Senior Data Engineer

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design, architecture, and implementation of key data initiatives and platform capabilities while ensuring alignment with business needs and scalability requirements.
• Optimize existing data workflows and systems to improve performance and cost-efficiency, guiding teams to implement innovative solutions.
• Lead and mentor a team of 2-5 data engineers, providing guidance on technical best practices, career development, and initiative execution.
• Lead cross-functional projects, collaborating with product managers, analysts, solutions architects, and other stakeholders to define requirements, prioritize tasks, and deliver high-quality solutions.
• Communicate effectively with non-technical stakeholders to understand business needs, translate them into technical specifications, and present technical concepts clearly.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest data engineering technologies, trends, and best practices, evaluating and recommending new tools and approaches.
• Contribute to the development of data engineering standards, processes, and documentation to promote consistency and maintainability across teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Management Information Systems, Computer Engineering/Electrical Engineering, or related quantitative discipline.
• Minimum 6 years of relevant work experience in data engineering, with at least 2 years in data modeling.
• Strong technical foundation in Python, SQL, and experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure).
• Deep understanding of data engineering fundamentals, including database architecture and design, ETL processes, data lakes, data warehousing, and both batch and streaming technologies.
• Experience with data orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow), data processing frameworks (e.g., Spark, Databricks), and data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI).
• Proven ability to lead a team of engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performing environment.
• Good communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.

Nice to Have

• Agile experience
• Dataiku
• Power BI

Qualifications

• Educational background in relevant fields such as Computer Science, Mathematics, or Engineering.

Benefits & Perks

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