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Director of Data Engineering

New York, United States

1stDibs is a one-of-a-kind online marketplace that connects design lovers to more than one million extraordinary pieces, from furniture and fine art to jewelry and fashion. As a leading global marketplace for design lovers, we enable shoppers to discover beautiful things and engage with top sellers from around the world. We encourage our shoppers to interact with sellers throughout all stages of the transaction, including item inquiries, price negotiations and customization requests.

What You Will Do

  • Lead, mentor, and develop a team of data engineers and database administrators, fostering an environment of collaboration and continuous improvement.
  • Oversee the design, development, maintenance, and migration of data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes.
  • Your role will involve close collaboration with engineers, product teams, analytics group, and stakeholders. This collaboration is essential to ensure data availability for analytics, machine learning, and reporting purposes.
  • You will be responsible for defining and implementing robust data architecture strategies. This includes data warehousing (e.g., Snowflake, BigQuery), data lakes, and real-time streaming pipelines.
  • Integrate and manage data from various analytics platforms, including Google Analytics 4 (GA4), to support comprehensive reporting and insights.
  • Collaborate closely with the analytics team to enable self-service Business Intelligence through tools like Looker. 
  • Work closely with product, engineering, and analytics teams to ensure smooth deployment and reporting of A/B tests.

 

Who You Are

  • 8+ years of experience in data engineering, with at least 2 years in a leadership or managerial role.
  • Hands-on experience with cloud platforms, AWS preferably, and big data technologies.
  • Proficiency in SQL for designing, querying, and optimizing Relational databases, with a strong ability to write complex queries and manage large datasets efficiently.
  • Proven ability to lead and grow teams, with strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • Strong experience with data warehousing solutions like Snowflake, BigQuery, and data lake architectures.
  • Moderate proficiency with Python, Spark, and similar scripting languages.
  • Experience with orchestration frameworks such as Apache Airflow, Dagster, or similar
  • Experience with BI tools such as Looker, Tableau, or Power BI.

Our overall compensation package is made of several parts, base compensation being one of them. At 1stDibs we value and are proud of our culture, innovation, professional development and training workshops, trust and giving back to the community.  Equity, a comprehensive benefits package, and incentive (IF APPLICABLE)  are all are components of your total compensation package.  Ultimately, in determining your pay, we'll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

Tri-State Pay Range
$187,000—$220,000 USD

1stDibs is an Equal Opportunity Employer

The 1stDibs mission, to enrich lives with the extraordinary, can only be achieved when diversity, equity and inclusion are embedded into our values, culture and the way we do business. Enabling access to and celebrating unique and diverse perspectives is at the very core of what we do. We are committed to attracting and retaining the best talent in the industry, who are reflective of the diversity of our communities, and fostering an environment where every individual feels they belong, are valued and heard. As a leading design marketplace, we leverage the power of our platform and brand to empower historically underrepresented individuals, and the businesses they own, across the art and design industries.

 

Total Compensation Statement 

1stDibs is committed to attracting, motivating and retaining top talent who drive the business forward and help us achieve our mission and vision. The company’s Total Compensation packages are designed to reward performance, be fair, equitable, and competitive, and consist of base salary, equity (where applicable), and health and work-life benefits.

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