Senior Data Engineer, Ads

San Francisco, CA (On-site)

$221K/yr – $245K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own and scale the ads data platform by designing core data models, ML data pipelines, and attribution systems to support delivery, measurement, and revenue impact, while leading cross-functional alignment and mentoring engineers.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Design and own core ads data models: fact/dim tables, canonical datasets, and aggregation layers that power delivery, measurement, targeting, attribution, and ML use cases.
  • Build and maintain the ML data that enables ads ranking, delivery, and targeting - including feature development, label generation workflows, intra-day training, and ML input observability to catch data quality issues before they degrade model performance.
  • Build conversion measurement pipelines and integrate third-party attribution data - including Conversion Attribution and Mobile Measurement Partner (MMP) integrations (Adjust, AppsFlyer, Singular) - ensuring attribution accuracy and data parity across measurement surfaces.
  • Build batch and near real-time pipeline infrastructure across the ads ecosystem - pushing toward lower-latency data for ML and reporting use cases on our BigQuery + dbt + Dagster stack. Partnering with Data Platform on launch and success of new data processing engines to support low latency requirements.
  • Develop data quality frameworks, monitoring systems, automated anomaly detection, and SLA infrastructure for critical ads pipelines at massive scale.
  • Proactively identify foundational data infrastructure gaps - including those with broad implications across ML, measurement, and reporting - and design scalable, canonical solutions that multiple teams can depend on.
  • Build systems from scratch in a rapidly evolving, greenfield advertising data environment - making sound architectural decisions with incomplete information and balancing short-term delivery with long-term infrastructure investment.
  • Drive alignment across Data Science, ML Engineering, Ads Product, and GTM teams through clear narratives that connect data infrastructure decisions to business outcomes and revenue impact.
  • Mentor engineers through technical challenges, code and design reviews, and ownership of complex projects - contributing to the culture and engineering standards of the Data Engineering team team.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of hands-on experience writing production code and architecting data pipelines with high-volume consumer data in advertising technology domains (ad delivery, ranking, targeting, identity, conversion measurement).
  • Deep expertise in digital advertising data engineering - specifically in ads delivery, conversion measurement, attribution pipelines, or ML feature data infrastructure. Experience with Conversion Data and APIs, MMP integrations, or identity graph infrastructure is strongly valued.
  • Demonstrated experience building data models in a greenfield or 0-to-1 environment where requirements change frequently, documentation is sparse, and architectural decisions are made with incomplete information.
  • Expert-level SQL and Python. Strong ability to design performant, maintainable data models and write production-quality pipeline code.
  • Proven hands-on experience with data quality audits, monitoring systems, and automated anomaly detection for massive-scale datasets (billions+ rows) - including quality frameworks designed for ML inputs.
  • Strong technical communication skills with the ability to drive alignment, influence prioritization, and earn adoption from technical stakeholders.
  • Collaborative mindset and strong cross-functional instincts with experience building trusted working relationships with Data Science, ML Engineering, and Product teams.

Preferred

  • Passion for Discord or gaming communities
  • Experience with data visualization and dashboarding technologies (Looker, Tableau, or similar)
  • Experience with designing data architecture to power a variety of use cases, including reporting (internal and external), adhoc analysis, experimentation.
  • Working with Data AI tools to establish greater self service utility for your customers.
  • Experience building near real-time or streaming pipeline infrastructure (e.g., Kafka, Spark Streaming, or equivalent) in addition to batch processing is preferred.
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Founded in 2024
San Francisco, California, USA
4K employees (1,197 in marketing)
55% recommend to a friend
58% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
600.3M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$25.3K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
13.8%
Direct
76.7%
Referral
8.2%
Social
1.2%
Paid
0.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~4K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
907 (23% of company)
Median Career Experience
11 years
Median Tenure
3.6 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3

Funding

Total Funding
$995.4M
Last Raise
$10.9M
Secondary Market, 2 years ago

Funding History

  • Mar 2024
    Secondary Market
  • Nov 2022
    Series I
  • Mar 2022
    Secondary Market • $10.9M

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