Principal Software Engineer, Data Quality

The Data Development, Insights & Strategy team is a highly focused effort to lead digital-first execution and transformation at Red Hat, leveraging data strategically for our customers, partners, and associates.

About the Job

We are looking for a [Senior/Principal] Software Engineer to pioneer an inner source paradigm for data product delivery at Red Hat and drive the embodiment of open-source principles, data governance, and data quality best practices. In this role, you will help teams transition towards comprehensive automation of insights, ensuring data integrity, consistency, and accuracy across various business domains. 

What will you do

• Design and implement comprehensive data quality strategies, ensuring accuracy and consistency in all data assets.

• Innovate and design data governance and quality solutions that can be enforced directly at the source, ensuring early interventions and prevention of data inconsistencies.

• Guide on implementing data quality checks, validations, and integrations, driving the importance of data quality within the development lifecycle.

• Diagnose and address software and data quality anomalies, ensuring that software solutions are robust, reliable, and adhere to data quality standards.

• Regularly review code on data validation, transformation, and cleaning processes.

• Build tooling to allow data operations to adhere to established quality standards and best practices.

• Monitor and optimize software performance, ensuring systems run efficiently and data remains consistent across various data points and modules. 

• Participate and demonstrate expertise in automation strategy along with contribution to framework development. 

• Able to translate technical concepts to non-technical teams

• Able to mentor and guide the team on data quality tools, techniques, and standards, cultivating a culture of continuous improvement and learning

What will you bring

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field

• 7-10 years of hands-on experience working in Engineering 

• Experience working with Data and Engineering tools 

• Proficient in modern testing tools and automation frameworks

• Understand data governance and data quality practices 

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with an unwavering commitment to quality, while working in an Agile environment

• Experience in developing automation frameworks for API/UI

• Support continuous integration and deployment process improvement and innovation

• Clear communication skills to work closely with stakeholders on Sprint/Teasing strategy

• Demonstrated efficiency of one of the programming languages (Go, Python, Java, and/or JavaScript) 

• Hands-on technical expertise in relational data systems like SQL Server, Redshift, S3, Oracle, and Big Query. Expert in SQL

• Demonstrated experience in building and maintaining data pipelines using DBT and/or Snowflake. Experience with Atlan, Fivetran, and Astronomer type tools a plus

• Self-motivated with a strong sense of ownership and a proactive team player, working quickly and accurately under pressure and time constraints with minimal supervision. 

About Red Hat

Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver high-performing Linux, cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Spread across 40+ countries, our associates work flexibly across work environments, from in-office, to office-flex, to fully remote, depending on the requirements of their role. Red Hatters are encouraged to bring their best ideas, no matter their title or tenure. We're a leader in open source because of our open and inclusive environment. We hire creative, passionate people ready to contribute their ideas, help solve complex problems, and make an impact.

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