Sr Software Engineer (Scala/Spark) J986

Job Description

On the Ads Marketplace team, we help sellers grow their businesses by building algorithmic solutions that power Etsy’s on-site advertising platform. Our work includes developing and productionizing systems that leverage machine learning, optimization, and algorithmic design to support real-time bidding and budget pacing.

At Etsy, we believe that code is craft and that the work we do is part of a larger creative culture represented by the artists and designers who make Etsy such a unique marketplace. We believe that small, empowered, self-motivated teams can do big things. We measure and test our work, take advantage of our pioneering continuous deployment system, and cultivate a blameless culture based on trust and a commitment to learning. Learn more about our engineering philosophies, tools, and some of the challenges we’ve been solving on our Engineering blog: http://codeascraft.com/

About The Role

This is a great role for someone with deep Scala Spark experience to work on the Spark jobs/Airflow DAG pipelines that power our production bidding & pacing systems, evaluation jobs, and auction simulator. To this end, you may introduce critical refactors and author new DAGs to support the experimentation cycle.

Requirements

Must-Haves

• Production Scala + Spark experience (5+ years preferred)
• Strong debugging chops
• Excellent communication and willingness to support your team’s success by offering ideas and support when needed
• A sense of self-direction, and ability to pathfind and learn quickly

Nice-to-Haves

• Airflow & Python proficiency
• Ads / forecasting / marketplace domain knowledge
• Proficiency in data analysis
• Data quality & testing mindset
• Observability & alerting