We are looking for a Staff Data Engineer to join the MyFitnessPal Engineering team. Our users rely on MyFitnessPal to power their health and fitness journeys every day. As a member of our MyFitnessPal Engineering team, you’ll have the opportunity to positively impact those users with your expertise in the backend systems that drive the MyFitnessPal ecosystem. In addition to technical expertise, you’ll find that your teammates value collaboration, mentorship, and inclusive environments. 

While the majority of the work you will do will be in Python and SQL, we also have Java, Go, Node and Scala throughout the stack. We care more about your general engineering skill than your knowledge of a specific language and or framework.

What you’ll be doing

• You will design and evaluate various techniques to handle and process large-volumes of semi-structured and structured data. 
• You will build and maintain data pipelines, create service layer APIs to serve data, as well as drive data discovery and access.
• You will work closely with the team to create new engineering processes as necessary, champion standard methodologies, and promote overall operational excellence. 
• You will build working relationships to communicate within and across teams to solve problems.

Qualifications to be successful in this role

• Help other teammates grow through mentorship and coaching
• Are willing to take ownership and responsibility for your work
• Have interest in growing as both an engineer and a teammate
• Like learning new programming languages and tools
• Advanced programming in a scripting environment (e.g. Python) or ETL development experience
• Experience with AWS and/or other cloud computing platforms
• Experience with a scalable messaging system (e.g. Kafka, SQS, Kineses) and different data serialization (e.g. json, protobuf, avro)
• Advanced SQL skills

Please consider applying even if you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications. Research shows you can still be considered for a position if you meet some of the requirements. At MyFitnessPal, we’re building a fitness product for everyone and believe our team should reflect that. We encourage people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives to apply.