Senior Data Engineer

Quick take: Axios is a growth-stage company dedicated to providing trustworthy, award-winning news content in an audience-first format. We’re hiring a remote Senior Data Engineer to join our Consumer Insights data team Why it matters: As a Senior Data Engineer, this person will collaborate with other data engineers, scientists, analysts, and product managers to drive forward data initiatives across mission-critical Axios products. The team is responsible for analyzing consumer behavior, preferences, and feedback, to allow Axios to tailor products, services, and marketing strategies effectively.Go deeper: As a Senior Data Engineer, you will play a leadership role in building and delivering solutions to problems in an intelligent and nuanced way. In this role, you will make an impact on Axios through the following responsibilities: Architect and build data products and features that provide consumer insights about Axios’ audienceHands-on development and execution against the team’s roadmap in collaboration with other data engineers, analysts, scientists, and quality engineers. Technical and architectural decision-makingDevelop and maintain data pipelines and warehouses to support Axios in data-informed decision-making Writing clean, well-documented, and well-tested code primarily in SQL/PythonProvide technical insights, and feasibility assessments, communicate technical constraints to the team’s Product ManagerEstimate efforts of technical implementation to aid in planning and sequencing of developmental tasksMentoring less experienced members of the team through pair programming and empathetic code reviewShare knowledge through presenting at data chapter meetings and demoing to team members and stakeholdersStaying up to date with industry trends and collaborating on best practices The details: Ideal candidate should have an entrepreneurial spirit, be highly collaborative, exhibit a passion for building technology products, and have the following qualifications: Experience with or knowledge of Agile Software Development methodologiesExperience building data applications in languages such as (but not limited to) Python, SQL, Bash, Jinja, Terraform Experience designing, building, and maintaining data pipelines to produce insightsExperience with functional design and dimensional data modelingExperience with DBT and semantic data modelsExperience with data pipeline development and data orchestration systems such as AirflowPractical experience with columnar data warehouses, such as RedshiftExperience working with CI/CD pipelines and understanding best deployment practices for data products Proven ability to ship high-quality, testable, and accessible code quicklyExperience working in and around cloud providers such as AWS  Bonus experiences: Experience working in and around AWS data servicesExperience working with Data Scientists, Machine Learning Engineers or supporting MLOps Experience working with MapReduce and Spark clustersExperience successfully working with data product managersExperience working in Media  What Axios brings to the table besides salary: 401(k) with employer matchRobust PPO and High Deductible health insurance options on the Blue Cross Blue Shield networkEmployer Health Savings Account (HSA) contribution for the high deductible health plan optionDental and vision coveragePrimary caregiver 12-week paid leaveGenerous vacation policy, plus holidaysOne mental health day per quarterAnnual learning and development stipend$100 monthly work-from-home stipendTele-mental health services through HeadspaceOneMedical membership, including tele-health servicesPersonal health advocacy resources through HealthAdvocate Inclusive fertility, hormonal health and family forming benefits through Carrot FertilityAccess to the Axios “Family Fund”, which was created to allow employees to request financial support when facing financial hardship or emergencies Increased work flexibility for parents and caretakers Virtual company-sponsored social eventsA strong and positive work environmentA commitment to an open, inclusive, and diverse work culture Starting salary for this role is in the range of $140,000 - $190,000 and is dependent on numerous factors, including but not limited to location, work experience, and skills. This range does not include other compensation benefits. Axios' compensation philosophy takes into account cost of labor differentials across the country. Because this is a remote-optional job posting, this salary range takes into account all possible locations within the United States, but candidates will only be eligible for the salary range for their location.