Role Overview
As our Data Engineer, you’ll build and maintain the pipelines and infrastructure that power analytics and machine-learning workflows. You’ll work closely with data analysts to architect and deliver a unified data platform that transforms raw gaming signals into strategic intelligence powering our product and growth decisions.
Key Responsibilities
- Ingest & Transform: Design ETL/ELT processes to load event-level gameplay and ad metrics into ClickHouse.
- Model & Document: Implement dbt models that produce clean, well-documented tables for analysis.
- Orchestrate: Set up and maintain workflow automation using the right orchestration tool (Airflow, Dagster, or equivalent).
- Optimize: Tune ClickHouse schemas and queries for fast, large-scale aggregations (DAU, ARPU, LTE KPIs).
- Enable ML: Collaborate on feature-engineering pipelines for payer-classification and LTV modeling.
- Ensure Quality: Automate data-quality checks and alerting for pipeline failures or anomalies.
- Support Dashboards: Feed reliable, near-real-time data into Tableau dashboards for stakeholders.
Must-Have Qualifications
- 3+ years in a Data Engineering role, ideally in a high-volume analytics environment
- Strong expertise with ClickHouse (schema design, performance tuning)
- Proficient in Python for data pipelines and scripting
- Advanced SQL skills, including window functions and CTEs
- Hands-on experience with dbt for data transformations
- Hands-on experience with orchestration tools (Airflow, Dagster, or similar)
- Can-do attitude with a self-starter mindset
- Passion for cutting-edge technologies and continuous learning
- Eagerness to experiment, adopt new tools, and extract maximum value from them
Nice-to-Haves
- Real-time stream processing (Kafka, Pulsar, etc.)
- Container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Cloud platform experience (AWS, GCP)
- Experience delivering data to Tableau
This may be the right fit for you
- Thrive on wrangling massive datasets and aren’t intimidated by scale
- Proactively spot opportunities to add value—and just get things done without micromanagement
- Are the go-to in your friend group for the latest ChatGPT or AI tool release
- Are easygoing, proudly geeky, and always up for a good laugh
- 🎮 Bonus points if you’re a gamer at heart!
Why Join Us?
At Rockbite, we design and develop mobile games from the ground up — creative systems, gameplay mechanics, tooling, and art all come from our team. We're building games we actually believe in.
- High Impact: Your work directly shapes product features, monetization strategy, and player experience
- Autonomy: Choose the best tools and approaches to solve tough data problems
- Collaborative Culture: Small team, open communication, and a touch of gaming humor