Senior Data Engineer

Senior Data Engineer

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Why Vacasa?

We started with just one home and an idea: to bring homeowners and renters together with smart technology and caring local teams. Today, we’re the largest full-service vacation rental company in the US thanks to the people who give us their best every day. You’ll fit right in here if you’re curious, entrepreneurial, and thrive in a rapid-growth environment.

What we are looking for:

As a Data Engineer you will be responsible for maintaining the core platform and services that enable business intelligence at Vacasa. Working closely with data science and analytics teams you will play a key role in the design, build, and maintenance of data pipelines; providing timely, accurate, and reliable information to all aspects of the business.

What You’ll Do:

  • Design, implement, and champion the tooling required for data ingress, data transformation, and orchestration.
  • Develop data warehousing standards, transformations, and ingress patterns for production data sets.
  • Collaborate with engineering and product teams to ensure prioritization of BI and reporting goals. 
  • Guide data modeling efforts, mentoring engineering and analytics teams.  
  • Troubleshoot data warehouse, pipeline, or date lake performance problems and bottlenecks.
  • Other duties, as assigned.

What you'll need:

  • Hands on experience with Apache Airflow
  • Experience with Postgres and MySQL databases
  • Experience with cloud or columnar data stores such as Redshift, Snowflake, or Hive/Presto
  • Ability to identify, repair, and troubleshoot data quality issues
  • Ability to write, understand, and optimize complex SQL
  • Experience supporting transformation tools such as DBT, Dataform, or AWS Glue in production
  • A desire to learn and experiment with new or emerging technologies
  • 5+ years experience in software engineering
  • 3+ years experience in a data-related field, including data engineering, data warehousing, business intelligence, data visualization, and/or data science
  • 2-3 years experience using AWS tools such as Amazon Redshift, EMR, Athena, and RDS
  • (If Remote) Ability to work from home and resides in one of the followings states: AK, AL, AZ, CA, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MT, NC, NH, NM, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, or WY
What you’ll get:
  • Health/dental/vision insurance—100% coverage option 
  • Employer Sponsored & Voluntary Supplemental Benefits
  • 401K retirement savings plan with immediate 100% company match on the first 6% you contribute 
  • Health & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Paid vacation & sick days
  • Paid holidays 
  • Paid parental leave after one year of tenure 
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Career advancement opportunities
  • Employee discounts
  • Great colleagues and culture
  • All the equipment you’ll need to be successful

Please visit our careers page to review our full benefits offerings

Vacasa is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We do not discriminate against applicants based upon race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or other classes protected by applicable law.

Vacasa is committed to maintaining a safe and productive work environment. Possession, use, or being under the influence of alcohol or illegal drugs in the workplace is prohibited.

An offer of employment for this role will be contingent upon the successful completion of a background check.

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