Senior Data Engineer

About Us

Join us on our mission to build the leading onchain trading super-app. By tightly linking alpha discovery with 1-click trading, we seek to empower crypto traders to better filter through the noise and act on validated alpha through social network embedded and mobile-first experiences. Think of Zap as the web3 trader-native social layer, backed by top tier investors such as Bain Crypto, Delphi Digital, and Jump Crypto.

Role

As a Data Engineer at Zap, you will work on a diverse range of projects, focusing on back-end technologies, data infrastructure, social graphs, data science, SQL queries, and real-time data feeds. Shipping features quickly and with minimal friction is a core belief at Zap. This role is ideal for highly driven individuals with experience in data infrastructure, SQL, and real-time data processing, who are comfortable wearing multiple hats when needed. Please note, that this role is fully in-person, candidates must be able to work from our office in Columbus, Ohio

Responsibilities

• Data Architecture Management: Design and manage data architecture, ensuring that data systems are scalable, efficient, and secure


• Social Graph Projects: Work on projects involving social network analysis and the construction of social graphs


• Data Pipeline Development: Build data pipelines from different data sources using various data types like API, CSV, JSON, etc


• Web Scraping: Develop and maintain scripts and tools for extracting data from websites

Requirements

Must Have

• Professional Experience: 3-7 years of data engineering experience in complex projects


• SQL and NoSQL Expertise: 3+ years of proficiency in SQL databases


• Communication Skills: Fluent in written and oral English

Nice-to-Haves

• Start-up Experience: Previous experience working in a start-up environment.


• Web Stack Knowledge: Familiarity with the entire web stack, including protocols and web server optimization techniques.


• Serverless Architectures: Experience building serverless backends.

Why Work with Us

• Competitive salary and equity/token compensation


• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and a brilliant team


• Health insurance coverage & wellness benefits


• Collaborative and inclusive work culture


• Exciting company events and team-building off-sites

To build a world-class crypto trading super-app platform that unifies the process of alpha discovery and empowers traders, we need to build a team with many different perspectives and experiences. We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply and always consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records by the Singapore Fair Consideration Framework.

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