Competitive compensation packages and learning and development opportunities, ACV has what you need to advance to the next level in your career. We will continue to raise the bar every day by investing in our people and technology to help our customers succeed. ACV is a technology company that has revolutionized how dealers buy and sell cars online. We are transforming the automotive industry. ACV), has applied innovation and user-designed, data driven applications and solutions. We are building the most trusted and effective digital marketplace with data solutions for sourcing, selling and managing used vehicles with transparency and comprehensive insights that were once unimaginable. ACV's network of brands includes ACV Auctions, ACV Transportation, ClearCar, MAX Digital and ACV Capital within its Marketplace Products, as well as, True360 and Data Services.
Join us in shaping the future of the automotive marketplace!
At ACV we focus on the Health, Physical, Financial, Social and Emotional Wellness of our Teammates and to support this we offer industry leading benefits and wellness programs.
We are seeking a skilled and motivated engineer to join our Data Infrastructure team. The Data Infrastructure engineering team is responsible for the tools and backend infrastructure that supports our data platform to optimize in performance scalability and reliability.
This role requires strong focus and experience in multi-cloud based technologies, message bus systems, automated deployments using containerized applications, design, development, database management and performance, SOX compliance requirements, and implementation of infrastructure using automation through terraform and continuous delivery and batch-oriented workflows. As a Data Infrastructure Engineer at ACV Auctions, you will work alongside and mentor software and production engineers in the development of solutions to ACV's most complex data and software problems.
You will be an engineer that is able to operate in a high performing team, that can balance high quality deliverables with customer focus, have excellent communication skills, desire and ability to mentor and guide engineers, and have a record of delivering results in a fast paced environment. It is expected that you are a technical liaison that you can balance high quality delivery with customer focus, that you have excellent communication skills,



and that you have a record of delivering results in a fast-paced environment.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Data Scientists, Software Engineers, Data Engineers, and Data Analysts, to understand data requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
Influence company wide engineering standards for databases, tooling, languages, and build systems.
Design, implement, and maintain scalable and high-performance data infrastructure solutions, with a primary focus on data.
Design, implement, and maintain tools and best practices for (but not limited to) access control, data versioning, database management, and migration strategies.
Contribute, influence, and set standards for all technical aspects of a product or service including, but not limited to, coding, testing, debugging, performance, languages, database selection, management and deployment.
Identify and troubleshoot database/system issues and bottlenecks, working closely with the engineering team to implement effective solutions.
Write clean, maintainable, well-commented code and automation to support our data infrastructure layer.
Perform code reviews, develop high-quality documentation, and build robust test suites for your products.
Provide technical support for databases, including troubleshooting, performance tuning, and resolving complex issues.
Collaborate with software and DevOps engineers to design scalable services, plan feature roll-out, and ensure high reliability and performance of our products.
Collaborate with development teams and data science teams to design and optimize database schemas, queries, and stored procedures for maximum efficiency.
Create and maintain documentation for database and system configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting guides.
Maintain and extend (as required) existing database operations solutions for backups, index defragmentation, data retention, etc.
Accountable for the overall performance of products and/or services within a defined area of focus.
Be part of the on-call rotation.
Handle multiple competing priorities in an agile,



fast-paced environment.
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field (or
equivalent work experience)
Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English
1+ years experience architecting, developing, and delivering software products with emphasis on data infrastructure layer
1+ years experience programing in Python
1+ years experience with Cloud platforms preferably in GCP/AWS
Knowledge in day-day tools and how they work including deployments, k8s, monitoring systems, and testing tools.
Knowledge in version control systems including trunk-based development, multiple release planning, cherry picking, and rebase.
Hands-on skills and the ability to drill deep into the complex system design and implementation.
Experience with:
DevOps practices and tools for database automation and infrastructure provisioning
Programming in Python, SQL
Big data technologies and distributed databases

Experience with
NoSQL data stores
Airflow, Docker, Containers, Kubernetes, DataDog, Fivetran
Database monitoring and diagnostic tools, preferably Data Dog.
Database management/administration with PostgreSQL, MySQL, Dynamo, Mongo
GCP/BigQuery, Confluent Kafka
Using and integrating with cloud services, specifically: AWS RDS, Aurora, S3, GCP
Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools for automation and infrastructure provisioning.
Hands-on experience with SOX compliance requirements
Knowledge of data warehousing concepts and technologies, including dimensional modeling and ETL frameworks
Knowledge of database design principles, data modeling, architecture, infrastructure, security principles, best practices, performance tuning and optimization techniques
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ACV is committed to being an equal opportunity employer regardless of sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires reasonable accommodation, please let us know.

📌 Data Engineer - AWS Infrastructure (Chennai)
🏢 ACV Auctions
📍 Chennai