e.g., dbt).
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and adapt solutions to changing business needs.
• Experience with ETL orchestrators / frameworks like Apache Airflow and Airbyte.
• Production experience with streaming systems like Kafka.
• Exposure to infrastructure, DevOps, and Infrastructure as Code (IaaC), like Terraform.
• Deep knowledge of distributed systems, storage, transactions, and query processing utilizing open-source distributed query engines like Trino (formerly PrestoSQL).
• If you're passionate about data engineering and thrive in a dynamic startup environment, we'd love to hear from you! 

• Competitive Salary & Stock Options
• Health Benefits
• New Hire Home-Office Setup: One-time USD $500
• Monthly Stipend: USD $150 per month via a Brex Card

Alpaca is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce.

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