Senior Data Engineer - GoPuff

Job Title: Senior Data Engineer
Job Location: Philadelphia, PA
Job Listing URL: https://jobs.lever.co/gopuff/b5754303-6dea-4053-a3ce-a0bf8cb06f80
Job Description: At Gopuff, data sits at the heart of our strategy. We are reimagining how people purchase everyday essentials, from snacks to household goods to alcohol, all delivered in minutes. To fuel this mission, we are seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and scale the data systems that power insights, experimentation, and operational excellence across the company.

As a Senior Data Engineer, you will play a critical role in shaping Gopuff’s modern data platform. You’ll architect reliable pipelines, create insights ready data products, and collaborate closely with analytics, product, and engineering teams to ensure data is trustworthy, discoverable, and ready for action. This is a highly technical, hands-on role for an engineer who wants to solve complex data problems at scale and directly influence business outcomes.
Responsibilities
Design, build, and maintain scalable batch and real-time data pipelines that power analytics, experimentation, and machine learning
Contribute to the architecture and maintenance of the Data Platform, ensuring systems are performant, cost-efficient and scalable
Partner cross-functionally with analytics, product, engineering and operations to deliver high-quality data solutions that drive measurable business impact
Develop and maintain curated, well-modeled datasets that serve as trusted sources of truth across the organization
Champion data quality, reliability, and observability by implementing best practices in testing, monitoring, lineage, and incident response
Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team standards, patterns, and best practices
Drive improvements to infrastructure, developer workflows, CI/CD, and data platform tooling
Preferred Qualifications
6+ years of experience in data engineering or software engineering with a strong focus on data platform development
Proven experience building and scaling modern data platforms and delivering high-impact data solutions
Strong communication skills and the ability to work closely with technical and non-technical partners
Passion for building reliable, accessible, and high-quality data products
Technical Expertise
Strong proficiency in Python and SQL
Experience with modern cloud data warehouses and lakes (e.g., Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks)
Experience building batch pipelines using DAG-based orchestrators (e.g., Dagster, Airflow)
Experience with event-driven architectures using Kafka, Kinesis, or Event Hubs
Experience developing real-time or streaming pipelines using Apache Beam, Flink, or Spark Streaming
Experience deploying applications and services to Kubernetes and using tools such as ArgoCD, Helm or Istio
Experience implementing DevOps concepts within data workflows (CI/CD, observability, monitoring, lineage)
Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g., Terraform)
Compensation
Gopuff pays employees based on market pricing and pay may vary depending on your location. The salary range below reflects what we’d reasonably expect to pay candidates. A candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, interview performance, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future. Exceptions may be made for exceptional individuals. For additional information on this role’s compensation package, please reach out to the designated recruiter for this role.
This role is eligible for a discretionary annual cash bonus and participation in Gopuff’s equity incentive plan.
Hybrid Base Salary Range: $175,000 - $195,000
Remote Base Salary Range: $155,000 - $175,000
Benefits Overview
Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
HSA or FSA eligibility
Long and Short-Term Disability Insurance
Mental Health Benefits
Fitness Reimbursement Program
25% employee discount & FAM Membership
Flexible PTO
Group Life Insurance
EAP through AllOne Health (formerly Carebridge)