About Backblaze

Backblaze originated in a founder’s one-bedroom apartment where five people committed to helping people save their data. Backblaze provides backup and cloud storage that’s astonishingly easy to use and inexpensive. Our customers use our services so they can pursue dreams like curing cancer (genome mapping is data intensive), archiving the work of some of the greatest artists on the planet (learn more about how Austin City Limits uses B2 - https://www.backblaze.com/b2/case-studies/austin-city-limits.html), or simply sleeping well at night (anyone that’s spilled a cup of coffee on a laptop knows the relief that comes with complete, secure backups). We are entrusted with almost an exabyte of data from customers in more than 150 countries. We exited 2019 growing quickly and cash flow positive, and we’ve done all this with just $3M of funding.

We’ve managed to nurture a team oriented culture with amazingly low turnover. Our approach is guided by honesty, transparency, and a commitment to doing the right thing for our customers and coworkers. Our customers are happy, and so are our coworkers: In the most recent “Great Place to Work” survey, 99% of our team rated Backblaze as “a great place to work.” Check out what our employees are saying on Glassdoor! https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-Backblaze-EI_IE1197085.11,20.htm

Want to know what you’ll be doing?



Multidisciplinary work supporting real-time streams, ETL pipelines, data warehouses and reporting services



Build scalable, efficient and high-performance pipelines/ workflows that are capable of processing large amounts of batch and real-time data.



Build out our data service/data warehouse architecture to support internal and customer facing application use cases.



Normalize the database design.



Bring new and innovative solutions to the table to resolve challenging performance and load issues



Assemble large, complex data sets that meet functional / non-functional business requirements



Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability, etc



Build the infrastructure required for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading of data from a wide variety of data sources using Java, Python, and SQL



Respond quickly to bug fixes and enhancement requests and be able to take directions and complete tasks on-time with minimal supervision.



Must be proficient in:



10+ years of RDBMS with SQL Data Engineering, Data services design, Data Warehousing.



Expertise in ETL tools. Cloud ETL experience a plus.



7+ Strong Java or Python development, and willingness to learn Java for the purpose of developing ETL tools.



Expertise in operational data stores and real time data integration



Expertise in designing relational database and data modeling



Experience with RESTful APIs and server-side APIs integration



Cross platform (Linux/Macintosh/Windows) — don’t need to be an expert on all three, but cannot be afraid of any.



Bonus points for:



Maria DB



Cassandra experience



Salesforce



Looking for an attitude of:



Passionate about building friendly, easy to use Interfaces and APIs.



Likes to work closely with other engineers, support, and sales to help customers.



Believes the whole world needs backup, not just English speakers in the USA.



Customer Focused (!!) — always focus on the customer’s point of view and how to solve their problem!



Required for all Backblaze Employees:



Good attitude and willingness to do whatever it takes to get the job done



Strong desire to work for a small, fast-paced company



Desire to learn and adapt to rapidly changing technologies and work environment



Rigorous adherence to best practices



Relentless attention to detail



Excellent interpersonal skills and good oral/written communication



Excellent troubleshooting and problem solving skills



This position is located in San Mateo, California but will also consider remote work as long as you're no more than three time zones away and can come to San Mateo now and then. Must be able to work directly on a W2 without requiring sponsorship. Relocation within the US is offered.

Backblaze is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

If this sounds like you —follow these steps:



Send an email to jobscontact@backblaze.com with the position in the subject line.



Include your resume.



Tell us a bit about your programming experience.



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