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Lead Data Engineer, Remote (Preferred Location: Los Angeles)

Who We Are

At sweetgreen, the data engineering team represents the beginning of an insight in the company. Our data engineers take on the challenge of data collection and transformation from dozens of data sources, both internal and external to the company, and provide paths to access data for the purpose of insights and analysis. While there is a lot that goes into a well polished insight at sweetgreen, the data engineer is a first responder, a gatekeeper and an enabler for data driven business decisions. As such, data engineering plays a critical role for the companys success as it continues to move forward under the guidance of its data.

Why we need you

The Lead Data Engineer will be leading the Data Engineering Team as part of the Data Platform Team, within the Engineering department. You will work closely with other engineering leads to develop, deliver, and maintain data driven products and backend analytics platforms for the discovery, interpretation, and communication of meaningful patterns in data. In addition, you will lead the Data Team in developing and maintaining the infrastructure to collect and transform raw data to feed to the downstream analytical and machine learning teams.

You will design reliable, scalable, near-real time applications that will enable all decisions, large or small, to be backed by accurate and meaningful data that moves sweetgreen in the right direction at greater velocity.

We are seeking candidates with experience in leading ,mentoring and growing junior and mid-level engineers while also contributing to the overall data infrastructure at sweetgreen.
What will you be doing :




Build scalable , reliable and maintainable technology that enables sweetgreen to capture, process, store, and serve their data products in an easy way.




Work closely on data platform to ensure we have quality monitoring , logging and promote data quality and governance standards. Define standards , best practices for infrastructure , etl pipelines and data models.




Act as an owner and identify gaps in current processes and architecture and design and prioritize the development of next generation platform




Work closely with BI and Data Science teams to build advanced analytics for our business teams and end users.




Leading and mentoring data engineers and developing internal talent , conduct interviews and hire the best available talent.


Your Accomplishments




8+ years of experience and solid fundamentals in data modeling, data architecture, and other areas directly relevant to data engineering.




Technical leadership : Have lead successful teams in past, delivered high quality data products and capable of handling mentorship, cross functional project execution, prioritization and solid individual contributions.




Experience build batch and streaming data pipelines using technologies like Spark, Hive , Kafka, Flink , Airflow.




Proficiency with shell scripting and programming languages (e.g. Python) and Data Warehouse technologies like Redshift and Snowflake.




Experience with implementing data governance and data quality standards and frameworks and Agile methodology. Familiar with provisioning resources in AWS using Terraform, Cloudformation.




Experience consuming RESTful APIs and deploying website A/B testing or personalization
Strong problem solving, communication, and time management.





Benefits


Three different medical plans to suit your and your family's needs

Dental and Vision insurance

Flexible PTO plan

401k program

Paid family leave; we believe in fully supporting new parents

Employee HSA and FSA

Complimentary greens

An opportunity to make a real impact on the people around you, both by growing them and by connecting them to real food

To live the sweetlife and celebrate your passion + purpose

A collaborative family of people who live our core values and have your back

A clear career path with opportunities for development, both personally and professionally

Free sweetgreen swag

Engineering Culture

At sweetgreen we are focused on building a great experience for our customers and we look to constantly enhance that through empowerment of our teams to build innovative solutions. We believe that its a mix of individual skill and collaboration that leads to successful outcomes. There is no standard definition of what an Engineer is or does, and depending on where youre coming from things might look a little different.

Come join the sweetlife!

sweetgreen is on a mission to build healthier communities by connecting people to real food. We passionately believe that real food should be convenient and accessible to everyone. Every day in each sweetgreen restaurant, our 5,000+ team members make food from scratch, using fresh ingredients and produce delivered that morning. And in our local communities, were committed to leaving people better than we found them. Were in the business of feeding people, and were out to change what that means. Our people are our most valuable ingredient - the heart of our company, the face of our brand, and what truly makes the sweetgreen experience special and unique.

sweetgreen provides equal opportunities for everyone that works for us and everyone that applies to join our team, without regard to sex or gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, any service, past, present, or future, in the uniformed services of the United States (military or veteran status), or any other consideration protected by federal, state, or local law.

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All candidates for roles in markets where either sweetgreen or the localjurisdiction mandates full vaccination against COVID-19 to work in our restaurants must as a condition of employment provide proof of full vaccination with an FDA authorized and/or approved COVID-19 upon hire, subject to a reasonable accommodation being granted.For roles in all other markets, full vaccination against COVID-19 is preferred.