About Foursquare Foursquare is the leading independent location technology and data cloud platform, dedicated to building meaningful bridges between digital spaces and physical places. Our proprietary technology unlocks the most accurate, trustworthy location data in the world, empowering businesses to answer key questions, uncover hidden insights, improve customer experiences, and achieve better business outcomes.
A pioneer of the geo-location space, Foursquare's location tech stack is being utilized by our mobile apps CityGuide and Swarm, as well as the world's largest enterprises and most recognizable brands, like Amazon, Microsoft, Samsung, Spotify, Uber, Airbnb and others.Foursquare's flexible building blocks include technology to maximize marketing impact and drive incremental real-world engagement (Attribution, Audience, Proximity, SDK); data to deeply understand points of interest and real-world behavior patterns (Places and Visits), and tools to conduct advanced analysis, data enrichment, unification and visualization (Studio).About the PositionFoursquare is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team.
While we would prefer candidates based in or around our office hubs in New York City, Chicago, Seattle, or San Francisco, we're also open to considering remote applicants for this role.About the teamFoursquare's Location Platform Data Backend engineering team manages data ETL processes for several key FSQ products. We work with many other groups including product, data services, and client success.
Our team develops and manages our Attribution, Targeting, OCF products, as well as new products that are yet to be released. We pride ourselves on our customer focus and the ability to continually deliver value to our users. About the roleThis role requires a deep background in distributed systems to build the core data pipelines and products.
We want you to be ready to drive team innovation and be eager to learn new skills on a cutting edge platform. The team uses a variety of tools, technologies, and languages to build software like Delta Lake, Hadoop, Kinetica, Solr, Spark, Kafka, Python, Java, Ruby, Scala, Airflow, Luigi, EMR, Databricks, etc.In this role, you'll Develop and maintain Foursquare's data backend for our location platform productsCollaborate with Product, Data Science, and Customer Success teams to design, implement, and maintain large scale data productsMentor other engineers on the teamContribute to and participate in our culture of collaboration and excellenceWhat you'll need5+ years of software engineering3+ years of experience with database systems Professional experience in at least one of Scala, Python, JavaExperience with SQLExperience building applications on top of a large-scale data warehouseExpert knowledge of Big Data and AWS concepts (Lambda, S3, EC2, EMR, Spark)Experience working in a fast-paced programming environment with hands-on experience in continuous deployment and agile methodologiesA plus if you have analytical skills, a passion for extracting insights from immense amount of dataAnother plus if you have experience with DockerizationPlus if you have experience with AirflowExperience building and supporting data systems used by other Engineering teamsYour own unique talents! If you don't meet 100% of the qualifications outlined above, we encourage and welcome you to still apply!Benefits and PerksFlexible PTO - rest and recharge when you need it!Industry Leading Healthcare - comprehensive and competitive health, vision, dental, life insuranceSavings and Investments - 401(k) with company matchEquipment Setup - you will receive all necessary hardware for your job functionProfessional Development - annual learning stipend for your career development goalsFamily Planning and Fertility Programs - programs via Carrot Employee Resource Groups - to help you stay connectedHybrid Work Schedule for in-person collaboration on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays beginning April 1, 2024.
For roles considered remote, this will not apply.At Foursquare, we are committed to providing competitive pay and benefits that are in line with industry and market standards. Actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate including but not limited to skill set, years & depth of experience, and specific office location.
The annual total cash compensation range is $124,000 - $204,250, howeveractual salaries can vary based on a candidate's qualifications, skills and competencies, as well as location. Salary is just one component of Foursquare's total compensation package, which includes restricted stock units, multiple health insurance options, and a wide range of benefits!Things to know Foursquare is proud to foster an inclusive environment that is free from discrimination. We strongly believe in order to build the best products, we need a diversity of perspectives and backgrounds.
This leads to a more delightful experience for our users and team members. We value listening to every voice and we encourage everyone to come be a part of building a company and products we love.Foursquare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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