Software Developer/ Engineer/ Architect

Sr. Staff Data Engineer

Since launching in 2010, WP Engine has become the world’s leading WordPress Digital Experience Platform (DXP), now with over 100,000 customers in 140 countries. We’re proud of the technology and service we offer our customers that move their businesses forward faster. At WP Engine, we strive to do the best work of our careers, and feel empowered to do what is right for our customers. We love investing in employee success and uncovering opportunities for you, the best, to get better. 99 percent of employees believe you’re made to feel welcome at WP Engine. Be you. Be here.

What's cool about this job?

WP Engine is on a mission to help our customers win online! Whether that’s helping an aspiring entrepreneur to turn a hobby into an online business or a multinational corporation to launch a new campaign in weeks instead of months, our platform is there to help them win — whatever that means for them. To help us make the right decisions and continue to offer this experience to our customers we are committed to maintaining high quality, insightful data assets. 

We are searching for a senior data engineer to help us by leveraging the latest tools/technologies such as Python/SQL, Docker, and Google BigQuery to build robust and maintainable data pipelines. We are always striving to be better and this role will contribute greatly towards innovating on our process and tools to deliver data assets at a world class level.     

Our culture is renowned; we believe it is meaningful to hire the best and ensure that we provide an environment where the best get better. If you are great at solving problems, a hard worker with excellent interpersonal skills, and enjoy working across different time zones and cultures, you may be the person that we are looking for!

The day to day.

  • You unite the organization with a top-level business view of data and analytics and how it flows throughout the business
  • Build run and maintain data pipelines utilizing GCP including BigQuery, Cloud Composer, Storage, Encryption and various APIs and SDKs with Python
  • You translate complex business requirements into scalable technical solutions
  • Build the infrastructure required for optimal extraction, loading and transformation (ELT) of data from a wide variety of databases, platforms, and APIs
  • Design and administer data access policies and procedures
  • Ensure regulatory compliance and InfoSec policies are in place
  • Identify and resolve performance and data quality issues
  • You protect data from unauthorized usage and provide audit paths and access logs
  • Maintain high standards of quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits
  • 5+ years professional experience in a similar role
  • Masterful demonstration of handling both unstructured and structured data
  • A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, MIS/CIS, Computer Engineering, Mathematics or a related technical degree. Masters degree preferred
  • Demonstrated high proficiency with Python or Go, SQL, Git 
  • Proficiency in Docker or Kubernetes a bonus
  • Demonstrable experience bringing a quality mindset to both data and code quality
  • Experience with cloud computing (Google Cloud or AWS preferred)
  • Experience building and optimizing ETL workflows
  • Knowledge of Tableau, Looker, Domo, PowerBI, or other BI tools is a plus
  • Ability to communicate effectively with team members to define requirements
  • A shown ability to understand and organize data from various sources
  • Knowledge of machine learning tools and concepts a plus
  • Market Competitive Compensation.
  • Stock Options (Every employee is an owner in the company)
  • Healthcare & Dental
  • Be yourself. Casual Dress code.
  • Employee Resource Groups
  • Giving back! Company volunteer/fundraising activities.
  • Free lunches, snacks & drinks at the hub if you choose to work from there any time.
  • We assist with your work from home office.