Software Engineer II, Data Engineering

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Job Description:

The Big Data team is a central player in the Poshmark organization. Our mission is to build a world-class big data platform to bring value out of data for us and for our customers. Our goal is to democratize data, support exploding business, provide reporting and analytics self-service tools, and fuel existing and new business critical initiatives.

The Data Engineering team at Poshmark is looking for an experienced software engineer to take care of Poshmak’s growth data, ensuring real-time access to quality data for all the stakeholders. The role requires strong understanding of software engineering best practices and excellent software development skills to build and maintain real-time and batch data pipelines with a focus on scalability and optimizations. In addition, the role also requires collaborating with Data Science, Analytics and other Engineering teams to build newer ETLs analyzing terabytes of data.

The role also requires being able to write clean and scalable code to pull datasets from disparate sources involving External APIs, S3 transfers, Web Scraping. You will work with cutting edge technologies and frameworks like Scala, Ruby, Apache Spark, Airflow, Redshift, Databricks, Docker. You will also manage the growth data infrastructure comprising ETL pipelines, Hive tables, Redshift tables, BI tools. We are looking for a software engineer who can help us define the next phase of growth data systems in terms of scalability and stability.

Responsibilities

• Design, Develop & Maintain growth data pipelines and integrate paid media sources like Facebook and Google to drive insights for business. 

• Build highly scalable, available, fault-tolerant data processing systems using AWS technologies, Kafka, Spark, and other big data technologies. These systems should handle batch and real-time data processing over 100s of terabytes of data ingested every day and a petabyte-sized data warehouse.

• Responsible for architecting/designing/developing critical data pipelines at Poshmark.

• Productionizing ML models in collaboration with the Data Science and Engineering teams.

• Maintain and support existing platforms and evolve to newer technology stacks and architectures.

• Participate and contribute to constantly improving best practices in development.

Desired Skills & Experience

• Excellent technical problem solving using data structures and algorithms, with emphasis on optimization and code quality.

• 1+ years of relevant software engineering experience using object oriented programming languages like Scala / Java / Ruby / Python / C++ etc.

• Expertise in architecting and building large-scale data processing systems using Big Data technologies like Spark, Hadoop, EMR, Kafka/ Kinesis, Flink, Druid.

• Expertise in SQL with knowledge on any existing data warehouse technology like Redshift

• Expertise in Google Apps Script, Databricks or API Integrations is a plus.

• Be self-driven, take complete ownership of initiatives, make pragmatic technical decisions and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Why Poshmark?

Poshmark is a leading social commerce platform for the next generation of retailers and shoppers. Through technology, our mission is to build the world’s most connected shopping experience, while empowering people to build thriving retail businesses. Since launching in 2011, Poshmark has become a vibrant social shopping community with seven million Seller Stylists helping 60 million users discover items they love from over 100 million listings. The company is backed by the world’s leading investment firms including Mayfield, Menlo Ventures, GGV Capital, Temasek, Inventus Capital, Uncork Capital, Union Grove Venture Partners, Shea Ventures and AngelList. For more information, please visit www.poshmark.com, or find us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and YouTube. 

About Us:

At Poshmark, we’re constantly challenging the status quo and are looking for innovative and passionate people to help shape the future of Poshmark. We’re disrupting the industry by combining social connections with e-commerce through data-driven solutions and the latest technology to optimize our platform. We’re nothing without our amazing team who deliver an unparalleled social shopping experience to the millions of people we connect each day.

We built Poshmark around four core values:

• Focus on people to create empowered communities that drive success.

• Together we grow to support each other to strive for our dreams.

• Lead with love to foster genuine connections built upon a foundation of respect.

• Embrace your weirdness to accept and empower one another on their own unique journey. We’re invested in our team and community, working together to build an entirely new way to shop. That way, when we win, we all win together. Come help us build the most connected shopping experience ever.

About Us

Poshmark is a leading fashion resale marketplace powered by a vibrant, highly engaged community of buyers and sellers and real-time social experiences. Designed to make online selling fun, more social and easier than ever, Poshmark empowers its sellers to turn their closet into a thriving business and share their style with the world. Since its founding in 2011, Poshmark has grown its community to over 130 million users and generated over $10 billion in GMV, helping sellers realize billions in earnings, delighting buyers with deals and one-of-a-kind items, and building a more sustainable future for fashion. For more information, please visit www.poshmark.com, and for company news, visit newsroom.poshmark.com.

Why Poshmark?

At Poshmark, we’re constantly challenging the status quo and are looking for innovative and passionate people to help shape the future of Poshmark. We’re disrupting the industry by combining social connections with e-commerce through data-driven solutions and the latest technology to optimize our platform. We’re nothing without our amazing team who deliver an unparalleled social shopping experience to the millions of people we connect each day.

We built Poshmark around four core values: 1) focus on people to create empowered communities that drive success; 2) together we grow to support each other to strive for our dreams; 3) lead with love to foster genuine connections built upon a foundation of respect; and 4) embrace your weirdness to accept and empower one another on their own unique journey. We’re invested in our team and community, working together to build an entirely new way to shop. That way, when we win, we all win together. Come help us build the most connected shopping experience ever.  We will set you up with comprehensive global and in-country benefits to support you and your family needs.

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