Data Engineer, Databricks (Client-Facing)

Fluent is looking for a Data Engineer who can build, connect, and communicate. This role blends deep technical skill with client-facing savvy. You’ll be responsible for designing and maintaining complex data pipelines, ensuring accuracy and scalability, while also translating data realities into actionable insights for both internal and external stakeholders.

What You'll Do

• Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and ETL processes using SQL, Python, and modern data stack tools (e.g., Databricks, Snowflake, AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Develop and manage large, complex datasets that support analytics, modeling, and activation.
• Create data models and schemas that enable downstream use in reporting, BI, and audience segmentation.
• Troubleshoot and optimize data workflows for performance and reliability.
• Partner directly with clients and internal teams to translate business goals into data solutions.
• Present technical concepts clearly to non-technical audiences — both in meetings and documentation.
• Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and engineers to improve data accessibility and governance.
• Ensure data integrity, compliance, and best practices in data handling.

• 5+ years of experience in data engineering, preferably in AdTech, MarTech, or audience/data-driven businesses.
• Advanced SQL and Python skills (experience with PySpark a plus).
• Strong understanding of APIs, data warehouses, and data lake architecture.
• Previous experience in a Databricks environment.
• Experience integrating multiple data sources, cleaning and transforming large datasets.
• Familiarity with BI tools (Tableau, Power BI, or Looker).
• Excellent communication skills — you can talk data with engineers and business outcomes with clients.
• Comfort presenting technical findings and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• A plus: experience with clean rooms, identity resolution, or audience activation workflows.

What Success Looks Like

• You can independently build data sets that power insights and activation.
• You’re comfortable explaining why a dataset behaves the way it does - not just what it shows.
• You work well under pressure and can balance technical depth with client-facing communication.
• You improve the quality, speed, and reliability of data delivery across teams.

About Us

Fluent, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLNT) is a commerce media solutions provider connecting top-tier brands with highly engaged consumers. Leveraging diverse ad inventory, robust first-party data, and proprietary machine learning, Fluent unlocks additional revenue streams for partners and empowers advertisers to acquire their most valuable customers at scale. Founded in 2010, Fluent uses its deep expertise in performance marketing to drive monetization and increase engagement at key touchpoints across the customer journey. For more insights visit https://www.fluentco.com/.

At Fluent, we like what we do, and we like who we do it with. Our team is a tight-knit crew of go-getters; we love to celebrate our successes! In addition, we offer a fully stocked kitchen, catered lunch, and our office manager keeps the calendar stocked with activity filled events. When we’re not eating, working out, or planning parties, Fluent folks can be found participating in networking events, and bonding across teams during quarterly outings to baseball games, fancy dinners, and a variety of activities. And we have all the practical benefits, too…

• Competitive compensation
• Ample career and professional growth opportunities
• New Headquarters with an open floor plan to drive collaboration
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Pre-tax savings plans and transit/parking programs
• 401K with competitive employer match
• Volunteer and philanthropic activities throughout the year
• Educational and social events
• The amazing opportunity to work for a high-flying performance marketing company!

Salary Range: $90,000 to $100,000 CAD base, + competitive bonus plan. The base salary range represents the low and high end of the Fluent salary range for this position. Actual salaries will vary depending on factors including but not limited to location, experience, and performance.

Candidates may be at risk of targeting by malicious actors seeking personal information. Fluent recruiters will only reach out via LinkedIn or email with an @fluentco.com domain. Any outreach by Fluent via other sources (e.g. text, other domains etc) should be ignored.

Fluent participates in the E-Verify Program. As a participating employer, Fluent, LLC will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. Fluent, LLC follows all federal regulations including those set forth by The Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (OSC). The OSC enforces the anti-discrimination provision (§ 274B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. § 1324b.