Data Engineer

Figma is a company on a mission to make design accessible to all, and they are seeking an experienced Data Engineer to partner with their Data Science and Data Infrastructure teams. The role involves owning and scaling data pipelines, collaborating with various business teams to ensure timely and reliable data delivery, and building metrics and reporting capabilities to support Figma's growth.

Responsibilities:

• Own, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines that connect various cloud data sources
• Develop a deep understanding of Figma’s core data models and optimize data pipelines for scale
• Partner with the Data Science and Data Infrastructure teams to build new foundational data sets that are trusted, well understood, and enable self-service
• Work with a wide range of cross-functional stakeholders to derive requirements and architect shared datasets; ability to document, simplify and explain complex problems to different types of audiences
• Establish best practices for the development of specialized data sets for analytics and modeling

Requirements:

• 4+ years in a relevant field
• Fluency with both SQL and Python
• Familiarity with Snowflake, dbt, Dagster, and ETL/reverse ETL tools
• Excellent judgment and creative problem solving skills
• A self-starting mindset along with strong communication and collaboration skills
• Knowledge in data modeling methodologies to design and build robust data architectures for insightful analytics
• Experience with business systems such as Salesforce, Customer IO, Stripe, NetSuite is a big plus