Senior Data Engineer

Senior Data Engineer

Location: Houston, TX

About Argus

Argus is an independent media organisation with 1,400 staff. It is headquartered in London and has 30 offices in the world’s principal commodity trading and production centres. Argus produces price assessments and analysis of international energy and other commodity markets and offers bespoke consulting services and industry-leading conferences. Companies in 140 countries around the world use Argus data to index physical trade and as benchmarks in financial derivative markets as well as for analysis and planning purposes.

Argus was founded in 1970 and is a privately held UK-registered company. It is owned by employee shareholders, global growth equity firm General Atlantic.  Argus Media is committed to ensuring career and personal growth for all its staff and provides extensive training and career development opportunities, as well as participation in employee-led initiatives, including a women’s network.  Our core values are Excellence, Integrity, Partnership and Inclusivity.

What will you be doing?
 

 Due to the continued growth of the business and the importance of the data we use on a daily basis, we are currently looking for a for a senior data engineer to join our global Data science function in Houston.

You will work closely with internal clients of the data team to support and maintain R, Excel and database-based processes for gathering data, calculating prices and producing the reports and data feeds. The work also involves writing robust automated processes in R.

Key Responsibilities

• Support and development of data processing systems using R and SQL
• Client support with queries relating to
  • integration of Argus data and metadata into client systems
  • data validation
  • provision of data
• Data and systems support to Argus’ staff
• Project development
• Maintenance and development of existing systems
  • metadata modification
  • data cleansing
  • data checking

Required Skills and Experience

• Significant recent experience of developing tools using R, R Shiny in a commercial (work) environment.
• Good knowledge and experience of SQL, preferably in Oracle, including stored procedures, functions and triggers
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) and Unit Testing in R is required. 
• Ability to work both as part of a team and autonomously
• Excellent communication skills

Desired Skills and Experience

• BS degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Business, Engineering or related field. 
• Experience in visualization techniques is desirable.
• Any experience working with energy markets and commodities data is highly desirable
• Experience developing production-grade scalable applications in R.

Personal Attributes

• Ability to interact with non-technical people in plain language
• Innovative thinker with good problem-solving abilities and attention to detail
• Numerically proficient
• Self-motivated with ability to work independently, prioritizing tasks to meet deadlines
• Customer service focused

What’s in it for you

Our rapidly growing, award winning business offers a dynamic environment for talented, entrepreneurial professionals to achieve results and grow their careers. Argus recognizes and rewards successful performance and as an Investor in People, we promote prof