Job Title: Sr. Data Platform Engineer
Who We Are:
Headquartered in New York City, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is a leading developer, publisher, and marketer of interactive entertainment for consumers around the globe. The Company develops and publishes products principally through Rockstar Games, 2K, Private Division, and Zynga. Our products are currently designed for console gaming systems, PC, and Mobile, including smartphones and tablets, and are delivered through physical retail, digital download, online platforms, and cloud streaming services. The Company’s common stock is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol TTWO.
While our offices (physical and virtual) are casual and inviting, we are deeply committed to our core tenets of creativity, innovation and efficiency, and individual and team development opportunities. Our industry and business are continually evolving and fast-paced, providing numerous opportunities to learn and hone your skills. We work hard, but we also like to have fun, and believe that we provide a great place to come to work each day to pursue your passions.
The Challenge
The Marketing Technology team works alongside the Labels (2K, Private Division, Rockstar Games, Social Point) Marketing, Community and PR teams, managing and supporting the underlying technology stack used for Paid, Owned and Earned Marketing activity.
As a Senior Data Platform Engineer (SDPE), you will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of our data infrastructure. You will play a key role in maintaining systems that support the processing, storage, and retrieval of large data volumes. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in data engineering and cloud technologies, along with a commitment to continuous improvement, aiming to keep the data platform both reliable and scalable.
Your role will involve designing and enforcing best practices to ensure the accuracy, consistency, and reliability of our data. In the area of monitoring and alerting, you will be the driving force behind creating dynamic and responsive mechanisms. This involves designing and implementing data-driven monitoring solutions that provide real-time insights into the health and performance of our data infrastructure.
The role demands the capability to work independently while overseeing engineers within the same time zone, the expectation is that you can independently handle the daily tasks associated with your responsibilities while keeping your manager well-informed.
What You’ll Take On
- Lead the collaboration with data engineers to design and implement scalable and reliable data infrastructure.
- Ensure the effective integration of data storage, processing, and retrieval components.
- Design and implement fault-tolerant systems to ensure high availability and reliability of data services.
- Implement automation scripts and tools to streamline data operations and infrastructure management.
- Develop and improve the current data architecture, monitoring and data availability.
- Develop a data quality framework to ensure delivery of high-quality data and analyses to stakeholders.
- Overall responsibility for maintenance of enterprise wide data dictionaries.
- Proficiency in working autonomously, leveraging a global support team when needed.
What You Bring
- Extensive expertise in data engineering principles, advanced data processing, and modern storage technologies.
- Mastery of programming languages, particularly Python, and advanced scripting skills (e.g., Bash).
- Demonstrated experience in architecting and maintaining data pipelines on AWS infrastructure.
- Proficient with monitoring and analytics tools such as Datadog, Elasticsearch, and Grafana.
- Proven track record of developing automation and deployment scripts to enhance data operations and infrastructure management.
- Familiarity with streaming data architecture.
- Advanced proficiency in managing diverse data storage systems, including relational
- databases, NoSQL databases, and data lakes.
- Skilled in testing and monitoring data for anomalies, with a strong ability to
- troubleshoot and resolve issues.
- Significant experience working in a global environment, overseeing engineers,
- collaborating with cross-functional teams, and effectively reporting to managers in different time zones.
Desired Tech Stack:
- AWS
- Python
- Presto & Hive SQL
- Terraform
- Apache Kafka, Spark, Flink
- Datadog
- Airflow
- Git
Great to Have:
- Developing solutions using Docker
- Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Drone, Jenkins, Github Actions)
- Experience with CDPs or DMPs
- GDPR / CCPA compliance experience
- Familiarity with Marketing Technologies
- Experience working in an agile environment.
- Previous gaming industry experience
What We Offer You:
- Great Company Culture. We pride ourselves as being one of the most creative and innovative places to work, creativity, innovation, efficiency, diversity and philanthropy are among the core tenets of our organization and are integral drivers of our continued success.
- Growth: As a global entertainment company, we pride ourselves on creating environments where employees are encouraged to be themselves, inquisitive, collaborative and to grow within and around the company.
- Work Hard, Enjoy Life. Our employees’ bond, blow-off steam, and flex some creative muscles – through our Office gaming spaces, company parties, game release events, monthly socials, and team challenges.
- Benefits. Benefits include, but are not limited to; Discretionary bonus, Provident fund contributions, 1+5 medical insurance + top up options and access to Practo online Doctor consultation App, Employee assistance program, 3X CTC Life Assurance, 3X CTC Personal accident insurance, childcare services, 20 days holiday + statutory holidays,
- Perks. Gym reimbursement up to INR1150 per month, charitable giving program, access to learning platforms, gaming events.
Please be aware that Take-Two does not conduct job interviews or make job offers over third-party messaging apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp, or others. Take-Two also does not engage in any financial exchanges during the recruitment or onboarding process, and the Company will never ask a candidate for their personal or financial information over an app or other unofficial chat channel. Any attempt to do so may be the result of a scam or phishing exercise. Take-Two’s in-house recruitment team will only contact individuals through their official Company email addresses (i.e., via a take2games.com email domain). If you need to report an issue or otherwise have questions, please contact [email protected].*
As an equal opportunity employer, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (“Take-Two”) is committed to fostering and celebrating the diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds of its talent, partners, and communities throughout its organization. Consistent with this commitment, Take-Two does not discriminate or retaliate against any employee or job applicant because of their race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, and genetic information (including family medical history), or on the basis of any other trait protected by applicable law. If you need to report a concern or have questions regarding Take-Two’s equal opportunity commitment, please contact [email protected].
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What We Do
Headquartered in New York City, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is a leading developer, publisher, and marketer of interactive entertainment for consumers around the globe. We develop and publish products principally through Rockstar Games, 2K, Private Division, and T2 Mobile Games. Our products are designed for console systems and personal computers, including smartphones and tablets, and are delivered through physical retail, digital download, online platforms, and cloud streaming services.
Why Work With Us
We're proud of what we do and the people that create our culture. We work hard to foster an inclusive and dynamic work environment, which supports employees' professional development. The diverse teams that make up our company are what drive our ideas and creativity, and make us a leader in the interactive entertainment industry.
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