Senior Data Engineer
Shopmonkey
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Data Engineer to join our team at Shopmonkey. This role is critical to building, maintaining and improving our data infrastructure, ensuring that our data pipelines are robust, efficient, and capable of delivering high-quality data to both internal and external stakeholders. As a key player in our data team, you will have the opportunity to make strategic decisions about the tools we use, how we organize our data, and the best methods for orchestrating and optimizing our data processes.Your contributions will be essential to ensuring the uninterrupted flow of data across our platform, supporting the analytics needs of our clients and internal teams. If you are passionate about data, problem-solving, and continuous improvement, we encourage you to apply. This role offers a unique opportunity to take an active role in shaping the future of Shopmonkey’s data infrastructure, making meaningful contributions to our platform's efficiency and reliability. Please note this is a hybrid position, with an expectation of 2-3 days per week on-site at our Morgan Hill office.
What You Will Do:
- Continuous Enhancement: Build, maintain and elevate Shopmonkey's data infrastructure, ensuring peak performance and dependability.
- Strategic Leadership: Drive the decision-making process for the selection and implementation of data tools and technologies.
- Streamlining: Design and refine data pipelines to ensure smooth and efficient data flow.
- Troubleshooting: Manage the daily operations of the Shopmonkey platform, swiftly identifying and resolving data-related challenges.
- Cross-Functional Synergy: Partner with cross-functional teams to develop new data requirements and refine existing processes.
- Guidance: Provide mentorship to junior engineers, supporting their growth and assisting with complex projects.
- Collaborative Innovation: Contribute to ongoing platform improvements, ensuring a culture of continuous innovation.
- Knowledge Expansion: Stay informed on industry trends and best practices in data infrastructure and cloud technologies.
- Dependability: Guarantee consistent data delivery to customers and stakeholders, adhering to or surpassing service level
- Oversight: Monitor and sustain the data infrastructure, covering areas like recalls, message delivery, and reporting functions.
We Are Looking for People Who Have:
- Bachelor's Degree in STEM preferred *additional experience is also accepted in lieu of a degree*
- Proven experience with Kubernetes and Cloud infrastructure (GCP preferred)
- Strong proficiency in Python and SQL for data processing and automation.
- Expertise in orchestration tools such as Airflow, Docker, etc..
- Understanding of performance optimization and cost-effectiveness in dataware houses like Snowflake, ClickHouse, etc.
- Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, cross-functional environment.
- Strong problem-solving skills with a proactive and solution-oriented mindset.
- Experience with additional orchestration tools like Dogster or Meltano.
- Knowledge of DBT, particularly in setting up new projects.
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain complex data pipelines and data flows.
In the United States, the range is typically a salary of $163,000 to $195,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. The range provided is Shopmonkey’s reasonable estimate of the base compensation for this role. The actual amount will be based on job-related and non-discriminatory factors such as location, experience, training, skills, and abilities. Consult with your Recruiter during the initial call to determine a more targeted range based on these job-related factors. In addition to this base compensation company stock options and benefits as outlined below are included.
Why Shopmonkey?
Shopmonkey has become an amazing environment where employees feel that they are valued as people, and not just worker bees. To ensure that our team thrives, we invest in the following perks (benefits below are mainly for U.S. based, full-time employees). Other benefits vary upon location outside of the United States, and employment status:
💪🏼 Health & Wellness
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance benefits available the 1st of the month following hire date
- Short term and long term disability
- Employee assistance program
- Reimbursement for a personal health and wellness membership
- Generous parental leave
- 401(k) available upon hire
✈️ Time Off
- 11 paid holidays
- Flexible time off - take the time off you need!
🥰 Giving Back
- Matching donations for approved charitable organizations
- Group volunteer efforts
Check out our founder’s story, life page, or hear from real employees about what it’s like to work at Shopmonkey.
Join our team of hungry, humble, smart people who love what they do, and change the auto industry by helping every shop thrive.
About the Industry
The U.S. is the second largest passenger vehicle market with more than 260 million registered passenger vehicles, and the global car repair market is estimated to be worth more than $500B. Shopmonkey aims to change the status quo and enable auto shops to become more efficient and give their customers a more delightful experience.
About Shopmonkey
Shopmonkey is the leading auto-repair shop software company; it is a cloud-based solution that helps auto-repair shops consolidate tools, save time, and streamline their entire operation onto a simple, easy-to-use platform.
Headquartered in Silicon Valley and trusted by more than 3,500+ auto shops across the U.S. and Canada, Shopmonkey aims to change the status quo of the car repair market, estimated to be worth more than $500B.
In 2021 Shopmonkey raised a $75 million Series C, supported by top-tier Silicon Valley venture capital firms Bessemer Venture Partners, Index Ventures, Headline, I2BF, and ICONIQ Growth.
In 2022, Shopmonkey was named #4 on Forbes' annual ranking of America's Best Startup Employers list (and #1 in Business Products & Software Services). Shopmonkey was once again named as one of America's Best Startup Employers by Forbes in 2023 and 2024.
Shopmonkey is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We are looking for team members from all backgrounds that are committed to the Shopmonkey mission.
Shopmonkey provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
Shopmonkey is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. In keeping with our our commitment, Shopmonkey will take the steps to assure that people with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. Accordingly, if reasonable accommodation is required to fully participate in the job application or interview process, to perform the essential functions of the position, and/or to receive all other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact our Talent Team at hiring@shopmonkey.io.
Please note: Shopmonkey will never request sensitive information such as your social security number, bank account information, or other non-publicly available information during the application and interview process. If an applicant is extended an offer of employment, such sensitive information will be requested at that time. Shopmonkey will never ask you to receive and ship packages or goods as part of the interview. Other practices to be on alert for:
- Contact initiated via unsolicited text message or cold call. Shopmonkey does not follow up with candidates through instant messaging applications.
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