Senior Software Engineer - Data

Ampersand is Moving TV Forward™. As the industry's largest source of combined multiscreen TV inventory and viewership insights, we are changing the way TV is bought and measured. Powered by industry leading aggregated, and with a commitment to protecting personal information, Ampersand gives advertisers true audience first planning, scale in execution, and advanced measurement of their TV investments. Ampersand represents 117M multiscreen households and over 75% of addressable households in the U.S. (64M households). Whether a local or national advertiser, we help clients reach their unique target audience and deliver their stories - anytime, anywhere and on whatever device. Ampersand is owned by Comcast Corporation, Charter Communications, Inc. and Cox Communications.


The Senior Software Engineer will be responsible for Ampersand data analytics and data pipeline applications using Spark, Athena, EKS, ClickHouse, Scala and Python. The Senior Data Engineer with Ampersand will be responsible for building the company's big data pipeline, data reporting, and wrangling data to optimize data systems.

• Design and build our data pipeline using Amazon Web Services technologies (AWS EMR, EKS, Data Pipeline, Glue, RedShift, Athena, RedShift, etc.), Spark, Scala, and Python
• Assemble, combine and transform large multiple complex data sets
• Build analytics tools using the data pipeline to provide actionable insights to end users
• Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to mitigate and address these issues
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization

• Experience building and optimizing 'big data' data pipelines, architectures, data sets and tools (Hadoop, Spark, Presto, etc.)
• Experience using columnar data-stores (Parquet, Athena, Presto, Snowflake)
• Strong knowledge and experience working with AWS eco-system and AWS technologies (S3, Athena, EMR, EKS, EC2, IAM, etc.)
• Familiarity with Machine Learning pipelines to support Data Science
• Advanced SQL knowledge and experience working with relational databases
• Skill for writing reusable code
• Familiar with various design and architectural patterns
• Knack for writing clean, readable, and easily maintainable code
• Experience implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as GIT, SVN, VSTS
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering or a related major

• Trust
• Simplicity
• Bravery
• Inclusivity or Belonging
• Growth
• Balance

• Competitive salary

• Open company culture where you have the headroom to grow and legroom to run
• Opportunity to join a company revolutionizing the Advertising Technology industry
• Trust worthy, hardworking colleagues
• Opportunities to learn and grow
• Management, Sales, Executive Presence, Operations trainings; just to name a few!
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
• Generous Time Off
• Work/Life balance
• 401k and Company matching
• Commuting benefits
• Other perks

The base salary range below represents the low and high end of the Ampersand salary range for this position in the NYC Metro Area. Please note that the salary range provided is a good faith estimate on the applicable range. Actual salaries will vary depending on factors including, but not limited to, experience and performance
The range listed is just one component of Ampersand's total rewards package for employees. Other rewards may include discretionary annual bonuses and / or overtime, commission, etc., as well as competitive benefits including PTO, medical & dental & vision benefits, 401K with employer match, short & long-term disability, basic life insurance, tuition reimbursement, pre-tax commuter benefits & flexible spending accounts.

This role has a NYC Metro base salary of $130,000 - $175,000 and discretionary annual bonus.

Ampersand welcomes all qualified applicants to apply without regard to race, color, nationality, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, disability or age. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to belonging, equity and diversity.
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