Work within a full-stack team of engineers to develop, maintain, and optimize scalable data pipelines, backend services, and APIs for data-driven features like recommendations, content discovery, groups, and events in VRChat.
Design and implement data models and schemas that support both analytical needs and real-time recommendation systems.
Collaborate with data scientists, product managers, and other engineers to ensure the correct data is captured, processed, and available to power meaningful user experiences.
Implement and maintain data processing jobs using big data technologies (e.g., Spark, Kafka) to handle large-scale datasets.
Contribute to the evolution of our technical and product capabilities, helping to progress from simple heuristics to more sophisticated, data-backed personalization for content and experiences.
Participate in the design and implementation of backend systems including REST and websocket APIs, caching systems, queueing systems, and cloud orchestration.
Be available to occasionally jump into action to solve an outage.

3+ years of experience in software engineering, with a strong focus on data engineering and building scalable backend systems for SaaS products or online platforms.
Proven experience building and optimizing production-grade data pipelines (ETL/ELT).Strong proficiency in SQL and experience with database optimization for both analytical queries and high-throughput real-time access.
Experience with big data technologies such as Spark, Hadoop/Beam, or Kafka.
Experience with cloud providers at scale, such as AWS or Google Cloud.
Able to work in a variety of languages and technologies, such as Python, JavaScript/Node.js, Mongo, and Redis.
Experience with Elasticsearch, data warehousing, and machine learning (ML) systems.
An agile, collaborative mindset and excellent communication skills, capable of working effectively in a remote, cross-functional team environment.

Work from anywhere! VRChat is a 100% remote company offering flexible working hours in combination with core hours supporting real-time collaboration
Health Benefits
401K for US & Group RRSP for Canadian Employees
Stock Options
Generous paid holiday schedule
Unlimited/flexible vacation time
Paid parental leave benefits

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