Staff Data Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in India.

📋 Description

• Engage in the complete data pipeline lifecycle, with an emphasis on developing data lakes, data warehouses, and associated processes.

• Contribute to the design and documentation of our data lake infrastructure.

• Collaborate with senior staff to create and uphold data governance policies and procedures that ensure data quality, accuracy, consistency, and privacy.

• Mentor fellow data engineers, providing technical support and ensuring that team members possess the essential skills and resources for their roles.

• Conduct code and design evaluations with junior and peer developers.

• Write clean code to construct data pipelines and necessary infrastructure as code.

• Assist in establishing coding standards for team members to adhere to.

• Work alongside cross-functional teams to comprehend requirements and effectively design suitable solutions.

• Monitor and resolve performance, scalability, and security challenges, implementing improvements as required.

• Assist in identifying and implementing KPIs for the performance and stability of the platform.

• Participate in evaluating new technologies and tools for our data teams.

• Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical team members to ensure alignment and successful project execution.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in developing modern data architecture, analytics, data governance, AI/ML, or related fields.

• Strong experience with AWS big data technologies, including EMR, Glue, S3, EKS, Lambda, Athena, RDS, and MKS/Kafka/Kinesis.

• Expertise in relational and NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, Cassandra, DynamoDB, MongoDB, etc., along with data modeling principles.

• Familiarity with data pipeline tools and workflow engines, such as Apache Airflow and Spark.

• Experience with DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, containerized deployments/Kubernetes, and infrastructure-as-code/AWS CloudFormation/Terraform.

• Strong proficiency in SQL (SQL Server, PostgreSQL) and programming languages like Python and Scala.

• Excellent analytical and time management skills, with a proven track record of delivering value independently.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated experience in providing technical insights to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote-first work environment.

• Unlimited paid time off.

• 401(k) plan with employer matching.

• Diverse and inclusive workplace.

• Enjoyable company culture.