Senior Data Engineer, Platform

Who we are

At Rover, pets and their people are at the heart of everything we do. We connect pet parents with trusted pet care across the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Australia.

Headquartered in Seattle and Barcelona, we’re a values driven, fast-growing tech company focused on building safe and personalized experiences tailored to the needs of each unique pet. We’re investing in AI as a business accelerator and provide every team member access to AI tools in service of creating better experiences for our community.

We are proud to be recognized as a great place to work, having been named among the 100 Best Companies to Work For in Seattle Business Magazine and Washington’s Best Workplaces in the Puget Sound Business Journal. At Rover we’re committed to creating an accessible, inclusive, and welcoming community, which starts with our employees.

Want to make an impact? Join our pack and come work (and play!) with us.

This role provides relocation assistance to Barcelona. This role is permanent/full-time and hybrid - Mondays & Thursdays in our office in Poblenou in Barcelona.

Please submit CV in English

DATA ENGINEERING AT ROVER

Data powers everything at Rover. Our team works closely with all parts of the organization to ensure that the data the business relies on is fresh, accurate, and reliable and that our reporting infrastructure meets the needs of everyone from analysts to the C-suite.

Do you want to help modernize our Data Platform by contributing to our ETL tooling? Perhaps you're passionate about working with folks all throughout the business from Product to Data Science. We own all things data-related at Rover, from the data ingestion to analytics infrastructure and tooling, which means you'll get the chance to work on exciting and impactful projects and learn a ton along the way.

Your Responsibilities

Lead cross team data projects to ensure our pipelines are reliable, efficient, and testable
Communicate efficiently across team boundaries to establish overarching data architecture, and provide guidance to individual teams
Deliver well-defined, transformed, tested, documented, and code-reviewed DBT models and ETL pipelines
Mentor fellow Engineers to help develop and grow their technical skills
Build self-service tools that empower engineers, data scientists, and analysts to quickly get key business insights
Understand our Rover's data needs and identifying inefficiencies in the Data Platform to help prioritize and inform our team's roadmap

Your Qualifications

6+ years of data engineering, software engineering, data science, or other relevant experience

Expertise in Python and SQL with a passion for writing high-quality code

Experience designing and deploying highly performant data pipelines with reliable monitoring and logging practices

Proven track record of exercising data engineering best practices around data governance, data modeling, automated testing, and monitoring.

Experience and enthusiasm for mentoring teammates, providing technical feedback, and sharing knowledge with others

Expertise with the majority of our tech stack: Python, DBT, Dagster, Redshift, Docker, Kafka, Kubernetes, Terraform

Benefits of Working for Rover

Competitive compensation

Long-term incentive plan with a company performance-based cash payout

Permanent contract

Pension plan

Meal tickets through Cobee

Generous PTO allowance

Private health insurance

Discounted gym membership

Bring your dog to work (and unlimited puppy time)

Monetary help for adopting a dog or cat plus yearly credit to use on our platform

A wide variety of snacks, fresh fruit, and beverages in our kitchen to keep yourself going

Regular team activities, including happy hours, game nights, and more

Rover is an equal-opportunity employer committed to promoting a diverse, inclusive, and inventive environment with the best employees. We’re driven by seeing our people succeed and grow, and we work to ensure everyone contributes to their fullest potential. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, protected veteran status, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances.

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