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Sr. Software Engineer (Big Data, Data Lake)

Roles & Responsibilities

  • 7-10 years of professional software development experience, ideally with exposure to big data and data-rich applications.
  • 5+ years of experience in AWS cloud-native environments, with hands-on work using AWS data services (S3, Glue, Athena, Lake Formation, Step Functions, Lambda, Kinesis, API Gateway).
  • Strong leadership and cross-functional collaboration skills, including experience leading engineers and translating business requirements into system designs and technical docs.
  • Expertise in building data pipelines for high-volume, multi-source ingestion in multi-tenant architectures, with data quality, entity resolution, and data governance concepts; proficiency in Python, PySpark, SQL, and back-end distributed systems.

Requirements:

  • Design and implement the core data platform powering our next-generation product architecture, focusing on scalable data ingestion, transformation, and integration across multiple internal and external data sources using AWS-native services.
  • Collaborate with engineering leadership to establish a robust data lake and transformation layer that supports APIs, microservices, and downstream analytics.
  • Lead and contribute to data engineering and application integration efforts by translating business requirements into system design, architecture diagrams, and technical documentation.
  • Operate in a team on-call rotation to address complex problems in real-time and ensure services remain operational and highly available.

Job description

Who We Are

Headquartered in Oregon, Foureyes® is a remote-first company with about 90 employees in 21 states. We are privately owned and focused on the automotive vertical.

We believe human intellect paired with data-driven AI is the winning combination. It always has been. And we're on a mission to bring that winning combination to automotive dealerships with easy-to-love software. 

We're a software company that thinks about people first. With every innovation, we seek to put humans back in the starring role.

If this sounds like the kind of company you want to be a part of, there’s good news. We’re hiring for a Sr. Software Engineer (Big Data, Data Lake). 



Position Overview - Senior Software Engineer (Big Data, Data Lake)

We are seeking a senior software engineer to help design and implement the core data platform powering our next-generation product architecture. This role will focus on building scalable data ingestion, transformation, and integration across multiple internal and external data sources, using AWS-native services. You will work closely with engineering leadership to establish a robust data lake and transformation layer that supports our APIs, microservices, and downstream analytics. The ideal candidate is comfortable working at the intersection of data engineering and application integration.


Key Professional Experience


  • Strong leadership skills - you are comfortable both leading software engineers and rolling up your sleeves to implement and deploy the best solution.

  • Strong cross-functional collaboration with product, engineering, and analytics teams to ensure data availability, reliability, and performance.

  • Strong communication skills and experience translating business requirements into system design, architecture diagrams, and technical documentation.

  • Strong communication presenting complex concepts or solutions to diverse audiences through clear and concise written communication (e.g., report writing, email crafting) and effective verbal communication (e.g., presentations, stakeholder updates).

  • Strong problem solving skills and knowledge of applied algorithms to solve real world problems efficiently.

  • You have operated in a team’s on-call rotation to address complex problems in real-time and keep services operational and highly available.


Core technical skills required


  • Strong hands-on experience implementing and using AWS data services: S3, Glue (ETL/Jobs, Data Catalog, DataBrew), Athena, Lake Formation, Step Functions, Lambda, Kinesis Data Stream and API Gateway.

  • Expertise in designing and optimizing data pipelines for high-volume, multi-source ingestion of structured and semi-structured data in a multi-tenant data architecture using different data lake formats (AWS S3Tables, Apache Iceberg, Apache Hudi, Apache Parquet).

  • Experience with entity resolution, data cleansing, data quality, and anomaly detection.

  • Expert level skills developing back-end distributed systems and data pipelines using Python, Pyspark, SQL, Step Functions, Lambdas

  • Comfort working with cloud data warehouses (Athena, Snowflake, Redshift, or similar).

  • Experience building event-driven and notification systems (SNS/SQS, EventBridge, Pub/Sub, webhooks) and orchestration frameworks (StepFunctions or equivalent).

  • Experience integrating AWS data pipelines with external platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Metabase, reporting tools, etc.).

  • Hands on experience applying security best practices for data storage, transfer, and API access.


Professional experience:


  • 7-10 years professional experience working in a software development environment, ideally with exposure to big data and data-rich applications.

  • Experience working across disciplines, partnering with BI, ML, and product teams to translate ideas into customer-facing features.

  • 5+ years working in an AWS cloud-native environment.


Bonus points for:

  • Prior experience in data-rich SaaS products.

  • Experience with auth & access control for data-driven applications in a multitenant environment.

  • Familiarity with data governance concepts (lineage, permissions, quality checks).

  • Deployment experience (AWS CDK, CI/CD, containerized services, serverless functions).

  • Exposure to generative AI or LLM-based data exploration tools.

  • FE Connect

  

Location: This position is remote. We are hiring in the following states. OR, WA, CA, FL, ID, IA, KY, MD, MA, MI, MN, NV, NJ, OH, PA, TN, TX, AZ, IL, CO, and NH.


Salary Range: $125,000 - $150,000


Why Foureyes?

  • Competitive salary and health benefits for eligible full time employees.

  • 401k matching, and a subsidy for internet or cell phone.

  • Generous PTO days, in addition to paid holidays that incorporate two days to honor and celebrate your heritage, culture, or traditions that matter most -- just tell us when!

  • Half Day Summer Fridays! 

  • A company actively working to dismantle bias in our hiring practices, foster cultural inclusivity, and continuously examine policies and practices to ensure equity. We recognize and believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion constantly make us better. 

  • A fast-paced, team-driven culture that helps you grow your career with learning opportunities, autonomy and ownership, and chances to succeed (or fail-- hey, we’ve all learned through failure).


Diversity, Equity & Inclusion


At Foureyes, we believe your ability to build, think creatively, and solve problems is best accessed when you have the freedom to be yourself. Inclusion is not a nice-to-have; it is a must-have. The bedrock of an inclusive culture is our ability to celebrate and harness the unique perspectives our diversity provides in the building process. While an org structure exists to provide clarity around how ideas get communicated, we are all equal as coworkers, and we are committed to careful and continued introspection around how to best be an equitable, fair, and inclusive workplace that celebrates you for being you.


Equal Opportunity

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Foureyes is dedicated to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace, which includes unbiased recruiting, hiring, and employment practices. Applicants and employees are treated with respect, and provided opportunities – free of discrimination of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital or parenting status.


Sponsorship

Foureyes is not currently sponsoring work visas for this role. Authorization to work in the U.S. is required to be considered.

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