About Reverb

Reverb is the largest online marketplace dedicated to buying and selling new, used, and vintage musical instruments. Since launching in 2013, Reverb has grown into a vibrant community of buyers and sellers all over the world. By focusing on inspiring content, price transparency, musician-focused e-commerce tools, a music-savvy customer service team, and more, Reverb has created an online destination where the global music community can connect over the perfect piece of music gear.

We love working at Reverb because we’re making the world more musical—through our marketplace and through Reverb Gives, which provides musical instruments to youth music education programs. We were named a “Best Place to Work” by Built in Chicago and a “Top Workplace'' by the Chicago Tribune. 

About the role

Millions of musicians trust Reverb to help them find, buy, and sell gear — and our data platform is a core part of what makes that experience work. From search ranking and pricing intelligence to personalized recommendations, data sits at the center of our most impactful product decisions.

As a Senior Data Engineer, you'll join a small, high-ownership Data Engineering team that works closely with Data Science, Analytics, and Product to make sure the right data is in the right place at the right time — trusted, fast, and actionable. We're looking for a Senior Data Engineer who is energized by solving hard data problems, thrives in a collaborative environment, and wants their work to have direct, visible impact.

This is a full-time, hybrid position reporting to the Senior Engineering Manager of our Data Engineering team. Hybrid team members are expected to work from our Chicago office one time/week.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve our data pipelines and warehouse — maintain, improve, and scale our ELT pipelines and Redshift data warehouse to ensure accurate, timely data for our users and internal teams.
• Shape our ML platform - partner with Data Science, Search Science, and Product to build the infrastructure that powers ML models for search ranking, recommendations, and beyond.
• Enable data-driven decisions - collaborate with data analysts and product teams to surface meaningful insights and make them accessible across the organization.
• Drive end-to-end ownership - from scoping business requirements and designing scalable data solutions to building robust testing, monitoring, and validation frameworks.
• Elevate the team - lead pairing sessions, code reviews, and mentorship that help every engineer on the team grow.

Requirements

We use a wide variety of languages, frameworks, and databases, so many skills and experiences would make you a good fit for our team, including:

• Advanced Python experience in data engineering contexts - you can write production-quality pipelines and guide architectural decisions.
• Ownership of ETL/ELT pipelines and data platforms, including designing, scaling, and improving data warehouse solutions.
• Expertise in relational databases, including data modeling, performance, optimizations, and crafting SQL queries.
• Strong understanding of different types of data storage and their trade-offs, with the ability to evaluate tools and influence technical direction.
• Experience in machine learning techniques, pipelines, and applications.
• Mentorship and collaboration - proven ability to guide other engineers and work cross-functionally with analysts, scientists, and product partners.
• Solid experience with AWS infrastructure.

Additional Information

Remote-eligible roles (as indicated in the location header of each job description) are available in all U.S. states except Alaska and Hawaii. Remote roles are currently only available within the U.S. unless otherwise specified in the specific job description.

Reverb offers a comprehensive total rewards package that combines base, bonus, and an array of benefits. Some of our key benefits include but are not limited to the following:

• 100% paid premiums for medical, dental, and vision coverage for the employee, spouse or domestic partner, and all eligible dependents. Medical coverage includes gender affirming care.
• Life, AD&D, and supplemental long-and short-term disability insurance
• A matching 401(k)
• A generous PTO policy that includes vacation, sick/mental health days plus 11 paid holidays and two floating holidays
• Professional development and continued learning opportunities through access to mentoring, 1:1 coaching, and platforms like Skillsoft
• 18 weeks of gender-neutral parental leave for the birth or adoption of a child
• Up to $25,000 reimbursement of adoption and/or surrogacy related expenses
• Paid sabbatical program
• Annual work/life stipend
• Ways to give back to your community through volunteer time off

At Reverb, we believe that an equitable and inclusive workplace where people from all backgrounds can come, stay and thrive makes us a more relevant and resilient company. Reverb is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or family status, disability, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If, due to a disability, you need an accommodation during any part of the interview process, please let your recruiter know.

We know that the impostor syndrome and confidence gap are real. Please do not hesitate to apply!