DreamWorks Animation · 13 hours ago
Senior Data Engineer, Data Platform Operations
30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NEW YORK
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$140K/yr - $180K/yr
5+ years expNBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. They are seeking a Senior Data Engineer to lead the Engineering & Automation pillar, focusing on designing and implementing scalable data architectures and driving automation through AI agents and self-service tooling.
AnimationFilmMedia and Entertainment
Responsibilities
Architecture Leadership: Define partner onboarding and clean room architecture patterns across Snowflake, LiveRamp, and Databricks that are secure, scalable, and repeatable
Infrastructure Setup & Library Deployment: Configure and manage partner-specific clean room environments; deploy and manage Python-based libraries within the platform ecosystem
MLOps Integration: Establish and maintain MLOps practices, including model serving, monitoring, and pipeline orchestration for AI/ML features deployed within the platform ecosystem
Security & RBAC: Own design and enforcement of granular RBAC policies and least-privilege service accounts
Partner Onboarding: Serve as the technical lead for onboarding new partners, implementing privacy-preserving controls (e.g., aggregation thresholds and anonymization techniques)
Pipeline & Data Product Ownership: Design, build, and operate scalable ELT pipelines using Snowpark and/or PySpark and advanced SQL to provision Gold datasets
Identity Resolution: Implement and evolve identity resolution logic mapping internal data to 3P identifiers (including LUIDs, RampIDs, TransUnion IDs), ensuring privacy-safe practices
Scalable Architecture: Design and operate scalable data architectures across Snowflake and Databricks supporting batch and near real-time processing patterns
Data Quality by Design: Build robust automated checks (e.g., Great Expectations or custom SQL assertions) and define quality standards to detect schema drift, null rate spikes, and volume anomalies
FinOps & Operational Excellence: Lead performance optimization across platforms (query tuning, caching, incremental processing) and define and implement query tagging and chargeback models for accurate cost attribution
Operational Maturity: Establish monitoring, alerting, runbooks, and standard operating procedures to improve platform reliability and reduce incident time-to-resolution
Testing & Validation: Validate that output data adheres to privacy and business requirements, and define test strategies for partner-facing releases
Technical Escalation: Serve as the escalation point for diagnosing connection failures, data discrepancies, or latency issues with partner technical teams
Agentic Workflows & Platform Enablement: Design and build internal AI agents (using frameworks like LangChain, Snowflake Cortex) and mentor other engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and operational best practices
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering
5+ years of Data Engineering experience, with deep proficiency in advanced SQL and Python
3+ years of hands-on experience with cloud data platforms, specifically Snowflake or Databricks
Proven experience building and operating scalable ELT pipelines using orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow, dbt)
Strong track record designing production-grade systems (observability, reliability, performance tuning, incident response)
Exposure to Data Clean Room concepts and Clean Room platforms like LiveRamp, Snowflake or Databricks
Experience building applications with LLMs, RAG, Vector Databases, or frameworks like LangChain/LlamaIndex
Ability to mentor other engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and operational best practices
Preferred
SnowPro Core Certification OR Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate
SnowPro Advanced: Data Engineer OR Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional
Benefits
Medical, dental and vision insurance
401(k)
Paid leave
Tuition reimbursement
A variety of other discounts and perks
Company
DreamWorks Animation
DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. engages in the development, production, and exploitation of animated films and associated characters
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$15M2016-04-28Acquired
2015-02-12Post Ipo Equity· $15M
2004-10-28IPO
Leadership Team
Kate Swanborg
SVP, Technology Communications and Strategic Alliances
Shabrayia Cleaver
Associate Producer / Producer (Feature/Short)
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