Sr. Site Reliability Engineer - Data

Description

What we're looking for:

The Sr. Site Reliability Engineer - Data who will contribute to our growing Data Engineering and Operations team. We work collaboratively to develop an infrastructure that ingests data from disparate sources and routes them to various target storages and applications, thus providing access to high quality data to users, ranging from application developers interested in specific events to data analysts keen on business intelligence to data scientists training ML models..

At AppFolio, we paddle as one. We ride and make waves together, with a relentless focus on building great products for the way our customers work and live today - and tomorrow. AppFolio is a destination organization where careers are made and accelerated. Here, innovation is a team sport.

Your impact:

• Design, build and operate on next generation data pipeline infrastructure based on Apache Kafka and its ecosystem

• Improve data architecture, quality, discoverability and access policies to enable and enforce data governance

• Collaborate with engineers, data analysts and scientists to ensure that our data infrastructure meets the SLOs of our data-intensive customers

• Develop techniques for monitoring the completeness, correctness and reliability of our data sets

• Leverage agile practices, encourage collaboration, prioritization, and urgency to develop at a rapid pace

• Research, share, and recommend new technologies and trends

Qualifications

• You have hands-on experience with using Apache Kafka in production and have a passion for building a reliable, scalable and fault-tolerant infrastructure.

• You have hands-on experience with data warehouse technology, particularly with Snowflake.

• You have worked with a variety of data sources, including change data capture systems, event sourcing and clickstreams, in production.

• You have industry experience with working with real time transformation technologies such as Apache Flink

• You care about work-life balance and want your company to care about it too; you'll put in the extra hour when needed but won't let it become a habit.

• You want to work with a high degree of autonomy, while at the same time working on initiatives of high importance to the company.

Must have

• You have 5+ years of experience working with languages like Python or Ruby, Infrastructure as Code, configuration management, and monitoring tools

• Proficient in creating consumable tools for platform management

• Proficient in tooling orchestration utilizing CICD best practices with tools like CircleCI or Jenkins

• Experience with containers and container orchestration tools. Docker and Kubernetes experience

• Experience with Kafka, Kafka Connect and its ecosystem

• Experience with AWS primitives(IAM, VPC, RDS, S3, MSK, EKS, etc.)

• You have excellent MySQL operational knowledge

• Proficient in RBAC and Data Governance across multiple platforms and ecosystems(AWS, Snowflake, Kafka, etc.)

• Bachelors in Computer Science or other quantitative fields

Nice to have

• Experience with Debezium connector is highly desirable

• Experience with clickstream tracking technology, e.g. Snowplow, is desirable

• Experience with large scale Data Lakes and Lake Houses, especially with Apache Iceberg is a plus

• Background in monitoring and maintaining cost management on the cloud(FinOps)

• Data science skills for analyzing data and communicating with ML engineers are a plus

• Proven mentoring experience to help develop peers

Location

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Compensation & Benefits

The compensation that we reasonably expect to pay for this role is: $125,600 - $157,000 base pay. The actual compensation for this role will be determined by a variety of factors, including but not limited to the candidate's skills, education, experience, and internal equity.

Please note that compensation is just one aspect of a comprehensive Total Rewards package. The compensation range listed here does not include additional benefits or any discretionary bonuses you may be eligible for based on your role and/or employment type.

Regular full-time employees are eligible for benefits - see here.

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About AppFolio

AppFolio is the technology leader powering the future of the real estate industry. Our innovative platform and trusted partnership enable our customers to connect communities, increase operational efficiency, and grow their business. For more information about AppFolio, visit appfolio.com.

Why AppFolio

Grow | We enable a culture of high performance, where delivering results is recognized by opportunities for growth and compelling total rewards. Our challenging and meaningful work drive the growth of our business, and ourselves.

Learn | We partner with you to realize your potential by investing in you from the start. We're cultivating a team of big thinkers through coaching and mentorship with our best-in-class leaders, and giving you the time and tools to develop your skills.

Impact | We are creating a world where living in, investing in, managing, and supporting communities feels magical and effortless, freeing people to thrive. We do this by innovating with purpose while cultivating a culture of impact. We learn as much from each other as we do our customers and our communities.

Connect | We excel at hybrid work by fostering an environment that feels flexible, personal and connected, no matter where we are. We create space to fuel innovation and collaboration, and we come together to celebrate, connect, and succeed.

Paddle as One.

Learn more at appfolio.com/company/careers

Statement of Equal Opportunity

At AppFolio, we value diversity in backgrounds and perspectives and depend on it to drive our innovative culture. That's why we're a proud Equal Opportunity Employer, and we believe that our products, our teams, and our business are stronger because of it. This means that no matter what race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identification, national origin, age, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, or veteran status, you're always welcome at AppFolio.

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