As a Senior Data Engineer, you will have the opportunity to build solutions that ingest, transform, store, and distribute our big data to be consumed by data scientists and our products.

Our data engineers use PySpark/Python, Databricks, and other data engineering technologies and visualization tools to deliver data capabilities and services to our scientists, products, and tools.

This role will also have exposure to Python microservice development, leveraging FastAPI, Helm, AKS and other Aure based technologies for building and hosting applications at scale.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Take ownership of features and drive them to completion through all phases of the entire 84.51° SDLC.  This includes internal and external facing applications as well as process improvement activities:

• Participate in the design and development of Databricks and Cloud-based solutions
• Implement automated unit and integration testing
• Collaborate with architecture and lead engineers to ensure consistent development practices
• Provide mentoring to junior engineers
• Participate in retrospective reviews
• Participate in the estimation process for new work and releases
• Collaborate with other engineers to solve and bring new perspectives to complex problems
• Drive improvements in data engineering practices, procedures, and ways of working
• Embrace new technologies and an ever-changing environment

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• 3+ years proven ability of professional Data Development experience
• 3+ years proven ability of developing with Databricks
• 3+ years of experience with PySpark/Spark
• 3+ years of experience developing with either Python or Java
• Full understanding of ETL concepts and Data Warehousing concepts
• Experience with Pipeline Orchestration
• Experience with CI/CD
• Experience with version control software
• Strong understanding of Agile Principles (Scrum)
• Demonstrates an understanding of AI concepts and patterns. 
• Bachelor’s Degree (Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Mathematics, Business Analytics, or STEM)

Desired Characteristics & Technical Skills:

• Experience with Azure 
• Experience with Databricks Delta Tables, Delta Lake, Delta Live Tables
• Proficient with Relational Data Modeling
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with Python Library Development
• Experience with FastAPI/Flask service development
• Experience working with AKS/Kubernetes/Helm
• Experience with DevOps / Monitoring & Reliability
• Experience with Structured Streaming (Spark or otherwise)
• Experience with Kafka and/or Azure Event Hub
• Experience with Github SaaS / Github Actions
• Experience with Terraform
• Exposure to BI Tooling (Tableau, Power BI, Cognos, etc.) 

 

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