Remote Data Engineer (Databricks, Spark, SQL, DBT)

Job Description

As an Engineer you will determine specifications, plan, design, and develop business critical software solutions, utilizing appropriate software engineering processes - either individually or in concert with product team. Duties & Responsibilities Designing Solutions

• Apply technical knowledge to drive outcomes for customers
• Ability to work and problem solve independently on initiatives that align to the broader software engineering strategy

Developing Software

• Member of team that can work independently, as well as collaboratively with team, in developing core software for the product that delivers outcomes.
• Consistent and dependable in delivering core software that delivers outcomes and meets/exceeds the teams expectations for stability, scalability, resilience, etc.

Learning and Applying New Techniques

• Shares new ideas and techniques with team; Encourages junior engineers to invest in learning as a part of their job.

Collaborating within the Team

• Participate in team’s collaboration sessions to provide technical expertise to solve a problem/remove technical roadblocks for the team
• Participate in product planning and implementation. Helps team to understand and decompose work

Defining Engineering Standards and Patterns

• Contribute to develop engineering practices, templates and frameworks in collaboration with the team.

DevOps

• Continuously assessing technology to build more stable, scalable, and resilient software; Use data to measure progress
• Promote and expand on the use of the CI/CD pipeline to improve the deployment and build process.
• Participates in the team support rotation and provides expert knowledge on focus subsystems.

Selecting & Managing Technology Vendors

• Contribute to define the selection criteria for selecting the right technology vendors.
• Participate in proof of concept / technology along with the vendor

Coaching Engineers

• Provide guidance to junior engineers to help them learn foundational software engineering skills
• Provide technical expertise and help the team to solve technical/software issues
• Provide trainings to the junior developers and groom them
• Provide domain expertise on software products in their area to junior engineers to help them learn/grow their skills and contribute as part of the team

Recruiting/Building Talent

• Engage in the tech community to build the client's technology brand and position as the employer of choice in the market
• Contribute to the recruitment to define the structure of the interview process to hire the right talent to the team.
• Models the client's leadership competencies – courage, collaboration, and commitment by demonstrating resiliency, working together to make the best decisions, and holding yourself and others accountable.
• Supports and/or develops an environment in which employees and colleagues are focused on continuous improvement, exceptional employee engagement, and an unwavering commitment to our clients. Shapes and/or supports a culture that represents the client's purpose, promise and values, ensuring that the client's trust and reputation remain strong with its clients.

Skills and Requirements Skillset : At least 5 years of experience in Databricks, Spark, SQL and DBT for data engineer role

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or other technical field or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years of experience in engineering environments, taking abstract concepts and ideas and formulating a detailed software engineering plan to deliver
• Sound knowledge of industry standard Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) practices
• Sound knowledge of version and revision control practices and procedures
• Sound knowledge of systems design concepts that provide security and stability
• Expertise in debugging code and/or complex log files for troubleshooting and analysis of product defects
• Knowledge/experience with querying databases for complex data lookup/update
• Perform code reviews with associate team members
• Financial Services industry experience

Equal Opportunity Statement We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances.