Senior Data Engineer
Tatari
Los Angeles, CA · Posted July 23, 2026
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About the job
Tatari is on a mission to revolutionize TV advertising. Founded in 2016 to help transform the antiquated world of TV advertising through the intelligent application of AI and machine learning, Tatari helps some of the world’s fastest growing brands including Chime, Calm, Tecovas, Manscaped, Saatva, and Liquid I.V ., reach their customers using linear and streaming TV ads. Our platform combines sophisticated media buying with proprietary analytics to turn TV advertising into an automated, digital-like experience, enabling businesses of any size to advertise on TV.
That approach has earned Tatari broad industry recognition, including being named Best CTV AdTech Platform in the 8th annual MarTech Breakthrough Awards , as well as honors from Digiday ( Best Connected TV Platform) , AdExchanger ( Most Innovative TV Advertising Technology ), and Business Insider ( Hottest AdTech Companies) . Tatari has also been recognized as the Best Place to Work by Inc. Magazine . Backed by an executive team of former founders and senior leaders from companies including Shazam, TrueCar, AdapTV, LiveRail, Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Yahoo, Tatari continues to scale rapidly as TV advertising enters its next major era.
As a Senior Data Engineer in our Reporting and Measure pillar, you will design, build and own the large-scale data pipelines that turn high-volume raw data into curated, production-grade datasets powering Tatari’s reporting and measurement products. You will be responsible for taking data products from requirements through tech spec, implementation, validation and production rollout—partnering closely with data science on methodology, backend and frontend engineers on serving layers, and product on requirements. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in building and operating ETL pipelines at scale, a strong data quality and validation mindset, and a proven track record of owning datasets end-to-end in a cross-functional environment.
Your skills and experience:
5+ years of dedicated experience designing, building and operating production ETL pipelines at scale
Strong programming skills in Python (or a similar language) and SQL; deep hands-on experience with Spark/PySpark. We use Databricks and Delta Lake here
Experience with workflow orchestration tools such as Airflow, including DAG design, backfills and failure recovery
Strong data modeling skills for analytics - curated/gold-layer datasets, schema design, partitioning and data contracts consumed by downstream services
Ongoing interest in agentic developer workflows: testing agent harnesses, building them, agent loop engineering, and similar emerging paradigms. You enjoy learning how they're reshaping the way software gets built.
A rigorous approach to data quality: validation, reconciliation and methodology comparison as part of shipping any dataset
Experience debugging distributed data systems - performance tuning, memory issues, and optimizations
Strong written communication and cross-functional collaboration skills, from tech specs to incident writeups
Bonus points if you have experience with OLAP stores (e.g., ClickHouse)
Benefits
Total compensation ($170,000-200,000/Annually)
Equity compensation
Health insurance coverage for you and your dependents
401K, FSA, and commuter benefits
$150 monthly spending account
$1,000 annual continued education benefit
$500 Newbie Productivity Perk
Unlimited PTO and sick days
Monthly Company Wellness Day Off
Snacks, drinks, and catered lunches at the office
Team building events
Hybrid RTO of 2 days per week in office
At Tatari, we believe in the importance of cultivating teams with diverse backgrounds and offering equal opportunities to all. We strive to create a welcoming, inclusive environment where every team member feels valued and diversity is celebrated.
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