Job Summary:
Redfin is revolutionizing the real estate industry using data and innovative design. The role involves designing, developing, and operating data pipelines and services to support the company's data ecosystem, with a focus on scalability and reliability.
Responsibilities:
• Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines that ingest, process, and organize large datasets (such as listings, clickstream, and external data sources) into Redfin’s data lake and analytics platforms.
• Develop and operate distributed data processing applications using technologies such as Spark, Python/Java, and workflow orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow/Windfarm) that power machine learning, product features, and analytics.
• Take ownership of data pipelines and platform services, ensuring reliability, performance, and data quality across Redfin’s data ecosystem.
• Lead the development and modernization of data pipelines by migrating legacy systems to Redfin’s lakehouse architecture and standardized platform frameworks.
• Collaborate with engineers, data scientists, and product teams to design and deliver datasets and data services that enable new product capabilities and machine learning models.
Qualifications:
Required:
• 3–5 years of experience building software systems, data pipelines, or backend services in production environments.
• Experience developing large-scale applications backed by relational and non-relational databases.
• Experience working with distributed data processing technologies such as Spark, Kafka, or similar systems.
• Comfortable designing and implementing data pipelines and services that operate reliably at scale.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with engineers, data scientists, and product teams to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions.
• Care deeply about data quality, system reliability, and building maintainable systems that other engineers can easily use and extend.
• Curious and proactive about learning new technologies and continuously improving Redfin’s data platform and engineering practices.
Company:
Redfin is a technology-driven residential real estate brokerage with the country’s most-visited real estate brokerage website. It is a sub-organization of Rocket Companies. Founded in 2004, the company is headquartered in Seattle, USA, with a team of 1001-5000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.