Senior Data Engineer - Data Ops

Job Description:

At Pluralsight, we are an established team of data practitioners supporting our Pluralsight platform as well as decision makers across the company. We use data to improve outcomes for our colleagues, our leadership, our customers, and everyone in Pluralsight. We are a team that values and encourages diverse ideas, backgrounds, and strengths.

In this role, you will need to use your knowledge of data pipeline orchestration, data warehouse performance, data migration, data infrastructure, and data architecture to function collaboratively within a team environment. We are looking for someone who will apply software engineering standard methodologies to a data platform via the utilization of version control, testing, validation, and continuous integration.

Who you’re committed to being:

• Eager to dive in to data sources to understand availability, utility, and integrity of our data

• Passionate about data, analytics and automation with experience cleaning and modeling large quantities of raw, diverse, and disorganized data

• Creator of reproducible and extensible work

• Appreciate being on a team that values and encourages diverse ideas, backgrounds, and strengths

• Carefully consider the ethical and security implications of choices you make when using data, as well as the impact of your work on customers and colleagues

• Respect and invite fair feedback while promoting the identification and open discussion of errors, risks, and unintended consequences

• Deeply understand existing and new technology trends, and you work with partners to review and recommend innovative and efficient solutions

What you’ll do:

• Building and maintaining production data pipelines for analytics across the business

• Developing tooling and solutions for data practitioners across the company using a deep understanding of their objectives and problems

• Improving observability and maintainability in our data platform, including uptime, usage, data quality, and data freshness

• Committed to improving processes throughout the data environment via automation

• Creating, implementing, and improving standards for production-worthy data flows

• Create and maintain documentation on processes, policies, application configuration and help-related materials as applications are developed

Experience you’ll bring:

• Experience building CI\CD pipelines that automate IaC and artifact deployment using tools such as Terraform and Github Actions

• Exposure to supporting AI and ML workflows and pipelines.

• Experience managing systems containing sophisticated dependency management and orchestration requirements

• Effective communication skills with technical team members as well as business partners

• Ability to tackle problems independently and prioritize work based on the anticipated business value

Requirements:

• 5+ years of taking a multidisciplinary approach to data operations: we emphasize picking the right tool for the job

• 5+ years of experience with cloud data technologies (Snowflake preferred) and data modeling standard methodologies.

• 3+ years of experience automating a data platform with scripting tools (i.e. Python (preferred) Powershell, Bash)

• 3+ years of experience with advanced orchestration tools (i.e. Airflow (preferred), Prefect, Dagster)

• 3+ years of experience with tools for ingesting data (i.e. Fivetran (preferred), Stitch, Airbyte, Portable.io) and reverse ETL tools (i.e. Census, Hightouch).

• 5+ years of experience developing, operating and maintaining data pipelines utilizing open source dbt core.

• 5+ years of experience working in a cloud environment (AWS preferred) including technologies such as IAM, Lambda, RDS, AppFlow, Glue, EC2, and S3 among others

• This is a remote role; however, applicants located within 45 miles of our Westlake/Dallas, TX office should expect to work on-site Tuesday through Thursday, with remote flexibility on Mondays and Fridays. This approach enables more effective collaboration, quicker decision-making, and a stronger culture, while still providing flexibility.

Why you’ll love working here:

• We’re a blended workplace, where team members work remotely or in a hybrid setup depending on their role and location

• We’re mission driven and guided by our culture pillars

• We have a strong commitment to diversity and belonging

• We cultivate a culture of trust, autonomy, and collaboration

• We’re lifelong learners and champion team member growth and advancement

• We’ve got you covered - team member benefits include competitive compensation packages, medical coverage, unlimited PTO, wellness reimbursements, Pluralsight subscription, professional development funds and more.

About us:

Pluralsight provides the only learning platform dedicated to accelerating the technology skills and capabilities of today’s tech workforce. Thousands of companies, government organizations and individuals around the world rely on Pluralsight to support critical technology skill development in areas that are crucial to innovation including artificial intelligence, cloud computing, cybersecurity, software development, and machine learning. Pluralsight provides highly curated content developed by vetted technology experts, industry leading skill assessments, and hands on, immersive learning experiences designed to help individuals skill-up faster.

Physical Requirements:

This role is primarily performed in an office or home office setting and involves standard computer-based work.

EEOC Statement & Accommodations Statement:

Bring yourself. Pluralsight is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with EEOC guidelines and local laws.

If you need an accommodation to apply, interview, or perform essential job functions, please visit the bottom of our website to learn how to request an accommodation. Learn more about our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in our DEIB Report.

The annual US base salary range for this role is $119,100 - $165,400 USD. Actual compensation will depend on location, skills, experience, and other factors. Additional benefits and bonuses may apply.

Applications must be submitted within 90 days after the initial posting date to be considered.

Please be aware of recruiting scams. We’ll only contact you from an @pluralsight.com email or verified channels. We never ask for sensitive personal info or payments as part of the hiring process. All openings are posted on our Careers page.
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