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Sr. Data Engineer

Channel Factory is a global technology and data platform that helps brands and agencies maximize YouTube and video media buys through brand suitability, contextual targeting, and performance optimization.

Channel Factory

Employee count: 501-1000

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Channel Factory provides intelligent marketing solutions for the next generation of contextual safety, suitability, and performance for brands and agencies. Our platform helps marketers implement, automate, and scale their marketing programs across the world’s largest video library, YouTube and emerging growth channels. We sit at the intersection of marketing and suitability and have a mission of enabling the world’s top brands to consciously connect with the right audience in the right context, maximizing suitability and contextual performance.

Channel Factory embodies a strong start-up culture that values diversity, collaboration, and results. Our bias towards execution balances critical thinking, analysis, and pragmatic problem solving. We expect a lot from one another and value our thoughtful and intellectually curious company culture.

Channel Factory is headquartered in the United States and has global offices across 20+ cities/countries. This position will be based in the United States. Remote work status is subject to change at any time.

Channel Factory is in search of an innovative and dedicated Senior Data Engineer to join our growing team that will lead, build, and maintain scalable data infrastructure that powers our analytics and business intelligence initiatives. This is a high-impact role where you will play a pivotal part in evolving our core data infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

  • Modernize core ETL processes by refactoring our existing Python / OpenSearch / SQL (PostgreSQL) based ETL systems to land data in our Data Lakehouse (Apache Iceberg)
  • Collaborate with product managers and business stakeholders to understand complex business requirements to translate business needs into well-designed and maintainable solutions
  • Ensure data quality and reliability by implementing robust data quality checks, monitoring, and alerting to ensure the accuracy and timeliness of all data pipelines
  • Create data governance policies and develop data models and schemas optimized for analytical workloads
  • Influence the direction for key infrastructure and framework choices for data pipelining and data management
  • Manage complex initiatives by setting project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables
  • Collaborate effectively with distributed team members across multiple time zones, including offshore development teams
  • Build relationships and foster team cohesion across geographical and cultural boundaries
  • All other tasks as required.

Requirements

    • 7+ years of experience in data engineering or related roles, with a proven track record of building and maintaining scalable data pipelines in production
    • Experience designing and developing large-scale, efficient batch and streaming data processing pipelines
    • Strong SQL proficiency, with experience in both transactional RDBMS systems and distributed systems
    • Expert-level proficiency in Python
    • In-depth experience with distributed data technologies: RabbitMQ, Celery, Pyspark
    • In-depth experience with AWS data services (ECS, EC2, Glue, OpenSearch, RDS)
    • Experience with modern Data Lakehouse technologies such as: Apache Iceberg, S3 Tables, StarRocks
    • Knowledge of digital advertising is a plus
    • This role may involve occasional travel for in-person collaboration, meetings, trainings, etc.

Benefits

    • Work with a leading startup in a high-demand industry, and you would be working with like-minded experts aiming to transform video ad operations
    • Competitive salary
    • Comprehensive medical benefits (Medical, Vision, Dental, and Life Insurance)
    • Cell phone and Wifi Reimbursement
    • Bill Spend Stipend
    • Gym Stipend
    • Work-life flexibility – we value your contributions above all

About Channel Factory

Founded in 2010, Channel Factory is an award-winning marketing technology company that helps top global brands and agencies maximize YouTube advertising. Recognized as a technology innovator by Cynopsis and one of the fastest-growing companies by Inc., Channel Factory has served over three hundred of the Fortune 500 in delivering scalable, brand-safe, contextually aligned YouTube advertising software and services. By tapping into the deepest proprietary data pool on the market, the company enables highly customized, contextually aware, and dynamically optimized campaigns and provides industry-leading performance for a portfolio of clients across all industries.

Channel Factory is an equal-opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Channel Factory makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time. The company also has employee resource groups focusing on encouraging inclusion and diversity in the workplace, including an LGBTQ+ committee.

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Channel Factory's customers, which include brands and agencies, often face the challenge of ensuring their video advertisements appear in brand-suitable and contextually relevant environments, particularly on platforms like YouTube with its vast and rapidly expanding content library. They need to maximize the performance and efficiency of their media buys while safeguarding their brand's reputation. This is why Channel Factory developed its proprietary AI-powered technology platform, ViewIQ. This platform analyzes YouTube channels and videos in real-time, considering creator data, audio transcripts, performance data, and human review filters. This enables advertisers to deliver their messages within the right content, at the right price, and in a cookieless environment. Our customers are looking for solutions that not only provide brand safety but also enhance contextual targeting capabilities to reach their desired audience effectively. Channel Factory addresses this by offering both managed services and self-service options for dynamic whitelists and blacklists, which can be easily implemented through platforms like DV360 or Google Ads.

Furthermore, in an evolving digital landscape, our clients are increasingly concerned with responsible media practices, including diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I), sustainability, and civic society. Recognizing this, Channel Factory, as a purpose-driven minority-owned company, launched The Conscious Project. This initiative aims to help advertisers navigate these complex areas and make more inclusive and value-driven content choices. We provide tools and insights to help brands align their campaigns with content that reflects their values and resonates with their target audiences, ultimately fostering a healthier and more positive digital ecosystem. By offering solutions for contextual performance, brand suitability, and conscious advertising, Channel Factory empowers its customers to not only achieve their marketing objectives but also to contribute positively to the media landscape. Our global presence, with team members across numerous countries, ensures we can support our clients' needs worldwide.

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