Principal Data Engineer

Job Description:

Role        :

• Drive the evolution of Data & Services products/platforms with an impact-focused on data engineering.

• Design and implement scalable data architecture and data pipelines.

• Solving complex problems with multi-layered data sets, as well as optimizing existing machine learning libraries and frameworks.

• Provide support for deployed data applications and analytical models by being a trusted advisor to Data Scientists and other data consumers by identifying data problems and guiding issue resolution with partner Data Engineers and source data providers.

• Ensure proper data governance policies are followed by implementing or validating Data Lineage, Quality checks, classification, etc.

• Discover, ingest, and incorporate new sources of real-time, streaming, batch, and API-based data into our platform to enhance the insights we get from running tests and expand the ways and properties on which we can test and experiment with new tools to streamline the development, testing, deployment, and running of our data pipelines.

• Mentor junior colleagues on relevant technical and product trends through training classes

• Participate in the development of data and analytic infrastructure for product development
  Continuously innovate and determine new approaches, tools, techniques & technologies to solve business problems and generate business insights & recommendations.

• Partner with roles across the organization including consultants, engineering, and sales to determine the highest priority problems to solve.

• Evaluate trade-offs between many analytics solutions to a problem, considering usability, technical feasibility, timelines, and differing stakeholder opinions to make a decision.

• Break large solutions into smaller, releasable milestones to collect data and feedback from product managers, clients, and other stakeholders.

• Evangelize releases to users, incorporating feedback, and tracking usage to inform future development.

• Ensure proper data governance policies are followed by implementing or validating Data Lineage, Quality checks, classification, etc.

• Work with small, cross-functional teams to define the vision, establish team culture and processes.

• Consistently focus on key drivers of organization value and prioritize operational activities accordingly.

• Escalate technical errors or bugs detected in project work

• Maintain awareness of relevant technical and product trends through self-learning/study, training classes, and job shadowing.

Ideal Candidate Qualifications:

• Working proficiency in using Python/Scala, Spark (tuning jobs), SQL, Hadoop platforms to build Big Data products & platforms.

• Good programming skills in Java, spring boot and Junit. Experience with performance Tuning of Database Schemas, Databases, SQL, ETL Jobs, and related scripts

• Knowledge in software development test approaches & frameworks

• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and micro-services architectures

• Experience in working with CI/CD.

• Consistently focus on key drivers of organization value and prioritize operational activities accordingly.

• Experience in working with Cloud APIs (e.g., Azure, AWS)

• Experience in working with SQL database like Postgres, Oracle

• Preferably with hands-on experience with Hadoop big data tools (Hive, Impala, Spark)

• Experience with data pipeline and workflow management tools: NIFI, Airflow.

• Comfortable in developing shell scripts for automation.

• Good troubleshooting and debugging skills.

• Proficient in standard software development, such as version control, testing, and deployment

• Demonstrated knowledge of coding and data engineering.

• Ability to quickly learn and implement new technologies.

• Ability to Solve complex problems with multi-layered data sets.

• Ability to innovate and determine new approaches & technologies to solve business problems and generate business insights & recommendations.

• Ability to multi-task and strong attention to detail

• Flexibility to work as a member of a matrix based diverse and geographically distributed project teams

• Good communication skills - both verbal and written – and strong relationship, collaboration skills, and organizational skills

• Degree in Computer Architecture, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience

The following skills will be considered as a plus.

• Experience participating in complex engineering projects in an Agile setting e.g. Scrum

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