Senior Data Engineer

Foundry Digital · Rochester, NY

Company

Foundry Digital

Location

Rochester, NY

Type

Full Time

Job Description

DESCRIPTION:

Foundry Digital, a subsidiary of the blockchain industry’s most prolific and active investor, Digital Currency Group, seeks a Senior Data Engineer to provide additional technical depth and leadership for its data engineering team.

The primary mission of the data engineering team is to design and implement the infrastructure needed to gather data relevant to the business, to catalog it, to expose it through databases and analytical tools, and to support other teams and lines of business in using it.  Our senior data engineer will help us fulfill that mission.

 Primary responsibilities of the senior data engineer include:

  • Architect robust and scalable data pipelines across a variety of APIs and blockchain protocols 
  • Serve as primary owner of the data lake (a standard, four-bucket Terraformed s3 setup)
  • Collaborate with teams as needed to pull data into the data lake and other central pools
  • Collaborate with internal analysts to streamline their access to relevant business data
  • Integrate data acquisition, verification, cataloging, and governance into SDLC processes
  • Document data resources; support effective data discovery through a data catalog
  • Identify, vet new software useful for our data management infrastructure
  • Mentor junior and mid-career data engineers

ABOUT YOU:

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelors Degree or Equivalent Experience
  • 5+ years of experience in data management, data engineering, or other data-related work

Preferred Qualifications; Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  • Strong communication skills, plus a willingness to document, present, and teach
  • Experience with databases, including, e.g., relational, key-value, columnar, full-text, and graph
  • Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code tools, particularly Terraform
  • Experience with ETL/ELT tooling and
  • Skill with AWS data management and query tools, such as
    • Kinesis, Firehose (Kafka)
    • Glue (jobs, crawlers)
    • Athena or open-source equivalents (Spark, Presto)
  • Comfort with team coding and revision-control tools, particularly GitLab
  • Experience developing reliable, testable, auditable data pipelines
  • Knowledge of CI/CD, SAST/DAST, unit, end-to-end testing, and general SLDC components
  • Familiarity with statistical or data-focused languages like Scala, Python (Pandas), R, and SQL
  • Familiarity with ACID data-lake design considerations and issues; lakehouse architectures
  • Experience with analytical tools such as Tableau, Metabase, or Power BI
  • Ability to surface data in Excel (knowledge of Power Query, Power Pivot a plus)
  • Experience with data cataloging/metadata management tools (e.g., Atlan, Talend, Collibra)
  • Experience with data federation/cataloging/mesh tools like Denodo
  • Understanding of various data intake strategies, including real-time
  • Understanding of the blockchain or financial industries

Note that working on-site is advantageous, but not required, and the data engineering team is itself currently geographically dispersed.


WHAT WE OFFER: 

  • The chance to work in a fast-paced and fun start-up environment with experienced industry leaders
  • A learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact
  • Competitive base salary, bonus and incentive compensation Unlimited PTO / Flexible time off - work with your manager to take time off when you need it
  • Professional development budget with flexibility for personal and professional growth
  • Outstanding health insurance for employee, partner and dependents
  • Life insurance, short-term & long-term disability coverage
  • 401K plan with company contribution (Bermuda: Private pension plan with company contribution)
  • Flexible spending programs for medical and dependent care (Not available for Bermuda positions)
  • Paid parental leave

ENVIRONMENT: 

Foundry takes pride in an environment which prioritizes our people. We insist that our people first culture builds the framework for all business operations.  

Employees have ample opportunities to voice thoughts, opinions, and ideas through weekly companywide meetings, monthly townhalls, and team outings and events.  

We emphasize the importance of each individual through engagement, teamwork, inclusion, and diversity efforts.  

Foundry is an Equal Opportunity Employer and embraces diversity. We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on race, color, religion, marital status, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), gender identity, sexual orientation, parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, or any other non-merit-based factors protected under federal, state or local law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

ABOUT FOUNDRY: 
At Foundry, we are working toward a common goal of empowering a decentralized infrastructure. Our team is passionate about the future of finance and is looking for other like-minded individuals who share in this vision. While we are inclusive and diverse in workforce and style, we all agree that digital assets will change the world. 

Foundry was created to meet the institutional demand for better capital access, efficiency, and transparency in the digital currency mining and staking industry. 

As a Digital Currency Group company, Foundry taps unparalleled institutional expertise, capital, and market intelligence to provide North American bitcoin miners and global manufacturers with the resources to build, maintain, and secure decentralized networks. 

Disclaimer 
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. 

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Date Posted

06/29/2023

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