Job Description
Title: Lead Data Engineer
Location: United States
- US Remote
Who We Are:
Vista’s Data and Analytics (DnA) organization is working to make our company one of the world’s most well-known and successful data-driven companies. The cross-functional team includes product owners, analysts, technologists, data engineers and more all focused on providing Vista with information and tools we can use to deliver jaw-dropping customer value. DnA team members are empowered to learn new skills, communicate openly and be active problem-solvers.
The mission of the Data and Analytics (DnA) team is to transform Vista into one of the world’s most iconic data driven companies through industry-leading data products and analytics capabilities. You can read more about our mission on https://vista.io/. DnA is fully committed to delivering on this vision through a decentralized data mesh strategy. The Data Engineering Chapter works across multiple business domains to build thoughtfully architected, performant, scalable, data products using the Vistaprint Data Platform.
We are looking for an experienced Data Engineer to join our Customer and Business Modeling Domain to build subscription-based data products and allow reporting and data science capabilities of the performance of one of our Vista sub-brands for website creation: Wix platform.
What You Will Do:
- Build production grade data products including foundational data sets using technologies such as Snowflake, S3, Databricks (Spark), Matillion, Looker and more
- This is a partnership-heavy role who partners closely with teams in Vista’s digital subscription and Vista Corporate Solutions. Through the consulting-nature of our team, you will contribute to a variety of projects and technologies, depending on partner needs. The broad range of partners equates to a broad range of projects and deliverables: datasets, measurements, dashboarding, tools and process.
- Work directly with analysts, data engineers, product owners in a cross functional, agile, software development team
- Optimize and maintain existing data pipelines and executing quality checks to ensure the integrity of the data.
- Integrate data products with Vistaprint’s suite of microservices for use in analytic solutions and customer facing features on our website or marketing channels
- Provide feedback for new features to the Vistaprint Data Platform team
- Potential to manage 1-3 junior data engineers including performance reviews, feedback, and career growth / mentorship
Your Qualifications:
At Vista, we value the experiences that individual team members add to our culture. Please don’t hesitate to apply even if you don’t meet the exact qualifications, we look forward to learning more about you!
- Coding proficiency in at least one modern programming language, e.g.: Python.
- Strong skills in SQL
- Strong experience building complex ETL data pipelines with scheduling and monitoring (e.g., with DBT and or Airflow) for batch processing and real-time data
- Experience with cloud services in AWS (Preferred), Azure or Google
- Experience handling large volume data as well as both structured/unstructured data of various quality
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
- Problem solving and multi-tasking ability in a fast-paced, globally distributed environment
Nice to Have:
- Familiarity with reporting tools like Looker would be a great plus
- Experience with NoSql databases and hadoop ecosystem (especially streaming data)
- Statistics experience is a plus!
- Familiarity with API’s/microservices (REST)
Why You’ll Love Working Here:
Being at Vista means that you don’t see work as just a building, a desk or a manufacturing floor. You see it as a chance to take a step forward in your career journey and your life. We strive to give you everything you need to learn, grow, and succeed. Through innovation, collaboration, and perpetual exposure to what’s next, we’re always pushing boundaries and broadening our horizons. We embrace the chance to operate outside of our comfort zone to discover what we’re capable of. Some might call that a challenge; we just call it another great day at work.
Vista has received numerous recognitions including a perfect score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2021 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) naming us a Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality. We also earned a place as one of the best remote-first workplaces in the U.S. and on the Boston Best Places to Work list from Built In. In addition, Vista’s CEO, Robert Keane, was recently honored with Comparably’s Best CEOs award, listing him among the top CEOs according to employees.
Remote First-Culture:
In 2020, Vista adopted a Remote-First operating model and culture. We heard from our team members that having the freedom, autonomy and trust in each other to work from home and, the ability to operate when they are most productive, empowers everyone to be their best and most brilliant self. Vista also provides collaboration spaces for team members to work physically together when it’s safe to do so or believe in-person working will deliver the best results. Currently we are enabled to hire remote team members in over 30 US States as well as many countries in Europe: including Spain, Germany, UK, Czech Republic, Ireland and Switzerland.
