Why Attentive needs you

• Lead the technical vision for the Data Lake team, aligning with company goals and driving strategic outcomes through innovative data solutions.
• Oversee the design and implementation of high-throughput data solutions, ensuring that they are scalable, efficient, and capable of powering critical operations.
• Partner with teams across AI, ML, analytics, and other departments to enhance and expand our self-service data platform, ensuring it meets the evolving needs of the organization.
• Establish and uphold high standards for data quality, governance, and system integration, addressing complex distributed data challenges with robust solutions.
• Recruit, mentor, and develop a high-performing engineering team, fostering a culture of continuous learning, experimentation, and collaboration.
• Balance and prioritize multiple projects, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with business objectives while maintaining high standards of technical excellence.

About you

• You have at least 5+ years of industry experience in data engineering and software development, with a proven track record of solving complex big data challenges and delivering impactful solutions.
• You possess deep knowledge of data modeling, data access, and data replication techniques, and have hands-on experience with cloud-based Data Lakehouses.
• You are an outstanding coach and mentor, with a talent for developing high-performing teams and nurturing a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration.
• You have a strong commitment to software quality, with a history of building reliable, high-uptime systems that meet and exceed performance expectations.
• You excel at translating business needs into well-defined projects, taking a hands-on approach to solution design, implementation, and execution.
• You are passionate about emerging technologies and have the ability to evaluate and choose the right tools and technologies to drive innovation while balancing practical considerations.
• You thrive in a collaborative environment, working effectively with cross-functional teams to align technical solutions with business goals and ensure cohesive execution.

Our scale

• 8,000 brands powered by Attentive sent over 2.2 billion text messages over Cyber Week 2023 (Black Friday/Cyber Monday) representing a growth of 31% from 2022
• We sent 32 billion SMS messages in 2023, up 32% YoY. That’s an average of 87 million per day
• Our production cluster contains over 18,000 containers which serve 200+ services
• Our streaming services process over 80 billion events per month

What we use

• We use a wide variety of technology and we’re always looking for the best solutions to solve hard problems.
• Our backend is Java / Spring Boot microservices, built with Gradle, coupled with things like DynamoDB, Pulsar, AirFlow, Postgres, Planetscale, and Redis, hosted via AWS.
• Our frontend is built with React and TypeScript, and uses best practices like GraphQL, Storybook, Radix UI, Vite, esbuild, and PlaywrightV