Senior Software Engineer

Job Requisition ID #

23WD73208

Position Overview

The reporting team is looking for an experienced Sr. Software Engineer. This role will be responsible for designing, implementing and maintaining software solutions for complex ETL data pipelines. You will also be building highly scalable APIs and providing technical leadership within the group. They will be required to work closely with Product Managers, Infrastructure, Business Operations, Quality Assurance and other stakeholders to ensure that data is accessible, reliable, and well-structured for analysis and reporting.

Responsibilities

Data Pipeline Development:

• Design and develop data pipelines to extract, transform, and load (ETL) data from various sources into a centralized data repository
• Optimize and streamline data pipelines for efficiency, reliability, and scalability
• Monitor and troubleshoot data pipeline issues and ensure data integrity
• We use Python, Airflow, Snowflake, Hive, MySQL, Kinesis, Kafka and AWS (Amazon Web Services)

API Development:

• Design and develop RESTful APIs & microservices to support various operations
• Follow best practices for security, scaling, cost effectiveness and testing
• Create and execute unit and integration tests
• Contribute to documentation on use of the APIs

Problem Solving:

• Analyze and resolve technical issues and bugs in applications
• Identify performance bottlenecks and optimize code and databases

Team Collaboration:

• Collaborate with engineers, analysts, and business stakeholders to understand data requirements and deliver actionable insights
• Work with cross-functional teams to ensure solutions align with overall business goals

Performance Optimization:

• Optimize data processing and query performance for data retrieval and analytics
• Implement performance monitoring and tuning for data infrastructure

Code Review and Documentation:

• Perform code review and provide constructive feedback within ethical boundaries
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for data engineering processes, data models, and data pipelines
• Generate regular reports on data infrastructure performance and issues

Testing and Quality Assurance:

• Stay up to date with the latest data engineering technologies, tools, and best practices
• Evaluate and recommend new technologies for data engineering improvements

Security and Compliance:

• Ensure data security by implementing access controls, encryption, and other security measures
• Comply with data privacy regulations and industry-specific compliance standards

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of software development experience at various capacities
• 2+ years of experience in big data technologies (we use Airflow, EMR/Spark, Snowflake, Hadoop/Hive etc)
• Experience with data streaming (we use Kinesis/Kafka)
• Proficiency in programming languages (we use Python, Java/Scala)
• Experience in building RESTful APIs and microservices
• Experience with relational databases (we use MySQL, PostgreSQL)
• Strong background on cloud technologies. (we use AWS, S3/EBS, Lambda, EKS, CloudWatch etc.)
• Familiarity with observability platforms (we use Splunk, Datadog)
• Should possess sound knowledge of design patterns and methodologies across multiple platforms
• Knowledge and support of modern development practices, such as Agile and Open-Source technologies
• Knowledge of front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) is a plus (we use ReactJS)
• Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication and teamwork abilities

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's in computer science or equivalent

Certifications (optional)

• AWS Certified Developer - Associate

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