Grammarly team members in this role must be based in the United States or Canada.

The opportunity 

Grammarly empowers people to thrive and connect whenever and wherever they communicate. Every day, 30 million people and 30,000 teams around the world use our AI-powered writing assistant. All of this begins with our team collaborating in a values-driven and learning-oriented environment. 

To achieve our ambitious goals, we’re looking for a Data Engineer to join our Data Platform team. The Data Platform team is responsible for all aspects of the data lifecycle here at Grammarly. 

As a rapidly growing company, we offer opportunities to join a team and learn from experienced peers, as well as opportunities to build product offerings and teams from the ground up. Within our growing engineering organization, there is plenty of room for ownership and direct impact on users.

Grammarly’s engineers and researchers have the freedom to innovate and uncover breakthroughs—and, in turn, influence our product roadmap. The complexity of our technical challenges is growing rapidly as we scale our interfaces, algorithms, and infrastructure. Read more about our stack or hear from our team on our technical blog.

Your impact

As a Data Engineer, you will create engineering and analytical efficiencies as the owner of our company-wide data lake. Our cutting-edge data lake is the central hub for all data producers and data consumers, so your impact will span all of Grammarly. You will have the opportunity to design and code highly optimized algorithms and datasets.

Data engineers are responsible for making disparate data centrally available to Grammarly’s team members while ensuring query efficiency and efficacy. The technical requirements of this role include a deep understanding of the querying engine of Spark, the performance (read/write) optimization of Delta tables, data modeling, data transformation at scale, Python or Scala coding abilities, and advanced SQL skills. The backbone of a Data Engineer at Grammarly’s success will be communication, stakeholder management, and a passion for data. 

We invite you to share your knowledge, experience, and goals with us to help us find the best team match for you. Tell us your superpower!

In this role, you will:

• Start building and pushing code in your first week and ship meaningful features in your first few months.
• Build algorithms that allow for the quick and efficient retrieval of large amounts of data.
• Build datasets that create fact-based insight, influence operational decision-making, and provide data-driven business solutions.
• Have the opportunity to mentor new hires.
• Shape and build a technical and data-driven culture at Grammarly.

We’re looking for someone who

• Embodies our EAGER values—is ethical, adaptable, gritty, empathetic, and remarkable.
• Is able to collaborate in person 2–4 weeks per quarter, traveling if necessary to the hub where the team is based.
• Has at least 2 years of experience using large-scale data-analytics engines like Spark.
• Displays excellent software-engineering fundamentals, including knowledge of algorithms and data structures.
• Demonstrates perseverance when faced with tough technical issues.
• Has some experience with AWS or other cloud offerings (GCP, Azure, etc.). 
• Has experience building, deploying, and debugging production systems at scale.
• Cares about the end-user experience and strives to ensure high quality.

Support for you, professionally and personally

• Professional growth: We hire people we trust, and we give team members autonomy to do their best work. We also support professional development with training, coaching, and regular feedback.
• A connected team: Grammarly builds a product that helps people connect, and we apply this mindset to our own team. We have a highly collaborative culture supported by our EAGER values. We also take time to celebrate our colleagues and accomplishments with global, local, and team-specific events and programs.
• Comprehensive benefits: Grammarly offers all team members competitive pay along with a benefits package encompassing superior health care (including mental health benefits). We also offer support to set up a home office, ample and defined time off, gym and recreation stipends, 401(k) matching, and more.
• For Colorado-based employment: The salary range for this position is $101,000–$217,000/year; however, base pay offered may vary considerably depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The compensation package includes a wide range of medical, dental, vision, financial, and other benefits, as well as equity.

We encourage you to apply

At Grammarly, we value our differences, and we encourage all—especially those whose identities are traditionally underrepresented in tech organizations—to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Grammarly will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law. Grammarly is an equal opportunity employer and a participant in the US Federal E-Verify program.

Grammarly currently supports the long-term work of team members in the following US states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania (Kennett Township, New London Township, Pittsburgh City, Shaler Township), South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Washington, as well as the District of Columbia 

Grammarly currently supports the long-term work of team members in the following Canadian provinces: British Columbia, Ontario 

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