Senior Data Engineer (Poland, Contract)

This is a remote contract position for those based in Poland.

The Opportunity

At NearForm we build digital products that provide users with fantastic digital experiences and allow enterprises to go to market faster, improve customer experience, while transforming their workflows and advancing our clients’ digital agendas. With a recent significant investment into the business, NearForm is poised to scale its impact to more enterprises. 

Are you the right person to fuel this growth and add to a wonderfully collaborative culture?  

The Role

We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer who can help our enterprise clients translate their requirements into functional and appealing interactive applications. You would be responsible for building server-side components of these applications.  You will be outcome driven, and have a drive to deliver the best quality output for our clients within specific timeframes.  You will be working in high performing software teams who are distributed across different locations.

• Designing & building cloud-based data pipelines and data warehousing solutions using GCP, Python, Fast API & Pydantic 
• Supporting system design, development and maintenance and take responsibility for personal technical quality standards within the project team.
• Assisting with defining structured practices, especially in source code management, building and deployment.
• Designing and implementing data storage solutions.
• Implementing security and data protection.
• Executing meticulous automated tests in line with best practice.
• Troubleshooting and debugging applications.
• Optimising applications for maximum speed and scalability.
• Using appropriate tools to maintain version control and build processes.
• Getting feedback from, and building solutions for, users and clients.
• Working with and supporting the Delivery Architect (team lead) in project execution and timely delivery.
• Collaborating with client teams.
• Writing documentation and guides.
• Following new and emerging technologies.
• Contributing to NearForm tooling and open-source projects.
• Understand and embrace the NearForm culture.

Requirements

As a Senior Data Engineer you will be largely focused on the server side of the application development process. We are keen to hire people who can hit the ground running, as such, there are some skills and experience we really need you to have: 

• Experience delivering at a Senior Data Engineer level in an enterprise environment.
• Practical experience of delivering in an agile environment.
• Practical experience of knowledge of developing real-world solutions and platforms.
• Deep understanding of code, with experience developing in Python and utilising SQL
  
• Production experience of Snowflake platforms.
• Deep understanding of ELT/ETL pipelines and toolchains.
• Deep understanding of Relational and Document data stores.
• Deep understanding of how modern web services are built.
• Deep understanding of modern testing methodologies, tools and practices.
• Deep understanding of versioning control tools including Git.
• Understanding of tools such as AWS serverless compute, Apigee, CloudRun and containerisation.
• Understanding of security and performance considerations.
• Understanding of architectural and design patterns in one or more of AWS/GCP/Azure.
• Understanding of deployment tools and systems integration.
• Understanding with a wide variety of open-source technologies and tools.
• Excellent analytical and multitasking skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Empathy and people skills.

 

Optional Experience

• Experience with tools such as FastAPI, Pydantic, Flask and Django.
• Experience with other programming languages e.g. Javascript.
• Experience with multiple cloud technologies.
• Experience debugging infrastructure.
• Infrastructure as code technology such as Terraform and Cloud Formation.
• Previous consultancy experience.