Best Buy
Job Description
Join Best Buys Ad Serving team to help design, build, and operate a next-generation, machine learningpowered Ad Serving platform. In this role, youll be at the core of integrating large-scale data pipelines, real-time model serving, and advanced analytics to deliver optimal, high-performance ad experiences.
As a member of the Ad Decisioning team, you will work with other engineering teams across the Best Buy marketing ecosystem to create an integrated, reliable, and scalable system spanning GCP and AWS. Your work will ensure that data flows seamlesslyfrom ingestion, transformation, and model training to real-time ad delivery decisions.
This role is remote eligible, which means you would work virtually from home or another non-Best Buy location.
What Youll Do
Design and implement scalable ETL/ELT pipelines to process large volumes of clickstream, behavioral, and ad performance data in real time and batch modes. Build and maintain integrations between the Ad Server, ML models, and supporting systems such as UIs, analytics platforms, and reporting databases. Work closely with data scientists to operationalize ML models for real-time ad decisioning and bidding. Leverage GCP Big Query, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, AI Platform and AWS Glue, Kinesis, Lambda, SageMaker, Athena for data ingestion, transformation, and model deployment. Architect cloud-native data workflows ensuring high availability, low latency, and fault tolerance. Work with the operations team to develop CI/CD pipelines for data pipelines and ML model deployments, enabling fully automated testing and releases. Participate in on-call rotation and provide operational support for data pipelines and ML-driven ad serving. Anticipate and solve data architecture and integration challenges before they impact production. Basic Qualifications
7 years of relevant experience with a Bachelors in Computer Science, Data Engineering; or equivalent combination of relevant professional experience and education. 7 years of modern development with Java, REST services, and SQL, with some exposure to Spring Boot 7 years of experience diagnosing and resolving complex, production-grade data and/or model serving issues 5 years of hands-on cloud experience in GCP or AWS 5 years of experience in designing and managing distributed data systems and pipelines 5 years of Ad Tech Experience 3 years of Python experience Demonstrated experience collaborating with data scientists, product managers, and operations engineers Ability to travel to Richfield, MN 1x per quarter Preferred Qualifications
Experience with high-throughput, real-time Ad Serving systems processing thousands of requests per second Strong understanding of ad delivery, targeting, and performance optimization concepts Proficiency in data orchestration tools (Apache Airflow, Cloud Composer, Step Functions) Deep familiarity with streaming data frameworks (Apache Beam, Kafka, Flink, Spark Structured Streaming) Experience with cloud-native data stores (Big Query, DynamoDB, Aurora, RDS) and caching systems (Redis, Memcached) Knowledge of distributed systems principlesstate management, concurrency, messaging, and inter-service data consistency Whats in it for you
Were committed to helping our people thrive at work and at home. We offer generous benefits that support your total well-being and provide help when you need it most. Competitive pay Generous employee discount Physical and mental well-being support About us
As part of the Best Buy team, youll help us fulfill our purpose to enrich lives through technology. We bring that to life every day by humanizing and personalizing tech solutions for every stage of lifein our stores, online, and in customers homes. Our culture is built on deeply supporting and valuing our amazing employees who make it all possible. Were committed to being a great place to work, where you can unlock unique career possibilities. Above all, we aim to provide a place where you can bring your full, authentic self to work now and into the future. Tomorrow works here. Best Buy is an equal opportunity employer. Req # 998178BR Brand Best Buy Job Category DAT Group Job Level Director Minimum Pay 135,303.00 Maximum Pay 242,148.00 Store Number or Department 900010 Corporate 1 MN Address Line 1 7601 Penn Avenue South City Richfield State Minnesota Search Categories Corporate, Digital and Technology Zip 55423-8500 Benefits Best Buy offers a range of benefits to support your overall well-being, as outlined in the Benefits Guide. Eligibility may vary. #J-18808-Ljbffr
Design and implement scalable ETL/ELT pipelines to process large volumes of clickstream, behavioral, and ad performance data in real time and batch modes. Build and maintain integrations between the Ad Server, ML models, and supporting systems such as UIs, analytics platforms, and reporting databases. Work closely with data scientists to operationalize ML models for real-time ad decisioning and bidding. Leverage GCP Big Query, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, AI Platform and AWS Glue, Kinesis, Lambda, SageMaker, Athena for data ingestion, transformation, and model deployment. Architect cloud-native data workflows ensuring high availability, low latency, and fault tolerance. Work with the operations team to develop CI/CD pipelines for data pipelines and ML model deployments, enabling fully automated testing and releases. Participate in on-call rotation and provide operational support for data pipelines and ML-driven ad serving. Anticipate and solve data architecture and integration challenges before they impact production. Basic Qualifications
7 years of relevant experience with a Bachelors in Computer Science, Data Engineering; or equivalent combination of relevant professional experience and education. 7 years of modern development with Java, REST services, and SQL, with some exposure to Spring Boot 7 years of experience diagnosing and resolving complex, production-grade data and/or model serving issues 5 years of hands-on cloud experience in GCP or AWS 5 years of experience in designing and managing distributed data systems and pipelines 5 years of Ad Tech Experience 3 years of Python experience Demonstrated experience collaborating with data scientists, product managers, and operations engineers Ability to travel to Richfield, MN 1x per quarter Preferred Qualifications
Experience with high-throughput, real-time Ad Serving systems processing thousands of requests per second Strong understanding of ad delivery, targeting, and performance optimization concepts Proficiency in data orchestration tools (Apache Airflow, Cloud Composer, Step Functions) Deep familiarity with streaming data frameworks (Apache Beam, Kafka, Flink, Spark Structured Streaming) Experience with cloud-native data stores (Big Query, DynamoDB, Aurora, RDS) and caching systems (Redis, Memcached) Knowledge of distributed systems principlesstate management, concurrency, messaging, and inter-service data consistency Whats in it for you
Were committed to helping our people thrive at work and at home. We offer generous benefits that support your total well-being and provide help when you need it most. Competitive pay Generous employee discount Physical and mental well-being support About us
As part of the Best Buy team, youll help us fulfill our purpose to enrich lives through technology. We bring that to life every day by humanizing and personalizing tech solutions for every stage of lifein our stores, online, and in customers homes. Our culture is built on deeply supporting and valuing our amazing employees who make it all possible. Were committed to being a great place to work, where you can unlock unique career possibilities. Above all, we aim to provide a place where you can bring your full, authentic self to work now and into the future. Tomorrow works here. Best Buy is an equal opportunity employer. Req # 998178BR Brand Best Buy Job Category DAT Group Job Level Director Minimum Pay 135,303.00 Maximum Pay 242,148.00 Store Number or Department 900010 Corporate 1 MN Address Line 1 7601 Penn Avenue South City Richfield State Minnesota Search Categories Corporate, Digital and Technology Zip 55423-8500 Benefits Best Buy offers a range of benefits to support your overall well-being, as outlined in the Benefits Guide. Eligibility may vary. #J-18808-Ljbffr