Senior Data Engineer

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Goldcast (a Cvent company) is an AI-powered B2B Video Content Platform that enables marketers to put video content at the heart of the customer journey. We're building a browser-based, frame-accurate video editor that rivals desktop apps, using cutting-edge tech like WebCodecs, WASM, and Remotion.

Founded in mid-2020 at Harvard Business School, we have 400+ customers across tech, professional services, manufacturing, and finance to deliver engaging video content & digital events.

AI at Cvent: Leading the Future

Are you ready to shape the future of work at the intersection of human expertise and AI innovation At Cvent, we're committed to continuous learning and adaptation—AI isn't just a tool for us, it's part of our DNA. We're looking for candidates who are eager to evolve alongside technology. If you love to experiment boldly, share your discoveries, and help define best practices for AI-augmented work, you'll thrive here. Our team values professionals who thoughtfully integrate AI into their daily work, delivering exceptional results while relying on the human judgment and creativity that drive real innovation.

Throughout our interview process, you'll have the chance to demonstrate how you use AI to learn, iterate, and amplify your impact. If you're excited to be part of a team that's leading the way in AI-powered collaboration, we'd love to meet you.

Role Overview

As a senior data engineer you will specialise in building data pipelines from multiple data sources, creating and managing data models, building analytics for end user consumption. Work on optimising data ingestion, transformation, and storage workflows to meet scalability, reliability, and latency requirements.

We are looking for an individual with strong data engineering skillset who can lead the design, development, and optimization of enterprise-scale data pipelines and architectures to drive data-driven decision-making. Deep hands-on expertise in Snowflake implementation and a strong background in data modeling and use of ETL tools

What You'll Do

Design Data Pipeline :

• Design and implement high-performance data pipelines using ETL processes, batch/streaming frameworks
• Deep knowledge of snowflake and familiarity with tools like dbt for data transformation
• Work with AWS tech stack using kinesis, firehose, s3, lambda, spark, airflow, flink

ETL Tool:

• Develop and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines integrating events heartbeat data, video heartbeat data, backend events data and chats data
• Experience working with ingestion tools like segment, fivetran, hightouch, estuary and more

Analytics:

• Data Modeling in Thoughtspot, explo
• Knowledge of snowflake and star schema
• Working with materialised views

Engineering excellence and cross-org impact:

• Lead at least one engineering-wide initiative and continuously improve processes within and across teams.
• Partnering with multiple stakeholders across various vertical
• have good understanding of internals and fundamental concepts of databases including indexing, snowflake optimisation and cost management

What We Seek

• 8+ years in data engineering leading multiple initiatives
• Strong technical judgment in data engineering, etl, modeling and analytics
• Proven track record of delivering complex projects on time, improving team processes, and raising engineering quality bars
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management with Product and Design

Nice to Have

• Experience with AI/ML-enabled workflows using snowflake cortex
• Data Quality Framework, Governance and catalog
• Familiarity with experimentation and analytics stacks for iteration and measurement
• Operating experience in high-growth or startup environments leading multiple pods