Data Engineer

Were quickly growing and super excited for you to join us!

About Topsort

At Topsort we believe in the mission of democratizing the secret technologies of the walled gardens and creating a privacy-first cookie-free world of clean advertising with modern tech friendly products and AI. We believe in making advertising intuitive intelligent and genuinely cool without any of the creepy ads or cookie-obsession (well maybe just the chocolate ones). In a rapidly changing industry were on a mission to democratize monetization access for all and ensure that advertising doesnt leave any brand or seller feeling confused or overwhelmed.

Today Topsort has 5 major hubs worldwide and employees in 13 countries including Menlo Park Boston Santiago Chile Sao Paulo Brazil Barcelona Spain and Sydney Australia. We are a truly global company that was born in the pandemic thats had rapid growth since out of a genius product a customer-first mentality and a hardworking team of talented individuals. Since our founding in 2021 weve gained customers in retail marketplaces and delivery apps in 40 countries and quickly approaching the #1 position in the industry.

Do you enjoy a fast-paced environment Do you like seeing your work create real-time impact being part of a rocket ship from the very beginning Lets do the unimaginable - lets make ads clean and cool again with AI and modern technology.

What its like to work at Topsort

Our team is all about straightforward communication embracing feedback without taking it personally and fostering a super collaborative environment. Its a sports team thats hyper focused on winning collaborative internally and competitive externally - never the other way around. We thrive on working in the open lifting each other up and getting things done with a sense of urgency. Were the kind of team that loves making bold choices sharing extraordinary opinions and maintaining a 100 mph pace. No endless meetings here if it can be done today were all about getting it done today.

What is this role like

As a Senior Data Engineer you will be responsible for designing building and maintaining scalable data infrastructure and pipelines. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure the availability reliability and efficiency of data systems enabling data-driven decision-making across the organization.

• Design develop and maintain robust ETL/ELT pipelines to process and transform large datasets efficiently.
• Optimize data architecture and storage solutions to support analytics machine learning and business intelligence.
• Work with cloud platforms (AWS) to implement scalable data solutions.
• Ensure data quality integrity and security across all data pipelines.
• Collaborate with data scientists analysts and software engineers to support data-driven initiatives.
• Monitor and troubleshoot data workflows to ensure system performance and reliability.
• Create APIs to provide analytical information to our clients.

What (we think) you need to be successful - were open to not checking all the boxes and be proven wrong by outlier candidates as well!

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field.
• 2 years of experience in data engineering or a related field.
• Strong proficiency in SQL and database technologies with (e.g. PostgreSQL MySQL Snowflake BigQuery).
• Experience with data pipeline orchestration tools (e.g. Apache Airflow Prefect Dagster).
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python and Scala.
• Hands-on experience with AWS cloud data services.
• Familiarity with big data processing frameworks like Apache Spark.
• Knowledge of data modeling warehousing concepts and distributed computing.
• Experience implementing CI/CD for data pipelines.
• Real-time data processing and streaming architectures (RisingWave Kafka Flink).
• Database performance tuning and query optimization.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• ETL/ELT pipeline development and automation.
• Cloud computing and infrastructure management on AWS (nice to have).

Why its awesome to work at Topsort

• Direct Feedback and Rapid Growth: 96% of Topsorters report We work hard set aggressive goals and execute flawlessly to accomplish them. We give candid feedback push each other to set higher goals and produce more impact by always thinking how do we do this faster and better.
• Be part of an elite and collaborative sports team: We believe startup scaleup is just like a team sport. Its been written in our motto since day 1 that we are collaborative internally competitive externally and never the other round around. You are ultimately surrounded by just different people that are all here to help you get the job done and shine as a team.
• Intellectual Rigor and Individuality: We were born in the pandemic by Stanford and Harvard alum cofounders who offer remote-working options with coworking memberships and (at least) once a year in person offsite gathering. Youll be welcomed by coworkers in 11 countries that all bring a unique perspective to the company from day 1. From personalized birthday gifts to work anniversaries and management training program or in-person gatherings or career talks and mentorships part-time DJs and tik-tok vloggers are also commercial leaders and technical staff at Topsort. We dont take management with a cookie cutter approach - but rather we cherish your quarks and think it makes us stronger.
• Company Offsite and Industry Exposure: Once a year Topsorters get together as a whole and also meet customers and really spend time to get feedback.
• Working Equipment and Hubs: our team is global and also centered around hubs that means youre welcome to create a hybrid work schedule and encouraged to travel to other hubs to collaborate. We provide working devices of your choice and surprise swags for special events.
• Flexible PTO schedule with floating holidays:we encourage Topsorters to take time off and recharge and respect different cultural norms so offer floating holidays to accommodate the celebrations youd like.
• Meditation App Birthday and Anniversary Celebrations: we like little surprises and remember the key moments to celebrate with you!

Do you sound like the right fit Lets dive right in!