Data Engineer

Who We Are:

TickPick is a fast growing technology company that is reshaping the secondary ticket marketplace. Through a combination of software development, product innovation and best in class customer experience, we have saved our customers over $60 million in service fees.

Since our launch in 2011 we have sold over $1 billion in tickets, and for the last five years, TickPick has been named a Deloitte Technology Fast 500 award winner and has landed on lists of Inc. 5000's and Crain's New York Business' Fast 50.

If you are passionate about solving complex problems, and want to see your skills and experience have a direct impact on a fast growing company, TickPick is the place for you. We are building a diverse team, committed to providing the most innovative, transparent, and cost-effective ticket marketplace in the industry.

Who You Are:

You are a data engineer with strong desire and ability to implement high-impact data movement and management within a growing, technology-first team.

In this core role, you will be responsible for building and maintaining data pipelines touching a wide array of tools from the modern data stack, including but not limited to Snowflake, Dagster, dbt, Spark, and Azure Cloud offerings. In addition to working closely with other Analytics-focussed team members you’ll also lead the junior Data Engineer on the team.

If you value continual learning and are looking to join a high-visibility and high-impact team at a growing company that’s making data a priority, then this role is for you.

Core Responsibilities:

Discover opportunities for data acquisition and implementation solutions

Develop production processes and solutions to model, mine and surface data

Improve and ensure data reliability, quality and efficiency

Lead and mentor the junior Data Engineer by providing technical guidance and giving actionable feedback

Requirements

BS or above in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent personal or professional experience

Experience in leading technical direction and oversight

Communication ability is paramount: you understand the value of open communication and can interact effectively with stakeholders and team members

Experience and competency with at least one cloud services provider (Azure preferred; AWS or GCP also worthwhile)

Strong Python and SQL skills, as well as general competency with web languages (HTML/Javascript)

Python data competency – knowledge of and experience with, eg, Pandas or other Dataframe libraries. Polars, PySpark, and DuckDB are a plus

Experience and competency with at least one general data orchestration tool, eg Airflow, Dagster, or Prefect

Experience and competency with web scraping tools, eg Apify (Crawlee), BeautifulSoup, requests, and Scrapy

dbt or other data modeling experience is a plus

Kafka experience is a plus

Experience with a dashboarding tool is a plus, eg Looker, Tableau, Superset, Metabase, or Streamlit

Experience with managed ETL tools (Fivetran, Hightouch) is worth mentioning if you have it

Benefits

A hybrid in-office approach, enabling remote work a portion of each week

Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)

Retirement Plan Contribution (401k, IRA)

Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)

Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Holidays)

Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)

Training & Development

$100 Monthly Stipend to Attend Live Events

Employee Outings

Free Lunch & Snacks

The estimated pay range for this role, based in New York City, is $150,000 - $175,000. This role will be eligible to participate in our company's equity program. Our salary ranges are based on paying competitively for our size and industry, and are one part of many compensation, benefits and other reward opportunities we provide.

Individual pay rate decisions are based on a number of factors, including qualifications for the role, experience level, skill set, and balancing internal equity relative to peers at the company.

Diversity at TickPick:

At TickPick, we know that diversity of all types, in an environment that pursues equity and inclusion, strengthens our organization's culture. When our employees are representative of the communities we serve, with diversity in demographics and a broad set of backgrounds, we provide a superior experience for both our customers and our employees. Fostering an open and supportive environment where our employees are empowered and encouraged to bring their whole selves to the table enables TickPick to thrive. The diverse approaches and collaborative problem solving that result enable us to provide an innovative, nimble, and creative marketplace for our customers and sellers. This belief is central to who we are and what we do, and we are proud of it.

TickPick, LLC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer open to all qualified candidates regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.

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