Stardust is hiring a

Web3 Sr. Data Engineer

Stardust is powering the Metaverse, an interconnected world of blockchain and NFT enabled games.

We're building the future of gaming - and we don't say that lightly. Think of us as the foundation for Metaverse economies connecting games, finance, the future of work, fashion and more. The infrastructure for Ready Player One if you will. We're developing backend technology to power new gamer-first economies.

As a SaaS, blockchain agnostic, platform – we offer a seamless “low code” integration of NFTs for game studios; and looking for players who think big, build bigger, and want to turn crazy ideas into reality.

Are you ready to play?

ROLE

Stardust seeks a senior data engineer to own, build and manage our databases

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design/develop/manage/optimize our data infrastructure including the API backend Postgres database
• Suggest, plan and rollout migrations of data between databases as to reduce costs and increase scalability
• Implement an ETL pipeline from API actions to a Snowflake database
• Mentor and train other team members on best practices and approaching large ambiguous problems
• Work alongside analytics team to ensure they have the data they need

QUALIFICATIONS

• 6+ years of industry experience working in big data systems
• Expert knowledge of TypeScript and/or Node.js (or equivalent server side language)
• Expert knowledge of Postgres (AWS Aurora preferred)
• Expert knowledge of Redis (AWS Elasticache)
• Expert knowledge of one major NoSQL database (Couchbase, Mongo, Cassandra, etc)
• Experience in implementing ETL pipelines
• Experience in planning and executing zero downtime migrations of live systems
• An ability to write high-quality, well-tested code
• Ability to effectively articulate technical challenges and solutions
• Deal well with ambiguous/undefined problems; ability to think abstractly
• Ability to synthesize requirements underlying feature requests, recommend alternative technical and business approaches, and facilitate engineering efforts to meet aggressive timelines

BONUS POINTS

• AWS Lambda experience
• AWS Kinesis experience
• Passion for blockchain
• Passion for games
• Worked at a startup before

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