Lead Data Engineer

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Apply engineering best practices in order to analyze, design, develop, deploy and support software solutions.

• Influence team members through lean agile leadership.

• Mentor on Software Craftsmanship and Quality Standards.

• Develop software using continuous Deployment and integration practices.

• Participate in an Agile implementation and maintenance of source control and release procedures.

• Participate in Code Reviews and feedback to the team.

• Mentor technical members of the team.

• Contribute to a collaborative work environment in which all team members are respected regardless of their individual differences and are motivated to improve both their individual and team contributions.

• Identify data quality issues and their root causes.

• Propose fixes and design data audits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree.

• 6-8 years of professional experience.

• At least 6 years of professional data engineering, software engineering, debugging, analysis, testing and software documentation experience.

• Advanced programming skills.

• Code Knowledge: Python, SQL, HCL (Terraform), Apache Spark.

• Experience with Agile methodologies/DevOps environment.

• Experience with AWS environment (Redshift, AWS Glue).

• Strong understanding of database structures, theories, principles, and practices.

• Strong understanding of Data Quality and Data Concepts.

• Strong understanding of Data Integration Patterns and Tooling including ELT/ETL, EII, Replication, Event Streaming and Virtualization to support batch and real-time data needs.

• Has or develops understanding of 4-6 subject areas/domains of data.

• Provides a Strong Agile Lean Servant-Leader Model.

• Exceptional analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving skills.

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