Roofstock
Oakland, CA
51-200 employees
The #1 marketplace for buying and selling single-family rental homes.
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Lead Data Engineer
Lead Data Engineer
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Roofstock is the leading marketplace for investing in single-family rental homes. Our mission is to make real estate investing radically accessible, cost effective and simple. We want to use technology to transform the way real estate is bought and sold and make real estate investing as simple as investing in stocks. Simply put, we are passionate about helping our customers build wealth through real estate.
Roofstock has been recognized as a Great Place to Work® and was recently named to the Forbes Fintech 50 and the Red Herring 100 lists of most innovative companies. Roofstock has raised over $135M to date and have offices across the US in Oakland, California, Dallas,Texas and New York, NY with approximately 400 people and is growing rapidly. Check out our reviews and see why our employees love working here!
We've built an amazing culture where everyone has a voice. We're nice. We get things done. We have fun. We believe in work-life balance (yes, you can really take a vacation). And our values are pretty B.A.D.A.S.S.
Be customer obsessed.
Act like an owner, because you are one.
Don't be afraid to break things in the pursuit of better.
All of us are empowered to do the right thing.
Stay curious and create what's next. Fast.
Seriously. No jerks.
We are looking for a talented Lead Data Engineer to join an established but small and quickly growing company working on a wide range of data projects in close collaboration with other data engineers, data scientists, and analysts in an integrated Data Team. We use a modern all-cloud data stack including Airflow, DBT, Python3, Snowflake, Fivetran, Mixpanel, Tableau, Sigma, and our old friend SQL.
You will be successful in this role if you are the person who thrives in a team environment, is willing to pitch in wherever needed to help the team succeed, and excited to enable the creation of AI systems and enable data-driven decision making!
What You Will Do:
- Build fault-tolerant pipelines that ingest, and refine large diverse datasets into simplified, accessible data models in production
- Build tools and fundamental data sets that encourage self-service
- Be responsible for data accuracy and integrity, implement data quality code and SLAs
- Improve and maintain the data infrastructure(orchestration via airflow, deployment & execution via docker, working with devops for IAS-level automation(they’ll handle the terraform)
- Work with varied structured, semi-structured(streaming and SOA messages), and unstructured datasets(including images)
What You Bring:
- BS or MS in a technical field: computer science, engineering, science, or similar
- 5+ years experience building robust data pipelines beyond simple API pulls
- 5+ years experience in writing production python code, shell scripts, and complex SQL
- 3+ year building and deploying data-related infrastructure(messaging, storage, compute/transform, execution via docker, and/or CI/CD pipelines across dev/stage/prod environments) in the cloud and desire to learn more. You don’t need to be an expert in everything, but should be conversant and show aptitude.
- Experience with schema design and dimensional data modeling
- Structured approach to problem solving: ability to take a broad challenge and break it down into solvable components
- Engineer’s eye for automation and fault tolerance, deep empathy for users of the data
- Demonstrated ability to work independently, prototype rapidly, and meet deadlines
- Strong communication and collaboration skills to effectively explain, influence, and advise with interdisciplinary partners
- Bonus: experience using modern big data systems: Spark, Hadoop, Presto, Kafka, etc.
#LI-Remote
For our regular full-time roles we offer a great benefits package!
Competitive compensation
Medical, Vision and Dental for you (95%) and your dependents (65%)
401k
Flexible time off and sick days
Supplemental bonus to support "work from home" office needs
Equity incentives to give you a stake in the Company’s future
We are an upbeat and collaborative work culture
Virtual company-sponsored outings
Roofstock is an equal opportunity employer. In keeping with the values of Roofstock, we make all employment decisions including hiring, evaluation, termination, promotional and training opportunities, without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, physical handicap, mental disability, medical condition, disability, gender or identity or expression, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, marital status, height and/or weight.
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