Data Engineer, Sr

The Senior Data Engineer position on the News Corp Marketing Technologies team focuses on enabling CRM personalization for Realtor.com users across email, push, and SMS. The role designs and scales data pipelines and APIs, and connects internal platforms with external marketing systems to support targeted, measurable customer engagement.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop data pipelines and APIs that support CRM personalization and targeting.
• Build integrations between internal data platforms and external marketing systems, including Braze, Cordial, and Salesforce Marketing Cloud.
• Create data models for segmentation, audience activation, and campaign measurement.
• Collaborate with Data Engineering, Data Science, and CRM Operations to align data flow and architecture.
• Implement monitoring, alerting, and logging to maintain reliability for CRM pipelines.
• Improve automation to reduce manual workflows and support stronger campaign delivery performance.
• Maintain clear documentation for data flows, processes, and systems.
• Participate in code reviews, sprint planning, and architecture discussions.
• Mentor junior engineers and help drive technical best practices.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in data engineering, preferably in MarTech or CRM systems.
• Strong proficiency in Python and SQL.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Experience with Snowflake, Airflow, dbt, or similar data platforms.
• Hands-on experience with Kafka, AWS (Lambda, S3, CloudWatch), or other event-driven systems.
• Familiarity with marketing tools such as Braze, Cordial, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, or Hightouch.
• Understanding of data modeling (dimensional, normalized) and real-time event processing.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills.
• Effective communication in cross-functional environments.

Technologies

Python, SQL, Snowflake, Airflow, dbt, Kafka, AWS, Lambda, S3, CloudWatch, Braze, Cordial, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Hightouch.

Nice to Have

• Experience building APIs or ETL pipelines for marketing or customer data platforms.
• Experience with real-time personalization or recommendation systems.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (CircleCI, GitHub Actions).
• Understanding of customer lifecycle, campaign orchestration, and attribution measurement.

Benefits

• Inclusive and competitive medical, Rx, dental, and vision coverage.
• Family forming benefits.
• 13 paid holidays.
• Flexible time off.
• 8 hours of paid volunteer time off.
• Immediate eligibility into the Company 401(k) plan with 3.5% company match.
• Tuition Reimbursement program for degreed and non-degreed programs.
• 1:1 personalized Financial Planning Sessions.
• Student Debt Retirement Savings Match program.
• Free snacks and refreshments in each office location.

Work Location and How We Work

This onsite role is located in Austin, TX, United States. The team balances creativity and innovation with in-person collaboration, and employees work four days in the Austin headquarters.