Job Description
### About ARB Interactive
At ARB Interactive, creativity, tech, and play collide. Founded in 2022, we've grown to nearly 200 team members and were named one of LinkedIn's 2025 Top 50 Startups in the United States! We move fast, think big, and love bold ideas that push boundaries (and buttons).
### Role Summary
We’re looking for a **Senior Data Engineer** to help shape and expand the foundation of our modern data stack. This is a hands-on role for someone who’s excited to build and improve robust, scalable pipelines and collaborate cross-functionally to turn raw data into business-critical insights.
### Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain scalable, efficient ETL/ELT pipelines.
- Model clean, trusted datasets to support analytics, experimentation, and reporting.
- Optimize our data infrastructure for performance, cost, governance, and maintainability.
- Partner with data analysts and product teams to improve data accessibility and accuracy.
- Enable self-service analytics by designing intuitive data models and comprehensive documentation.
- Implement robust data quality frameworks, monitoring, alerting, and observability to ensure data reliability.
- Collaborate with product and engineering on instrumentation of new product features and events.
- Mentor junior team members, contribute to code reviews, and share best practices.
- Influence the long-term direction of our data architecture and tooling.
- Take on team leadership or people management responsibilities as the team scales.
### Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in data engineering or related roles.
- Strong SQL and Python skills, with a focus on readable and efficient code.
- Deep understanding of data warehousing concepts and data modeling best practices.
- Hands-on experience with tools in the modern data stack (e.g., dbt, Airflow, Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift).
- Strong communication and collaboration skills; able to work cross-functionally with analysts, PMs, and engineers.
- A bias toward action and ownership; you thrive in fast-paced, high-autonomy environments.
### Nice to Have
- Experience in gaming, entertainment, or high-volume consumer applications.
- Familiarity with event tracking.