Position Details

Type Not Specified

Experience mid

Exp. Years Not specified

Education Degree or equivalent experience in a software engineering discipline

Category System Administration

About this role

Klaviyo is hiring a Software Engineer II, Data Automation to design, build, and maintain tooling that provisions and tests analytics infrastructure at massive scale on AWS.

Key Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain systems that help operate analytics infrastructure across teams
Collaborate with Data Platform engineers to power core Klaviyo functionality
Write high-quality code and operate large-scale systems in production
Work with cross-functional teams to design scalable data systems
Operate and optimize distributed data processing pipelines

Technical Overview

Role focuses on building data automation tooling using a stack including AWS, Python, Terraform, Kubernetes, and various data stores/processing systems (Clickhouse, DynamoDB, MySQL, Kafka, Spark, Flink, Iceberg, Airflow).

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a mid-level software engineer with strong experience in distributed data systems on AWS, including Python, Terraform, and Kubernetes, who can build and operate large-scale data tooling.

Must-Have Skills

Degree or equivalent experience in a software engineering disciplineProficient in at least one modern programming languageAble to communicate wellAble to work with others on a teamAble to learn continuously and adapt

Nice-to-Have Skills

Experience designingbuildingand operating distributed systems in a cloud computing environmentExperience provisioning infrastructure using TerraformPerformance tuning and scalingOLTP/OLAP experienceHigh-volume data processing

Tools & Platforms

Amazon Web ServicesPythonTerraformKubernetesClickhouseDynamoDBMySQLApache KafkaApache SparkAirflow

Required Skills

Degree or equivalent experience in software engineeringAWSPythonTerraformKubernetesClickhouseDynamoDBMySQLApache KafkaApache SparkApache FlinkIcebergAirflowLinuxdistributed systemscloud computinginfrastructure as codeOLTPOLAPdata platform

Hard Skills

AWSAmazon Web ServicesPythonTerraformKubernetesClickhouseDynamoDBMySQLApache KafkaApache SparkApache FlinkIcebergAirflowLinuxDistributed systemsCloud computingInfrastructure as CodeOLTPOLAPData Platform

Soft Skills

Strong communicationTeam collaborationProblem solvingContinuous learning

Industry & Role

Industry SaaS

Job Function Develop data automation tooling and infrastructure for Klaviyo's analytics platform on AWS.

Role Subtype data automation engineer

Tech Domains Amazon Web Services, Python, Terraform, Kubernetes, Clickhouse, DynamoDB, MySQL, Apache Kafka, Apache Spark, Airflow

Keywords for Your Resume

Software Engineer IISoftware EngineerData AutomationKlaviyoAWSAmazon Web ServicesPythonTerraformKubernetesClickhouseDynamoDBMySQLApache KafkaApache SparkApache FlinkIcebergAirflowLinuxDistributed systemsCloud computingInfrastructure as CodeOLTPOLAPData Platform

Deal Breakers

Lack of hands-on AWS and distributed systems experience, Inability to work onsite in Boston

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