Senior Data Engineer

📢 Now Hiring: Senior Data Engineer
💼 Full-time | US-Based Remote
💰 $150K–$190K + equity + comprehensive benefits
📍 Remote-first studio working on award-winning gaming titles

🎮 About the Company
Our client is a top-tier, remote-first game development studio behind one of the most recognized mobile titles of the past few years. Their games have received multiple industry awards and are played by millions globally. The company fosters creativity, inclusivity, and innovation, with a strong commitment to building fun, player-first experiences.

🧠 About the Role
As a Senior Data Engineer, you’ll be at the heart of the data infrastructure supporting their analytics, marketing, and AI teams. You’ll ensure that clean, accessible data flows across the organization to support smarter user acquisition, retention strategies, and game optimization. This is a collaborative, high-impact role focused on scalability, automation, and actionable insights.

🛠 What You’ll Do

• Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines to support analytics and reporting

• Ensure high-quality marketing and game data to optimize player acquisition and retention

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (analytics, product, engineering, AI) to deliver self-service analytics solutions

• Develop tooling and processes that empower teams to make fast, data-informed decisions

• Continuously improve data accessibility and integrity across the organization

✅ What You Bring

• Strong experience with large-scale distributed data systems (e.g., Spark, Flink)

• Advanced SQL and Python skills

• Experience with modern data platforms and cloud tools (e.g., Databricks, AWS)

• Solid understanding of ELT/ETL processes and orchestration tools like Airflow or Beam

• Familiarity with marketing analytics platforms (e.g., Braze, AppsFlyer)

• A collaborative mindset and the ability to thrive in a cross-functional environment

✨ Bonus Experience (Not Required)

• Background in mobile or live-service games

• Experience with backend development (C# preferred)

• Familiarity with recommendation engines or live player data systems

• Knowledge of NoSQL or operational databases (e.g., Redis, DynamoDB)

🎁 Benefits & Perks

• Competitive base salary: $150K–$190K

• Equity and annual performance bonus potential

• 100% employer-paid health benefits (and 75% for dependents)

• 16 weeks of paid parental leave

• Home office setup stipend

• Paid time off, including company-wide summer & winter shutdowns

• Remote-first work culture with core hours (10AM–4PM PT)

• Access to mental health support through BetterHelp