About arenaflex

Welcome to arenaflex — a Fortune 50 industry leader and one of America's most beloved brands. At arenaflex, we believe in the power of technology to transform how we serve millions of customers across the nation. We're not just a retailer; we're a technology powerhouse that powers innovation behind the scenes, delivering exceptional experiences both online and in our stores.

arenaflex Technology Services is the driving force behind our commitment to cutting-edge innovation. We build and maintain the systems, tools, and infrastructure that enable our teams to deliver outstanding value to guests every single day. Our high-performing teams balance autonomy with collaboration, and we pride ourselves on being flexible, agile, and creative. We drive industry-leading innovations across every aspect of the business, ensuring that arenaflex operates smoothly, securely, and reliably from the back end to the front end.

Join us and become part of a team that's reshaping the future of retail through technology!

The Cyclone Team Opportunity

We're looking for a talented Senior Data Engineer to join our Cyclone Team — a dynamic multi-product engineering group within Roundel, arenaflex's Digital Media Marketing division. As a core data platform team, we focus on the curation and optimization of data assets used by our Marketing teams to deliver personalized campaigns to arenaflex's visitors across multiple channels including web, email, and social platforms.

This is an exciting opportunity to work on a critical piece of arenaflex's advertising technology infrastructure, where you'll be responsible for building and maintaining data pipelines that power campaign delivery and performance reporting for millions of daily impressions.

What You'll Do

As a Senior Data Engineer at arenaflex, you'll take a leadership role in designing, building, and maintaining our data infrastructure. You'll act as an expert within the engineering team, helping to shape application architecture and translate complex engineering concepts into concrete designs that impact system performance.

Key Responsibilities:

Technology Innovation: Apply and maintain knowledge of current and emerging technologies within your area of expertise. Evaluate new technologies and participate in decision-making processes, considering factors such as feasibility within arenaflex's technical environment, viability, and total cost of ownership.

Research & Development: Initiate and execute research and proof-of-concept activities for new technologies and approaches to data engineering.

Technical Leadership: In complex and unstructured situations, act as a subject matter expert to create and improve standards and best practices, ensuring high performance, scalable, repeatable, and secure deliverables.

Architecture & Design: Lead the design, lifecycle management, and total cost of responsibility for data pipelines and platform components. Lead code reviews, design reviews, testing, and debugging activities at the application level.

System Understanding: Lead functional design and architecture discussions with a deep understanding of process flows and system diagrams to enable informed design decisions.

Development & Automation: Participate in routine and non-routine development, automation, and deployment activities, ensuring successful execution while meeting design and operational requirements and best practices.

Mentorship: Provide technical oversight and mentor others to resolve complex and critical technical issues. Help junior engineers grow their skills and expertise.

Disaster Recovery: Lead disaster recovery activities and contribute to disaster recovery planning efforts to ensure business continuity.

Data Quality: Install and maintain data quality protocols throughout data acquisition, processing, storage, and operational use to ensure data integrity across the platform.

What We're Looking For

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

5+ years of experience in application and data pipeline development

5+ years of experience working with large volumes and variety of data in a production environment

5+ years of experience working with Big Data technologies such as Hadoop, Apache Spark, Spark Streaming, Oozie, and Hive

Proficiency in at least one of the following programming languages: Scala, Python, or Java

Proficiency in at least one of the following monitoring tools: Kibana or Grafana

Demonstrated ability to deliver high-performance, scalable, repeatable, and secure deliverables with broad impact (high throughput and low latency)

Strong ability to influence and apply high data standards, methods, and techniques

Experience writing and organizing code using multiple scripts, including distributed programming with understanding of various frameworks and principles

Solid foundational computer science knowledge including skills working with design patterns, data structures, and algorithms

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Strong analytical and troubleshooting abilities with understanding of the impact of own work on the team and colleagues

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience in performance tuning data pipelines and data platforms

Experience in automated testing and various testing frameworks (e.g., JUnit)

Experience integrating with REST APIs and cloud technologies (e.g., Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services)

Knowledge of streaming solutions (e.g., Kafka)

Exposure to containerization (e.g., Docker)

Exposure to DevOps tools, processes, and culture (e.g., Drone, Jenkins, Git)

Experience working with a source control tool (e.g., Git)

Familiarity with Agile concepts and methodologies

Why Join arenaflex?

At arenaflex, we know that our greatest asset is our people. That's why we invest heavily in our team members' wellbeing, growth, and success. When you join arenaflex, you become part of a culture that values innovation, collaboration, and diversity.

Competitive Compensation:

We offer a competitive salary range of $85,500.00 - $153,900.00 annually. Pay depends on several factors including market conditions, position, training, work experience, and certifications. We ensure that your compensation reflects your skills, experience, and contributions to our team.

Comprehensive Benefits:

We believe in taking care of the whole you — mind, body, and life. arenaflex offers qualified team members and their families comprehensive medical benefits and programs, which may include:

Medical, vision, and dental coverage

Life insurance and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) coverage

Short-term and long-term disability insurance

Paid sick leave

Paid public holidays

Paid vacation time

401(k) retirement plan with company match

Employee discount on arenaflex products

Wellness programs and resources

Education assistance and professional development opportunities

Find competitive benefits ranging from financial to educational to wellbeing and beyond at our careers website.

Career Growth & Development:

At arenaflex, your career journey doesn't stop when you join us. We offer numerous opportunities for professional growth, including:

Access to cutting-edge technologies and projects

Mentorship from industry experts

Continuous learning through training programs and certifications

Internal mobility and career advancement opportunities

Exposure to large-scale, high-impact projects that affect millions of customers

Work Environment & Culture

arenaflex embraces a flexible work environment. We offer remote and hybrid work options to suit your lifestyle while maintaining the collaboration and connection that comes from being part of a world-class team. Our culture emphasizes work-life balance, inclusivity, and innovation.

You'll work alongside talented professionals who are passionate about what they do. We encourage creativity, value diverse perspectives, and foster an environment where everyone can thrive. Our teams balance autonomy with collaboration, and we take pride in being adaptable, agile, and innovative.

Ready to Make an Impact?

If you're a passionate data engineer looking for an opportunity to work on challenging problems, build scalable systems, and make a real impact at one of America's leading companies, we want to hear from you!

Join arenaflex and be part of a team that's transforming retail through technology. Apply today and take the first step toward an exciting career with endless possibilities.

Apply now and become part of the arenaflex family!

Senior Data Engineer - Big Data Platform Development & Pipeline Engineering (Remote/Hybrid)