Senior Data Platform Engineer

Key Skills

Data science techniques, Data Warehousing, Effective communication skills, Machine learning techniques, Pipeline automation, Planning and organization

Job Description

You will collaborate with Data Scientists, Machine Learning Engineers, and Product Engineers to instrument and quantify our ML tools. Through this role you will have frequent opportunities to build the core data pipelines that enable recommendations to the organizational leaders. Data Science at W&B is a pillar of the product, business, and culture; as such the Data Science team informs strategy directly, and partners with all parts of the business to build a data-first habit.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate across the business to create observability into our business and product to inform strategy and build collective understanding of our business and product.
• Pair directly with our Core Engineers to expand our telemetry and capture the crucial data necessary for our data science initiatives.
• Help set the bar of technical excellence, rigorous thinking, and collaboration across the Data Science and Engineering team.

Requirements:

• Deep experience (practical and theoretical) with Data Engineering and the accompanying workflows.
• History of writing easy-to-follow code and effective documentation for your projects.
• Expert knowledge of data orchestration / data pipeline tools (dbt, dagster, airflow, etc). Strong skills of working with a real data warehouse utilized daily.
• Expert knowledge and understanding of web apps and best practices for logging and event instrumentation.
• Theoretical or practical knowledge of machine learning workflows and terminology.
• Ability to clearly communicate your ideas to folks across a range of backgrounds and levels of technical knowledge.

Our Benefits

• Flexible time off
• Medical, Dental, and Vision for employees and Family Coverage
• Remote first culture with in-office flexibility in San Francisco
• Home office budget with a new high-powered laptop
• Truly competitive salary and equity
• 12 weeks of Parental leave (U.S. specific)
• 401(k) (U.S. specific)
• Supplemental benefits may be available depending on your location
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$203,000 - $282,000 a year

The US base pay for this position ranges from $203,000 USD per year in our lowest geographic market up to $282,000 USD per year in our highest geographic market. Weights and Biases is committed to providing competitive salary, equity and benefits packages for all full-time employees. Individual compensation will be commensurate with the candidate's experience, qualifications, and geographic location.