Job Description
About the jobWe are looking for a talented Lead - Data Engineering with big data processing experience to join our Agile development team in building products to support Merkle’s people based marketing vision using the latest data and cloud technologies. You will work with a team of passionate, experienced, nimble, and goal-oriented engineers that are solving complex problems and critical data analysis and reporting features. You will embrace change, and rapidly build, test, and scale solutions that drive incremental business value for our customers and partners. We’re looking for smart, enthusiastic, driven individuals who are eager to contribute to our world class solutions.Reports to: Technical architect / Business ManagerManages: Team of 3 – 7 data engineers / developers / analysts Key ResponsibilitiesDesign, implement, and deploy enterprise data solutions using cutting-edge cloud-based technologiesFollow Agile methodologies to rapidly release iterative product featuresResearch and introduce new solutions and technologies to the project and stakeholders, provide technical guidance and suggest improvements in developmentWork independently, without guidance, with broader overview on the projectCoordinate with other teams as part of a larger data-sharing systemEmploy software development best practices such as automated testing, peer code reviews, continuous integration, and continuous deliveryTranslate business requirements and develop technical specificationsCommunicate clearly and document processesPerform quality assurance and testing of your workContribute to a collaborative, positive, stimulating, and enjoyable environment for your development teamQualifications & Required SkillsBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or equivalent experienceMust have minimum 5+ years of work experience with programming languages and object-oriented design (Python preferred)Must have strong database fundamentals including SQL, relational and non-relational data models and schema designs, and understanding of database performance implicationsMust have understanding of cloud-based technologies such as AWS, GCP or AzureUnderstanding of “Big Data” ETL methodologies and managing large scale data setsStrong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and distributed systemsMust have experience leveraging automated tests for code validation and test-driven developmentMust have experience building and deploying products using continuous integration principlesMust have working knowledge of software engineering and development methodologies, techniques, and tools, including Issue Tracking (like JIRA), code repositories (like Git, Bitbucket) and the Software Development LifecycleExperience building workflow orchestration, logging, error handling and automated testing utilizing Python and Pytest frameworkDesired Skills:Experience with Snowflake data warehouse including scheduled tasks, table streams and JavaScript stored proceduresExperience with data processing workflow systems (Apache Nifi, Talend or Airflow)Experience with creating reports, dashboards and visualizations (Tableau preferred)
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