Senior Data Engineer

Were hiring a Senior Data Engineer to shape the data foundation behind Cricuts product analytics personalization and AI initiatives. Youll own and evolve our event data platform from app instrumentation through streaming and batch ingestion to the warehouse. Youll also build the pipelines and feature infrastructure that feed our recommendation systems and machine learning models.

This role sits where data engineering meets ML. Youll work closely with product engineering data science ML engineering analytics and experimentation teams. Together youll make sure our data is reliable well-modeled and ready for both decision-making and production models.

What Youll Do

• Design build and operate scalable batch and streaming pipelines on AWS using Airflow (MWAA) Glue Kafka S3 and Redshift
• Lead the evolution of our product event platform including schema design event taxonomy versioning and migrations to next-generation event architecture
• Build event data quality and observability: schema validation instrumentation testing anomaly detection freshness and completeness monitoring and lineage across pipelines
• Handle late-arriving and out-of-order data correctly using lookback reprocessing and idempotent incremental loads that keep business metrics accurate
• Build and maintain the data foundations for personalization and recommendation systems including the interaction content and project datasets used for model training and inference
• Partner with ML engineers to build feature pipelines and a batch plus low-latency feature store (for example Redshift or S3 to DynamoDB) for real-time serving
• Support ML workflows on AWS Batch and SageMaker including training data generation offline evaluation datasets and delivery of model outputs to downstream APIs
• Instrument and model data for new AI-powered product experiences including interaction generation and feedback events that close the loop on model improvement
• Develop well-designed fact and dimension models that power BI ad-hoc exploration and experimentation platforms
• Tune warehouse performance and cost through distribution and sort strategies workload management and efficient unload and serving patterns
• Set engineering standards for code review testing CI/CD documentation and on-call practices and mentor other engineers

Qualifications :

• 8 years of experience in data engineering including building and owning production pipelines at scale
• Strong SQL and Python skills; experience with PySpark or Spark is a plus
• Deep hands-on experience with AWS data services (S3 Glue Redshift DynamoDB Lambda IAM)
• Production experience with Apache Airflow including DAG design dependency management templating alerting and backfills
• Experience with streaming and event ingestion (Kafka Kinesis SQS or similar) and clickstream or product analytics data
• Strong data modeling skills (dimensional and event modeling) and a clear sense of how data design affects downstream metrics
• A track record of building data quality and observability frameworks not just pipelines
• Experience supporting ML systems in production: feature engineering training datasets feature stores or model-serving data flows
• Ability to lead cross-functional technical work write clear design documents and turn ambiguous business needs into sound architecture
• Clear communication with engineers data scientists and business partners alike

Nice to Have

• Experience with recommendation systems or personalization data (interaction logs embeddings candidate generation ranking features)
• Familiarity with SageMaker AWS Batch or MLOps tooling (model registries experiment tracking pipeline orchestration)
• Experience with analytics instrumentation tooling or tracking-plan governance
• Exposure to LLM or generative AI applications such as vector stores retrieval pipelines or evaluation and feedback data
• Experience with A/B testing platforms and experiment metric pipelines
• Experience with data lake table formats (Iceberg Delta Hudi) or Redshift data sharing
• A passion for making crafting or creative tools

Why Youll Love It Here

• Your work directly shapes how millions of makers discover design and create
• Youll help build the data backbone for Cricuts AI and personalization roadmap
• Youll have real ownership of platform architecture and a strong voice in technical direction
• Youll join a collaborative team that values craft curiosity and impact

Additional Information :

Weve Got You Covered

At Cricut we take care of our people. Enjoy competitive Medical Dental and Vision coverage a 401(k) match generous PTO tuition reimbursement and a yearly lifestyle stipend to support your wellness and passions. Youll also receive exclusive employee discountsand best of all youll be surrounded by some of the most talented creative and curious minds out there.

A Quick Note Before You Apply

Cricut is in an exciting chapter of transformation. Were evolving fastrefining our strategy growing our teams and raising the bar across everything we do. This is an incredible opportunity for the right kind of personbut its not for everyone.

Were looking for A-playerspeople who thrive in dynamic environments turn challenges into momentum and consistently deliver their best work. If that sounds like you read on.

Heres what makes someone a great fit for this role (and for this moment at Cricut):

• You move with urgency. You dont wait for perfect clarity to actyou start learn and adjust.
• You set high standards. You take ownership deliver quality and hold yourself accountable.
• You stay focused when things move fast. You prioritize what matters most and tune out the noise.
• You collaborate like a pro. You elevate others communicate clearly and bring a low-ego high-output energy.
• You embrace AI as part of your toolkit. From idea exploration to data analysis and creative problem-solving you leverage AI to accelerate innovation and amplify impactbecause technology and creativity go hand-in-hand here.

One More Thing (Its a Big One)

This role is in-office at least 45 days per week. We believe real collaboration innovation and culture are built face-to-face. If youre energized by working alongside smart kind creative peopleand love those hallway conversations that spark the next great ideayoull feel right at home.

If youre looking for a fully remote role this may not be the right fit. But if youre excited by challenge purpose and building something betterlets make something amazing together.

Relocation Statement:

 This position is eligible for relocation assistance.

What to Do Next: Please attach your resume cover letter and/or include links to your portfolio or other social presence. If you want to show your super powers in other ways include that information too. You can be sure that Cricut is an employer who values individuality equality and diversity so tell us what youre all about. If you are a Maker or a DIY enthusiast whether you think you are a good one or not we would love to hear about it when you send us your information.

Cricut is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. This position is contingent on successfully completing a Criminal Background Check upon hire. Cricut participates in E-Verify.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time