About the job
About The PositionThe Golden State Warriors are looking for a Data Engineer to join the growing Business Strategy and Analytics team. In this role, you will help us achieve our mission of becoming a global leader in experiences and entertainment by collaborating with a team of data scientists and analysts. This position reports to the Director, Business Strategy and Analytics.
Come share your expertise while learning more about this growing sports and entertainment organization that values your initiative and dedication!
This is a full-time position based onsite in San Francisco, CA.
Key Responsibilities
- Build scalable and efficient data pipelines to extract, transform, and load (ETL) data from various sources
- Work closely with Data Scientists, Engineers and Analysts to design optimal data models and schema structures for efficient data storage and retrieval in BigQuery
- Optimize data pipelines, queries, and database structures for improved performance, throughput and cost efficiency
- Implement data quality checks, validation processes, and data governance policies to ensure data accuracy, integrity, and compliance with industry standards and regulations
- Develop monitoring systems and proactive alerts to identify and resolve data pipeline issues, performance bottlenecks, and system failures
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand data requirements, provide technical guidance, and document data engineering processes, standards and best practices
- Stay up-to-date with emerging data engineering technologies and trends, and proactively propose and implement improvements to enhance data processing efficiency and reliability
- Other duties as assigned
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Data Science, or equivalent work experience; Master's degree preferred
- Minimum 5 years working on a data team
- Experience managing and working with data in a cloud environment, preferably with hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) data services, including BigQuery and Cloud Composer
- Strong proficiency in SQL and experience in designing and optimizing complex SQL queries.
- Proficiency in at least one programming language, such as Python, for data manipulation and scripting
- Experience building and maintaining complex ETL data pipelines, using orchestration tools such as Airflow
- Knowledge of data modeling concepts and experience in designing efficient data models and schemas
- Familiarity with data governance, data quality, and compliance practices
- Excellent written and verbal communication; strong presentation skills with the ability to influence technical and non-technical partners
- Ability to build positive working relationships with business partners and peers at all levels within the organization
- Ability to balance multiple projects at once in a fast-paced work environment
- Strong passion and deep curiosity about sports and entertainment
- $119,000 - 126,000 + Bonus
- Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision benefits for employees and dependents
- Employer 401K match
- Vacation, Summer Half-Day Fridays and a generous paid time off plan for pregnancy and parental leaves
- Warriors home tickets, team store discount and more!
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Golden State Warriors is an equal opportunity employer.
We will ensure that qualified applicants 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.
Want to learn more about who we are and what we value? Visit www.warriors.com/employment
