Senior Data Engineer
San Francisco — Economics & Data Science
About the Company
Worldcoin is a new, collectively owned global currency that will be distributed fairly to as many people as possible. Worldcoin will launch by giving a free share to everyone on Earth. We believe that this is an essential step to accelerate the transition towards a more inclusive global economy, providing new ways for everyone to share future prosperity. We hope you’ll join us on our ambitious journey.
About the Team:
The data team is responsible for deriving data-driven insights to support TFH’s key decisions. Because of our unique growth model of using a global network of Orb Operators to give a free share of Worldcoin to everyone on Earth, we require a high-performing Data team that is able to manage and analyze large amounts of data generated by the Orb, by the Worldcoin app, and by blockchain activity. In particular, the Data team’s responsibilities include data and analytics engineering, graph analysis, business intelligence, and statistical analysis.
About the Opportunity:
As a Senior Data Engineer, you will be responsible for developing the data architecture and pipelines that support our data-driven initiatives. In addition, you will also take on significant Analytics Engineering work, applying engineering best practices to provide clean, reliable, and up-to-date data, ready for analysis. You will work closely with data scientists, analysts, and other stakeholders to ensure data quality, accessibility, and performance across various data storage systems and platforms. You will be part of a team that serves and collaborates with many other teams, including Fraud and Risk Analytics, Product, Market Operations, Blockchain, and the wider Engineering team.
In this role, you will:
- Work closely with other data engineers and analytics engineers and contribute to the building of a new data architecture, including data models, database structures, and storage solutions
- Build, maintain, and optimize scalable and efficient data pipelines to enable data ingestion, processing, and transformation from various internal and external sources
- Assist with project planning, estimation, and resource allocation for data engineering initiatives, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality solutions
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize data pipeline performance; identifying and resolving issues to ensure high levels of reliability and availability
- Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and other stakeholders to understand their data needs and develop solutions to address them
About You:
- Degree in a quantitative field like computer science, engineering or physics
- 5+ years of hands-on work experience as a data engineer or in a similar role
- Experience in database design and data warehousing concepts, with specific expertise in Snowflake
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to understand complex data systems and develop innovative solutions
- Excellent programming skills in SQL
- Significant programming experience in at least one high-level programming language (e.g., Python, Java)
- Experience with DBT and data modeling techniques
- Experience with AWS a plus
- Familiarity with Spark
- Familiarity with data integration and ETL (Stitch, Airbyte or Fivetran) or data replication (AWS DMS) tools and techniques
- Familiarity with workflow management tools, such as Airflow, Prefect or Luigi a plus
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills and experienced working in cross-functional teams
- Proven track record of engineering systems in a fast-paced and continuously evolving environment; start-up experience a plus
Pay transparency statement (for CA and NY based roles):
The reasonably estimated salary for this role at TFH ranges from $193,000 - $215,000, plus a competitive long term incentive package. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, TFH offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, vision, 401(k) plan and match, life insurance, flexible time off, commuter benefits, professional development stipend and much more!
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Worldcoin is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Worldcoin is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. Please let your recruiter know if you need an accommodation at any point during the interview process.
Worldcoin is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. Please let your recruiter know if you need an accommodation at any point during the interview process.