Zenly was created because we wanted an easy way to know what our friends were doing(e)Naturally we created an app - a map that lets you see your friends and what they’re up to.
Millions of people around the world have since made us realize that Zenly goes beyond letting you know what your friends are doing(e)It actually brings you to spend more time with the people who matter most and moves you a little closer to them even when you can’t.
We’re a small team of <60 passionate people determined to offer an alternative to products that were meant to connect us but only alienated us(e)An alternative that represents a true reflection of your world and those you care most about.
What's the role about?
One of Zenly’s backend key components is our Data Platform which allows us to:
- Support an analytics bus which handles versioning, processing, anonymising and storing data on our data lake
- Batch process data at scale but also ingest data from external sources
- Provide analytics as a service to plenty of stakeholders (customer facing features included)
Our current stack is made of the following technologies: gRPC / Protobuf / Go / Kafka / Scala / Parquet / GCS / BigQuery / Spark / Airflow / Amplitude.
We’re looking for a Senior Engineer to take the responsibility of the current Data Platform and build a team whose sole purpose will be to support our growth and achieve drastic performance improvements to our soft real time capabilities.
As a Data Platform Engineer you will take ownership of the existing assets and will work closely with the people who built them(e)You will have to act as a local product manager, a team leader and an architect on that perimeter but also a strong individual contributor who will assess / implement a significant part of the work to be done.
Your core challenge will be to handle x4 our current load in a year, x20 in two years.
What you'll do as a Data Platform Engineer:
- Assess the platform / tech stack which will support our future scale (Apache Beam / DataFlow for ex.)
- Scala/Spark migration of the whole analytics data ingestion pipeline
- Work on performance improvements on historical data computations, currently in days/weeks which should be achieved in hours
- Introduce Spark ML in soft real time for several features
What type of experience matters for the job:
- You have a track record of mastering data ingestion / data processing techniques
- You have a broad knowledge of the industry practices.
- You’re a continuous learner, you aim at building the most powerful data pipelines in the industry and already have extensive experience regarding the challenges of processing petabytes of data (production scars included)(e)
?What to expect:
- Have direct impact, in days, on the company growth
- Be part of a company with ethics, work alongside smart people
- Build a product that brings people closer to their friends and family
?Wait! there is more?
We take great pride in our spacious, fun and light-filled office in the Bastille area of Paris(e)We want to make everyone at Zenly as comfortable as possible, here’s an overview of what an offer at Zenly comes with:
• Compensation:
- Competitive compensation, including RSUs for every permanent employee (this means free Snap shares)
- Relocation and visa procedures support(e)We cover all expenses associated with the move and obtaining your visa (if applicable)(e)We’ll even help you find somewhere to call home in Paris
- Lots of vacation: between 30 and 35 paid days off not including bank holidays
- Allowance boost: in addition to your base salary, we offer a monthly international phone allowance (€95), a monthly well-being allowance (€75), and a monthly lunch allowance (€352)
- 100% reimbursement of your public transportation subscription
• Learning:
- Everything you need to grow in your role and accelerate your learning and development: from the millions of books in our office, to online courses, to coaching(e)The list is always growing and you can help shape it.
- Language classes (Japanese, French, and English)
• Health & Wellness:
- 100% coverage of your health insurance for you and your partner
- In addition to the best healthcare system in the world, we offer additional medical, dental and optical insurance for you and your family
- Weekly yoga and meditation classes (in the office or via Zoom)
- Parental leave: between 16 and 26 weeks for new parents (including adoption)
- Nursery/Day Care support(e)For a smooth transition upon returning to work after your parental leave, we’ve partnered with a nursery/day care organisation to ensure a spot for Zenly parents during the year
• Office:
- Rest and fun areas: chill zone, ping pong table, climbing wall, green atrium, LOTS of natural light
- Pet-friendly office ?
- Free drinks and snacks of all kinds (homemade pastry, bread, fruit, etc.) everyday :)
• Fun: regular drinks, and trips abroad every year with the whole team (French Alps, Sicily, Majorca, Marrakesh)
PS: We are more interested in your experiences, past and current projects than your résumé.
We’d rather hear about those and what you think you’ll bring to the team ?