Senior Staff Data Engineer (Platform Data and Analytics) …, Waterloo

- Our Engineering organization owns the software that makes our marketplace work. The Platform group empowers teams across Faire: Product Engineering, Data Science, Product Management, Strategy, Analytics, Finance, etc - Enabling these functions to do their best work without concern about underlying infrastructure. We enable product engineering teams to build and operate software with unmatched speed and quality - We care about good engineering practices, excellent developer experience, security, testability, ease of maintenance, and scaling to serve millions of users. We value best practices to achieve excellent availability and performance - The Data Infrastructure team builds and operates a secure, reliable, cost-effective, opinionated platform for data ingestion, storage, compute, orchestration, and governance - The Analytics Platform team builds efficient data warehousing capabilities, foundational data assets, and tools to accelerate data-driven analytics. Its mandate is to reduce time from data to insights - The teams also own relationships with relevant technology infrastructure vendors - Additionally, this role would influence and interact with all data and analytics related functions at Faire. The product analytics engineering (PAE) function enables domain-specific AE capabilities, working closely with Data Science, Strategy & Analytics, Finance - The data science (DS) function leads modeling development and evaluation, raising effectiveness and efficiency of key product features - Plan and execute on technology projects that scale with Faire’s growth; lead architecture development with a focus on data integrity, security, performance, scale, reliability, monitoring/alerting - Engage with team planning and prioritization, balancing urgent and near-term needs with long-term goals - Provide technical guidance and mentorship on the most difficult open-ended problems we face. Including cost-efficient compute and storage, ETL and ELT pipelines, data ingest and warehousing, monitoring, alerting, and cost tracking for workloads, design practices for foundational assets, data security, privacy, and governance Benefits - Comprehensive healthcare: Including Health, Dental, Vision and Disability for all our locations. - Time off: Paid time off, holidays and company-wide “Faire Fundays”. - Parental leave: Generous parental and family leave, as well as fertility support benefits. - Productivity support: Monthly stipends to help cover work from home connectivity needs. - Annual learning grant: For personal and professional development, as well as unlimited access to training courses through LinkedIn Learning. - Thoughtfully designed spaces: All of our offices have been designed with local in mind – from our architects to our coffee blends. - Fitness and well-being benefits: Including monthly credit towards your wellness-related programmes. - Mental health advantages: Including free access to Modern Health therapists and resources. - Charitable matching: Faire will match up to £250 of your charity donations, every year. - Career planning: Whether you want to grow as a leader, hone your craft or explore a new discipline, our career framework allows space for you to explore. Apply on Kit Job: kitjob.ca/job/2palng