Data Infrastructure Engineer

About the Role
We are looking for a world-class engineer to join our data infrastructure team. Our mission is to drive stability, scalability and efficiency for the Houzz data ecosystem and build critical systems that provide insights to drive growth and delight our customers. The right candidate can architect, implement, and be an end-to-end owner across our suite of tools that includes data pipelines, event streaming, and data warehouse/data lake.

What You’ll Do

• Build scalable and reliable data infrastructure that processes petabytes of data
• Integrate with big data technologies and workflow management frameworks such as EMR, Hadoop, Spark, Flink, Kafka, Trino/Presto, and Airflow
• Automate the process of infra operation such as EMR provisioning and autoscaling
• Build tools and framework for data analysis
• Create monitoring and alerting processes for the data infrastructure team
• Own service operation in production, including participating in on-call rotation 
• Working in a small, collaborative team with data engineers, data scientists, designers and product managers build an amazing data experience
• Promote best practices and improve the quality of the internal data products

At a Minimum, We’d Like You to Have

• Proficiency in a common programming or scripting language (Python, Bash, Java, etc.) 
• Minimum of 3 years of industry experience building large-scale reliable data backends
• Experience with big data technology and workflow management frameworks like Apache Flink, Airflow, Apache Spark, Hive, Kafka, Kinesis, etc 
• Good understanding of Linux and Kubernetes, with experience utilizing services from a major cloud provider such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and cross-functional skills
• A minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field

Ideally, You’ll Also Have

• Extensive knowledge and experience with large-scale, distributed systems 
• Experience building analytics frameworks and tools with broad adoption
• Experience maintaining and optimizing data warehouses or data lakes, including ensuring data availability, reliability and quality

Houzz is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. When applying for a role at Houzz, we guarantee your application will be considered regardless of your sex; race; color; gender; national origin; height or weight; ancestry; physical or mental disability; medical condition; genetic information; marital status; registered domestic partner status; age; sexual orientation; military and veteran status; or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law or ordinance or regulation.
We embrace and celebrate the value that diversity brings to an organization. Diverse backgrounds and different points of view help Houzz provide the best experience for our community. Houzz is committed to fostering an inclusive environment through projects and initiatives, such as employee resource groups, that support Houzzers’ efforts to be themselves and share their lives at work.
If you would like assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at accommodations@houzz.com. This information will be treated as confidential and used only for determining an appropriate accommodation for the interview process.
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About HouzzWhen founders Adi and Alon remodeled their home, they were frustrated by the lack of resources and inspiration to help them articulate a vision and select the right pro to make it a reality. 
So they built Houzz. 
Houzz is now the leading platform for home remodeling and design, providing an all-in-one software solution for industry professionals and tools for homeowners to update their homes from start to finish. Using Houzz, people can find ideas and inspiration, hire professionals, and shop for products. Houzz Pro (houzz.com/pro) provides home industry professionals with a business management and marketing SaaS solution that helps them to win projects, collaborate with clients and teams, and run their business efficiently and profitably. 
Our Mission and Core ValuesWe're proud to say there's no one quite like us. Houzz is a community-centric, innovative tech company that continues to disrupt the home renovation and design industry. Our mission-driven culture is rooted in our core values, and we’re all here for one purpose: make the home remodeling and design process more fun and productive for everyone. 
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