Senior Data Engineer

About Us

BrightEdge is a leading enterprise SEO and content performance platform trusted by over 1,500 global brands including Microsoft, Adobe, and Marriott.

What makes BrightEdge special is our innovative technology that transforms complex search data into actionable insights. We're not just another martech company – we literally pioneered the SEO platform category and continue to lead with AI-powered solutions.

Working with us means joining a team that's solving fascinating technical and business challenges at scale. You'll be directly impacting how major brands connect with their audiences online.

We're looking for a talented Big Data Engineer to join our Professional Services team to help us scale and optimize our data processing capabilities.

Role Overview

As a Big Data Engineer at BrightEdge, you will design, build, and maintain high-performance data pipelines that process terabytes of data. You'll work on optimizing our existing systems, identifying and resolving performance bottlenecks, and implementing solutions that improve the overall efficiency of our platform. This role is critical in ensuring our data infrastructure can handle increasing volumes of data while maintaining exceptional performance standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable batch processing systems using Python and big data technologies
• Optimize database performance, focusing on slow-running queries and latency improvements
• Use Python profilers and performance monitoring tools to identify bottlenecks
• Reduce P95 and P99 latency metrics across our data platform
• Build efficient ETL pipelines that can handle large-scale data processing
• Collaborate with data scientists and product teams to understand data requirements
• Monitor and troubleshoot data pipeline issues in production
• Implement data quality checks and validation mechanisms
• Document data architecture and engineering processes
• Stay current with emerging big data technologies and best practices

Qualifications

Required

Preferred

Skills and Abilities