Senior Data Engineer, Datacraft team

Are you a seasoned Data Engineer eager to tackle complex challenges and shape the future of personalization at a global scale? Imagine building the critical data foundations for an agentic platform that empowers businesses worldwide to revolutionize their customer journeys. Here at Bloomreach, our Datacraft team is at the heart of this innovation, crafting the robust, high-performance data systems that drive our cutting-edge AI. We are seeking a Senior Data Engineer, someone deeply passionate about data craftsmanship and architectural excellence, to join us and play a pivotal part in bringing autonomous search, conversational shopping, and intelligent marketing to life for our diverse clientele.

Overview

Bloomreach stands at the forefront of digital experience, developing the world's premier agentic platform for personalization. We are transforming how businesses connect with their customers by deploying powerful AI agents across the entire customer journey. Our work makes autonomous search a mainstream reality, creating more intuitive product discovery. We also bring conversational shopping to life, offering tailored guidance on demand. And for marketers, we are designing the future of autonomous marketing, freeing them for strategic, creative work. All of this innovation is powered by our single AI engine, Loomi, ensuring consistent, autonomous personalization. Businesses across retail, financial services, hospitality, and gaming rely on Bloomreach to achieve higher growth and lasting loyalty, serving over 1,400 global brands including American Eagle, Sonepar, and Pandora. This pivotal role on our Datacraft team is a fully remote, worldwide opportunity, allowing you to contribute from wherever you thrive best.

Key Responsibilities

Your contributions will span several key areas as you work to strengthen our data infrastructure:

Design, build, and maintain scalable, efficient, and reliable data pipelines using modern data engineering practices.
Develop and optimize ETL/ELT processes for ingesting, transforming, and loading large datasets from various sources.
Ensure data quality, integrity, and security across all data systems, implementing robust monitoring and alerting.
Collaborate closely with product managers, data scientists, and other engineering teams to understand data requirements and deliver robust, data driven solutions.
Architect and optimize data warehousing solutions, implementing best practices for data storage, retrieval, and governance.
Mentor junior engineers, providing technical guidance and fostering a culture of continuous learning and growth within the team.
Proactively identify and address performance bottlenecks and architectural challenges within our evolving data ecosystem.
Evaluate and integrate new data technologies and tools to enhance our platform's capabilities and efficiency.

Requirements

We are looking for a candidate with a strong blend of technical expertise and collaborative spirit:

5+ years of professional experience in data engineering or a related field, with a focus on building large-scale data systems.
Proficiency in at least one programming language commonly used for data manipulation and pipeline development (e.g., Python, Scala, Java).
Extensive experience with SQL and deep understanding of relational and NoSQL databases.
Demonstrated experience with distributed data processing frameworks (e.g., Apache Spark, Flink, Hadoop).
Hands-on experience with cloud data platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) and their respective data services.
Strong understanding of data warehousing concepts, data modeling, and schema design.
Experience with orchestration tools like Airflow, Dagster, or similar.
Excellent problem-solving skills and a strong analytical mindset.
Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly and effectively to diverse audiences.
A proactive approach to identifying opportunities for improvement and driving projects to completion.

What You'll Gain

Joining Bloomreach means becoming part of an innovative company where your work truly makes an impact:

The opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI and agentic platforms that are redefining personalization.
A highly collaborative and supportive remote work environment with a global team.
Significant professional growth potential, tackling complex challenges and learning new technologies.
Ownership over critical data infrastructure that powers leading global brands.
Competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and a culture that values work life balance.
The chance to contribute to a product that is genuinely revolutionizing how businesses interact with their customers.