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Staff Software Engineer, Semantic Layer

Our client in New York, New York is looking for a Senior Data & Platform Engineer to join their team on a full-time basis and help build their analytics infrastructure from the ground up. This role involves designing high-scale distributed systems, working with modern data lakes (Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks), and optimizing large-scale data processing pipelines. If you’re passionate about big data, cloud computing, and API development, I’d love to hear from you!

What You’ll Do

• Design and implement scalable, high-concurrency distributed systems.
• Work with cloud-based data lakes(Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks) to manage large-scale data processing.
• Develop optimized SQL queries for performance and cost efficiency.
• Build scalable APIs in Python and Java to support high-volume data processing.
• Integrate and optimize semantic layers (Looker, Cube.dev) and data catalogs (Atlan, Open Metadata).
• Collaborate with product managers and data teams to design efficient and flexible data models.
• Identify and resolve bottlenecks in data processing pipelines.
• Implement monitoring and observability tools to ensure system reliability.
• Contribute to the technical vision and best practices for the engineering team.

What They’re Looking For ✅ 7+ years of software engineering experience, with a focus on data engineering, distributed systems, and backend development.
✅ Strong proficiency in Python(preferred) and Java.
✅ Advanced SQL skills – experience with query optimization for large datasets.
✅ Experience with high-scale data processing and cloud-based platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
✅ Strong understanding of data warehousing and data lake architectures (Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, Iceberg, Delta Lake, etc.).
✅ Experience designing and developing REST APIs and web-based APIs.
✅ Familiarity with BI tools like Looker, Tableau, or Power BI.
✅ Knowledge of task automation, orchestration tools, and DevOps best practices(Airflow, Docker, Terraform, Kubernetes is a plus).
✅ Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
✅ Experience managing large-scale codebases and implementing software engineering best practices.

Bonus Points ⭐ Experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines.
⭐ Background in advertising, marketing analytics, or real-time data processing.
⭐ Prior experience as a technical lead, principal engineer, or architect.

Why Join Them? 🚀 Build from the ground up – work on a high-impact, high-scale analytics platform.
💡 Cutting-edge tech – work with modern data stacks and cloud platforms.
🌍 Global impact – your work will power insights for top brands and media platforms.
📈 Career growth – opportunity to lead and mentor within a high-performing engineering team.
🏡 Flexible work environment – remote-friendly with a collaborative culture.

Apply Now If you’re excited about working on high-scale distributed systems, big data analytics, and cloud-based data engineering, we’d love to hear from you! Apply today by submitting your resume and a brief note about your experience.

Compensation Information

• Hybrid 3 days per week onsite
• Estimated Min Rate/base: $200000 to  Estimated Max Rate/base: $225000
• 10% bonus
• $160K in RSU's

Note: Any pay ranges displayed are estimations.  Actual pay is determined by an applicant's experience, technical expertise, and other qualifications as listed in the job description.  All qualified applicants are welcome to apply.

Yoh, a Day & Zimmermann company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Visit  https://www.yoh.com/applicants-with-disabilities  to contact us if you are an individual with a disability and require accommodation in the application process.

For California applicants, qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.  All of the material job duties described in this posting are job duties for which a criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment.