Software Development Engineer (Data)

At Wizards of the Coast, we connect people around the world through play and imagination. From our genre-defining games like Magic: The Gathering® and Dungeons & Dragons® to our growing multiverse, we continue to innovate and build new ways to foster friendship and connection. That’s where you come in!

As a Data Engineer for Wizards of the Coast, you will be a technical specialist for our scalable cloud data platform! You will work with a team of engineers in an agile work environment to design and develop data pipelines, tools and infrastructure used by our games and products so that they can handle the volume, variety, and velocity of message types and traffic flowing through it.

You'll also be working to deliver performance optimization, virtualization, and other value adds to our data pipes and ecosystem. You will work with a diverse set of product and engineering teams to design and build innovative data systems that exceed industry standards and provide our analysts, data scientists, marketers, and business teams with clear, accurate, and actionable insights.

What You'll Do:

• Help design highly scalable, reliable, and performant pipelines to consume, integrate and analyze large volumes of complex data using a variety of outstanding proprietary and open-source platforms and tools.
• Collaborate with engineers, producers, business partners and analysts to elicit, translate, and prescribe requirements for their needs.
• Work on technical projects to simplify tough problems, touch many moving parts across functional teams and business domains, and influence strategic direction.
• Stay ahead of the technology curve and make recommendations about technologies to build current and future products.
• Supports the progression of technology solutions from conception through release and into live ops.
• Follow and Implement processes, procedures, and documentation standards to ensure compliance with internal Technology and Corporate IT regulations

What You'll Bring:

• 3+ years of experience with Cloud data Warehouses such as Synapse, Redshift, or Snowflake (Snowflake Preferred)
• 1+ years of experience working Cloud Technologies (AWS preferred)
• Proficiency in python and SQL.
• Experience with data warehousing, data quality, and monitoring
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
• Experience building scalable data pipelines and ETL processes.
• Experience working in a DevOps environment responding to a system with 24x7 uptime
• Experience with data streaming management (KAFKA preferred)

Nice-to-have Skills:

• Experience integrating with third-party APIs
• Experience with data pipeline integration tools such as Airflow, or other standalone or integrated pipeline toolsets
• Familiarity with Kubernetes or other container orchestration

Compensation Range, Currency USD:

• Starting Pay Range: $100,880
• Pay Range End: $167,520

In compliance with local law, we are disclosing the compensation range for this role. The range listed is just one component of Wizards of the Coast’s total compensation package for employees. Employees may also be eligible for annual and long-term incentives. In addition, Wizards of the Coast provides a variety of benefits to employees. Here’s a look at what your benefits package may include: Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance, Paid Vacation Time & Holidays, Generous 401(k) match, Paid Parental Leave, Volunteer Program, Employee Giving & Matching Gifts Programs, Tuition Reimbursement, Product Discounts, and more.

We are an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action EmployerWe are an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer

Wizards is committed to equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment. We are committed to making all employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, marital status, or any other legally protected status.

The above is intended to describe the general content of and the requirements for satisfactory performance in this position. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of the duties, responsibilities, or requirements of the position.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you are selected to move forward in our application process and need to request an accommodation, please let your recruiter or coordinator know.