Senior Data Engineer

About Foursquare 

Foursquare is the leading independent location technology and data cloud platform, dedicated to building meaningful bridges between digital spaces and physical places. Our proprietary technology unlocks the most accurate, trustworthy location data in the world, empowering businesses to answer key questions, uncover hidden insights, improve customer experiences, and achieve better business outcomes. A pioneer of the geo-location space, Foursquare’s location tech stack is being utilized by our mobile apps CityGuide and Swarm, as well as the world’s largest enterprises and most recognizable brands, like Amazon, Microsoft, Samsung, Spotify, Uber, Airbnb and others.

Foursquare’s flexible building blocks include technology to maximize marketing impact and drive incremental real-world engagement (Attribution, Audience, Proximity, SDK); data to deeply understand points of interest and real-world behavior patterns (Places and Visits), and tools to conduct advanced analysis, data enrichment, unification and visualization (Studio).

Learn more at location.foursquare.com

About the Position

Foursquare is looking for a highly skilled Senior Data engineer to join our team! While we would prefer candidates based in or around our office hub in Seattle or New York.

Data Engineers at Foursquare have a unique opportunity to combine large scale 1st and 3rd party geospatial datasets with other data (transactions, ad impressions and more) to derive actionable business insights. We do so by combining unique datasets with a series of proprietary algorithms and/or models while leveraging numerous compute platforms (both hyperscalers and emerging geospatial compute platforms).

About the team

The Attribution Team operates a world-class Ad-measurement product that specializes in foot traffic and sales. Our measurement pipelines process billions of Ad impressions per day to provide analytics that help brands to measure the effectiveness of their campaigns across multiple channels while the campaign is still in-flight. We do so by applying a series of proprietary algorithms and models to attribute visits and sales to specific impressions. 

In this role, you’ll 

• Work closely with data scientists to productionize ML models.
• Design, implement & maintain data pipelines that process billions of impressions, visits and transactions per day.
• Build new features by working directly with customer facing teams.
• Work effectively with a high degree of autonomy within a collaborative team.

What you’ll need

• 8+ years of experience in building large scale data pipelines using Spark.
• Hands-on experience with orchestration technologies such as Airflow. 
• Working knowledge of open table formats such as Delta, Iceberg or Hudi.
• Experience working with data warehousing solutions such as Snowflake or Redshift.
• Proficient in SQL.  
• Experience designing and deploying high performance systems with reliable monitoring and logging practices.
• Experience in optimizing and troubleshooting complex data pipelines. 
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Benefits and Perks

• Flexible PTO - rest and recharge when you need it!
• Industry Leading Healthcare - comprehensive and competitive health, vision, dental, life insurance
• Savings and Investments - 401(k) with company match
• Equipment Setup - you will receive all necessary hardware for your job function
• Family Planning and Fertility Programs - programs via Carrot 
• Employee Resource Groups - to help you stay connected
• Hybrid Work Schedule for in-person collaboration on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays beginning April 1, 2024. For roles considered remote, this will not apply.

At Foursquare, we are committed to providing competitive pay and benefits that are in line with industry and market standards.  Actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate including but not limited to skill set, years & depth of experience, and specific office location.

The annual total cash compensation range is $124,000 - $204,250 however actual salaries can vary based on a candidate’s qualifications, skills and competencies, as well as location. 

Salary is just one component of Foursquare’s total compensation package, which includes restricted stock units, multiple health insurance options, and a wide range of benefits!

Things to know…

Foursquare is proud to foster an inclusive environment that is free from discrimination. We strongly believe in order to build the best products, we need a diversity of perspectives and backgrounds. This leads to a more delightful experience for our users and team members. We value listening to every voice and we encourage everyone to come be a part of building a company and products we love.

Foursquare is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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