Data Engineer

Full Time Role at EssentiallySports for Data Growth EngineerEssentiallySports is the home for the underserved fan, delivering storytelling that goes beyond the headlines.
As a media platform, we combine deep audience insights with cultural trends, to meet fandom where it lives and where it goes next.ValuesFocus on the user and all else will followHire for Intent and not for ExperienceBootstrapping gives you the freedom to serve the customer and the team instead of investorInternet and Technology untap the nichesAction oriented, integrity, freedom, strong communicators, and responsibilityAll things equal, one with high agency winsEssentiallySports is a top 10 sports media platform in the U.S., generating over a billion pageviews a year and 30m+ monthly active users per month. This massive traffic fuels our data-driven culture, allowing us to build owned audiences at scale through organic growth—a model we take pride in, with zero CAC.The next phase of ES growth is around newsletter initiative, in less than 9 months, we’ve built a robust newsletter brand with 700,000+ highly engaged readers and impressive performance metrics:5 newsletter brands700k+ subscribersOpen rates of 40%-46%.The role is for a data engineer with growth and business acumen, in the “permissionless growth” team. Someone who can connect the pipelines of millions of users, but at the same time knit a story of the how and why. ResponsibilitiesOwning Data Pipeline from Web to Athena to Email, end-to-endYou’ll make the key decisions and see them through to successful user sign upUse Data Science to find real insights, which translates to user engagementPushing changes every week dayPersonalization at Scale: Leverage fan behavior data to tailor content and improve lifetime value.Who are you?2+ years of professional data engineering experienceSomeone who spends time thinking about business insights as much as they do on engineeringIs a self-starter, and drives initiativesIs excited to pick up AI, and integrate it at various touch pointsYou have strong experience in data analysis, growth marketing, or audience development (media or newsletters? Even better).Have an awareness about Athena, Glue, Jupyter, or intent to pick them upYou’re comfortable working with tools like Google Analytics, SQL, email marketing platforms (Beehiiv is a plus), and data visualization tools.Collaborative and want to see the team succeed in its goalsProblem solving, proactive and solution oriented mindset, to spot opportunities and translate into real growthAbility to thrive in startups with a fast-paced environment and take ownership for working through ambiguityExcited to join a lean team in a big company that moves quickly