Data Engineer

The role

This is a data engineering position at Figma, working side by side with the Data Science and Data Infrastructure groups. The person takes ownership of pipelines feeding reliable datasets and reporting to business teams such as sales, marketing and finance. It can be done from a US hub or remotely within the country.

What you would do

• Take ownership of scalable pipelines pulling from multiple cloud data sources
• Learn Figma's central data models thoroughly and tune pipelines for larger scale
• Create trusted foundational datasets with Data Science and Data Infrastructure that support self-service use
• Gather needs from varied business stakeholders and design datasets that many teams can share
• Explain and document intricate data topics clearly for differing audiences
• Set standards for building purpose-specific datasets used in analytics and modeling
• Judge when to ship a quick workaround versus declining or adopting an external service

What they asked for

• At least four years in a related field
• Strong working command of both SQL and Python
• Hands-on exposure to the Snowflake warehouse, dbt transformations, Dagster orchestration, and tools for moving data in and out of warehouses
• Sound judgment and inventive approach to problems
• Self-motivated with good communication and teamwork
• Ability to coordinate across internal and external groups and deliver projects end to end

Nice to have

• Understanding of data modeling approaches for dependable architectures that support analytics
• Background working with commercial platforms like Salesforce, Customer IO, Stripe and NetSuite