What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Engineer position at Backblaze?
About Backblaze
Backblaze is a public company that makes storing and using data astonishingly easy. When our founding team got together, they committed to helping people save their data. Today, the Backblaze Storage Cloud provides a foundational platform around the world for a broad community of developers, IT generalists, entrepreneurs, and individuals who seek the easy, affordable, trusted solutions we provide.
Weve managed to nurture a team-oriented culture with amazingly low turnover. Our approach is guided by honesty, transparency, and a commitment to doing the right thing. Our customers are happy, and so are our coworkers: In the most recent Great Place to Work survey, 94% of our team rated Backblaze as a great place to work. Check out what our employees are saying on Glassdoor!
But while there is a lot to celebrate in our past, there is almost as much opportunity ahead of us. We are seeking a Data Engineer!
What Youll Do:
- Build scalable, efficient, and high-performance pipelines/ workflows that are capable of processing large amounts of batch and real-time data
- Build out our data service architecture to support internal and customer facing application use cases
- Multidisciplinary work supporting real-time streams, ETL pipelines, data warehouses and reporting services
- Bring new and innovative solutions to the table to resolve challenging performance and load issues
- Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, and re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability
- Build out the infrastructure required for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading of data from a wide variety of data sources using Java, Python, and SQL
- Respond quickly to bug fixes and enhancement requests and be able to take directions and complete tasks on-time with minimal supervision.
- Collaborate with business analytics team to optimize complex queries needed by regular Tableau reports
The Right Fit:
- 5 years of Java or Python
- 3 years in designing relational database, data modeling and ETL
- Strong experience with SQL databases
- Experience in operational data stores and real time data integration
- Experience with RESTful APIs and server-side APIs integration
- Proficient with development on Linux and Macintosh platforms
Bonus Points For:
- Maria DB
- NoSQL DB
- Cassandra experience
- Salesforce
Backblaze Perks:
- 100% healthcare for family
- Dental and vision plan
- Competitive compensation and 401K
- RSU grants for full-time employees
- ESPP program
- Flexible vacation policy
- Maternity & paternity leave
- MacBook Pro to use for work plus a generous stipend to personalize your workstation
- Childcare bonus (human children only)
- Fertility treatment and support
- Learning & development program
- Commuter benefits
- Culture that supports a healthy work-life balance
At Backblaze, we value being fair and good to our customers, partners, and employees. Thats why diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the core of our values. We are committed to fostering a workforce where all employees feel a sense of belonging regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, socioeconomic status, ability, veteran status, and education. We believe that our dedication to cultivating a diverse workspace not only allows us to better serve our customers in over 175 countries, but further reinforces our commitment to doing the right thing. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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