What do a user searching for their favorite brunch spot, an entrepreneur looking to grow their business, and a homeowner trying to find a dependable contractor have in common? Yelp, of course! Spread across 32 countries and listed as one of the top internet properties in the US, Yelp is on a mission to help people connect with great local businesses one review at a time.
The Data and Analytics Platform at Yelp empowers us to make quick and informed decisions about our systems, applications, product and business. We build Yelp’s centralized experimentation platform, responsibly collect and store large amounts of data that describes our users’ interactions with our product, scale complex yet elegant analytics pipelines to meet our ever growing demand for insights on the product and business, and provide exceptional developer experience for engineers who instrument analytics and metrics across the company. As a manager on this team, you’ll enjoy leading and inspiring a team of skilled engineers to develop the next generation of our data platform to support Yelp’s ever-growing scale.
Where You Come In:
Managing a team of infrastructure, backend and full stackEngineers.
Helping the team stay happy and productive by removing obstacles and optimizing team processes
Coaching and mentoring engineers of all experience levels, from recent graduates to senior engineers
Working with the team and the Product Manager to develop and own a product vision that you’ll communicate to the company
Building and maintaining relationships with Product Managers, Data Scientists and Executives
Participating in the hiring process
Defining SLAs and monitor availability & performance of the systems that form the foundation of the data platform
Scaling infrastructure to meet demand while keeping an eye on cost efficiency
Willing to roll up your sleeves and debug/tune/code/fix alongside your team and driving technical incident response
Excellent communication skills
What it Takes to Succeed:
Previous experience as a technical lead or manager, with the empathy and communication skills to match
You take a “people first” approach and a deep care for healthy team culture
Previous experience with building and scaling A/B testing tools and platforms, end-to-end analytics pipelines that span the gamut of data capture, transport, storage and query
Experience building engineering solutions to implement concepts such as data meshes, data lakes and data governance
Deep understanding of analytics systems like Google Analytics / Tableau
Experience using cloud computing services (AWS, Microsoft Azure, etc.)
You can command your favorite modern programming language: Python, Ruby, Java, C++, etc.
What You'll Get:
Full responsibility for projects from day one, an awesome team, and a dynamic work environment
Competitive salary with equity in the company, a pension scheme, and an optional employee stock purchase program
25 days paid holiday initially, rising to 29 with service
Private health insurance, including dental and vision
Flexible working hours and meeting-free Wednesdays
Regular 3-day Hackathons and weekly learning groups, always with interesting topics
Opportunities to participate in events and conferences throughout Europe and the US
Yelp values diversity. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and consider qualified applicants without regard to Age, Disability, Gender Reassignment, Marriage or Civil Partnership, Pregnancy and Maternity, Race, Religion or Belief, Sex.
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