As a Staff Data Engineer at Character.AI, you'll work on diverse initiatives spanning data engineering and data science to enhance product growth through analytical excellence.  You'll collaborate with Data Platform and Data Science teams to optimize warehouse design and performance, evolve critical product analytics systems, expand product data use cases, and foster a world-class data culture.  Key responsibilities include designing, implementing, and maintaining a robust data warehousing design for reliable reporting and data exploration; owning the core company data pipeline to scale data processing; evolving data models based on business needs; implementing data quality tracking systems; and improving pipeline performance and reliability.  The role requires strong experience in data warehousing, big data technologies, and data modeling, with a focus on enabling product team insights and scaling event telemetry systems.

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<div class="_descriptionText_4fqrp_201">Responsibilities:As Staff Data Engineer, you will work on a diverse set of initiatives spanning the data engineering and data science domains to help Character grow its product through analytical excellence.&nbsp;You will partner with our Data Platform and Data Science teams to optimize warehouse design and performance, evolve critical product analytics systems, enable and expand use cases of product data and help develop a world-class data culture. Your initial focus will be on these key areas:<ol style="min-height:1.5em"><li>Enable product team insights: Design, implement, and maintain a robust data warehousing design for consistent and reliable reporting and ease of data exploration as we continue to better understand our users</li><li>Own the core company data pipeline, responsible for scaling up data processing flow to meet the rapid data growth at Character</li><li>Evolve data model and data schema based on business and engineering needs, help character adopt best practices</li><li>Implement and adopt systems tracking data quality and consistency, improve pipeline performance and reliability&nbsp;</li></ol>Requirements:<ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li>5+ years experience in data engineering, preferred within a consumer-facing technology company (chat, social media, or UGC)</li><li>Experience building data warehousing and pipelines with BigQuery, Spark, DBT and Airflow</li><li>Experience with processing and transforming unstructured data sources.</li><li>Experience modeling and scaling event telemetry systems for analytical use-cases</li><li>Experience implementing and supporting product experimentation data platforms</li><li>Proven track record of cross-functional execution and collaboration</li><li>Strong Python and SQL experienceLocations: </li><li>NYC Preferred, SF Bay Area OK</li></ul><h2>About Character.AI</h2><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://Character.AI">Character.AI</a> empowers people to connect, learn and tell stories through interactive entertainment. Over 20 million people visit <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://Character.AI">Character.AI</a> every month, using our technology to supercharge their creativity and imagination. Our platform lets users engage with tens of millions of characters, enjoy unlimited conversations, and embark on infinite adventures. In just two years, we achieved unicorn status and were honored as Google Play's AI App of the Year—a testament to our innovative technology and visionary approach. Join us and be a part of establishing this new entertainment paradigm while shaping the future of Consumer AI! At Character, we value diversity and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. As an equal opportunity employer, we firmly uphold a non-discrimination policy based on race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, or disability. Your unique perspectives are vital to our success.Compensation Range: $150K - $250K</div>