Swiftly® is building better retail through technology. Our best-in-class platform delivers turn-key solutions to retailers globally impacting millions of shoppers on a daily basis. The digital ecosystem empowers retailers to grow sales and build loyalty, while enabling brands to reach more shoppers through retail media networks. Swiftly’s technology harnesses the power of AI to help retailers build strong digital relationships with customers and deliver amazing sales results.

Swiftly is the first vendor in the industry to connect the digital and in-store shopping experience with a robust ad platform, while deepening insights using 1st party data and analytics. We offer the only system to seamlessly connect with retail customers across the entire shopping journey. With our recent Series B funding round totaling $100M, we are expanding our team with exciting times ahead.

Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, Swiftly is creating the future of retail technology. 

Position Summary

At Swiftly we process and manage a lot of data: and it's in a variety of formats, volumes, and access patterns. We're looking for a seasoned data engineer with the experience to look at a problem with a mindset of been there, done that, here are where the dragons are. We aren't looking for an expert at MongoDB: we're looking for a data engineer with a broad understanding of patterns, practices, coding standards, vendor solutions, frameworks and tooling to choose the right solution to meet our needs and understand how that choice fits into the roadmap of where we need to be tomorrow.

You thrive on solving new problems with capable teams and approach software engineering as a craft, not just a job. Swiftly offers the unique challenge building an experience that spans enterprise services and consumer applications within the physical environment of a retail store.

Responsibilities Include

• Develop ML-based recommendation and other personalization solutions 
• Research trends and market patterns, industry research, and competitor product analysis to establish feature requirements and the product roadmap 
• Develop KPIs for products owned 
• Prepare and help implement go-to-market strategies, ensuring successful launch execution, and adoption 
• Manage products through their life cycle: idea, introduction, growth, and ending stages
• Produce Measurements and use them to guide the future of the product 
• Become the go-to person for all experimentation and recommendations related products and features and the broader Data & AI platform 
• Develop detailed business requirements and user stories that can be used to create product specifications and architecture for each product or feature
• Create buy-in for the product vision both internally and with key external partners. Evangelize and drive customer adoption

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of demonstrated experience in platform product management 
• 6+ years of experience in high scale online services 
• Experience with the development of experimentation, recommendation and other platforms/platform components 
• Experience with ML platforms and ML-inspired products 
• Experience with concepts of multi-variant testing, MAB and other online testing related capabilities 
• Understand large-scale data, personalization and AI platform capabilities and enough technical depth across these capabilities to assess risk and find solutions 
• Understand software development life-cycle principles and online services management 
• Experience working with diverse teams and partners across complex organizations to achieve results 
• Experience managing engagement with executive level partners 
• Experience leading engineering discussions around technology decisions and strategy related to a product 
• Experience owning roadmap strategy and definition 
• Experience owning feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product 
• Bachelor's Degree in Statistics or Computer Science (or Equivalent Job Experience)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with development and use of ad tech in apps 
• Advanced degree with a focus on business or product management 
• 2+ years’ experience in digital advertising
• Familiarity with technical aspects of programmatic digital advertising including industry standards and best practices
• Demonstrated ability across a host of skill sets, including customer segmentation, new product strategy and execution, product analytics
• Experience operating in a fast-moving, high-stakes environment with a proven ability to maintain composure in high pressure situations
• Ability to earn trust across all levels of an organization
• Passion for technology, curiosity to dive deep into Swiftly’s suite of technical products and commitment to learning and expanding technical knowledge
• Master’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering or related field

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Working For Swiftly

We are working on a set of problems that require the best in the industry to get right. Our employees are the pillars of the future of the company and they are treated and compensated as such. We're a growing team of experienced industry professionals building an organization that can solve tough problems and values a collaborative environment. 

Every Swiftly employee: 

-Has demonstrated the ability to work collaboratively in an ambiguous, fast-paced environment 

-Takes ownership of their domain from the ground up, from inception through deployment to customers 

-Leaves their ego at the door and ensures the best idea leaves the room 

-Is always experimenting with new technologies and learning new skillsets 

If you've ever wanted to work on a project that blends a gorgeous consumer experience, sophisticated logistics, and scale that rivals the largest technology players, Swiftly is the place for you. 

Equal Opportunity Employer 

Swiftly is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.

Swiftly will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities throughout the subsequent application process.