Senior Data Engineer

A “Third Wave” of digital consultancies is emerging, and Terazo is at the forefront of the movement. We are a software and platform development firm that empowers our clients to run more efficiently and unlock new business value through integration and automation. We build and support mission-critical applications, online services, and platforms that enable innovation for customers across a wide spectrum of industries.

· Location: 100% Remote or in office Richmond, VA or Durham, NC at your discretion

· Candidate needs to reside in the East, Central or Mountain time zone

· Type: Full-time/direct hire only

· Travel: Typically none, but, if needed, no more than 5%.

· Salary: Negotiable based on experience

· At this time, Terazo will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

What you'll do:

• Partner with clients to develop and maintain first-class data platforms utilizing cloud data stores and other data science tools.
• Develop streaming data processors that crunch numbers in real time to help our clients make smart decisions.
• Collaborate with API developers to build data-driven microservices for our clients.
• Create valuable documentation and training material to help clients understand our work.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Designing and building ETL pipelines that leverage cloud platform services such as Azure Data Factory, AWS Data Pipeline, AWS Glue, or GCP Dataflow.
• Designing and building data warehouses within cloud based analytics services such as Azure Synapse, AWS Redshift, BigQuery, Azure Databricks, Snowflake.
• Developing RESTful microservices using languages like Python, Java, Go, or JavaScript.
• Designing and implementing dimensional data models within cloud based data warehouses (using Schema design and data modelling using sqlalchemy, and liquibase).
• Designing and implementing cloud based streaming and ingestion services such as Kafka, Kinesis, or ActiveMQ.
• Communicating complex ideas with clients and technical staff.
• Using Git, Github, or GitLab in a CI/CD development workflow.
• Using Automated deployment services such as Jenkins, Azure DevOps, AWS CodePipeline.
• Writing effective technical documentation.

If you have these skills, we’ll be extra excited:

• Understanding of distributed computing framework - Apache Spark, Hadoop.
• Understanding of CI/CD technologies - Jenkins, Circle CI, Azure DevOps, AWS CodePipeline.
• Ability to write scalable PySpark modules.
• Familiarity with queuing services - Kafka, Kinesis, or ActiveMQ.
• Familiarity using languages such as Scala, Go or R.
• Build infrastructure and configuration as code modules using Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, etc.

Benefits of joining Terazo:

• Competitive salary – Great starting salaries for well qualified candidates.
• Open paid time off policy - Terazo offers flexible time off to help you relax and recharge.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance – We are dedicated to helping our employees live healthier lives through comprehensive health programs.
• 401k with company match - Terazo offers a generous 401k match to help our employees meet their retirement goals.
• Family Leave - We recognize the importance of family and offer parental and family medical leave plans.
• Group life insurance and more!

Terazo provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.