Senior Data Platform Engineer
At WHOOP, we're on a mission to unlock human performance. WHOOP empowers its members to perform at a higher level through a deep understanding of their bodies and daily lives.
WHOOP is seeking a talented Senior Data Platform Engineer to help shape the Data Science Infrastructure team, which is dedicated to providing infrastructure and tooling that enables our Data Scientists to build, train, and monitor algorithms leveraging our large and growing dataset.
Our petabyte-scale time series datasets serve as the foundation for insights derived by our data science and analytics teams. If creating tools that unlock their power gets you pumped -- this role is fit for you!
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Build scalable infrastructure that will enable our data scientists to derive insights and build models efficiently
- Work across teams to inform data model design and storage strategies
- Advocate for new technological adoptions and or third party software solution
- Communicate experience and expertise and contribute to roadmap development
- Reports to the Data Science Infrastructure Technical Lead
QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years relevant experience
- Experience writing data-intensive services in Python and Java
- Experience tuning streaming and batch processing applications to increase throughput
- Experience using data science platforms such as Amazon SageMaker, Databricks, or similar technologies
- Experience or familiarity with efficient formats like Apache Arrow and Apache Iceberg
- Experience designing and deploying tools in an existing development ecosystem
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Enjoy working in a high-growth start up environment
- Willingness to be both a team player and an owner
This role is based in the WHOOP office located in Boston, MA. The successful candidate must be prepared to relocate if necessary to work out of the Boston, MA office.
WHOOP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-verify to determine employment eligibility