
Data Engineer
Empower
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $87,400 - $123,400 per year
About the role
- Design, develop and maintain scalable data and file ingestion framework
- Collaborate with cross-functional value stream teams, analysts and business stakeholders to understand and refine the data requirements and translate them into technical solutions
- Optimize data ingestion framework for performance and reliability
- Follow data governance and security best practices
- Troubleshoot data integrity and performance issues
- Participate in code reviews and enforce coding standards
- Participate in architectural decisions and design discussions
- Work on initiatives to mitigate and/or alleviate core data application issues, including opportunities for process automation
- Stay updated with the latest trends and technologies in data engineering and apply them to improve our data framework
- Collaborate with colleagues regarding development of best practices and/or data application issues
- Provide input and work on initiatives to mitigate and/or alleviate core data application issues, including opportunities for process automation
- Operate independently with some latitude for un-reviewed actions or decisions
- Complete other duties as assigned
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field (Information Systems, Mathematics, Software Engineering) or equivalent combination of training and experience
- 2 - 4 years of software development experience preferably in a Data related field
- Experience with ETL development and design using Python, Big Data (Hadoop/SPARK) SQL knowledge, RDBMS experience on any recognized database (Aurora, MySQL, Postgres, Redshift)
- Experience on the AWS platform
- Understanding of dimensional model and ER designs
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) and Agile Methodology
- Exposure to Data Warehouse principles
- 2 years IT in financial or other highly regulated industry preferred
- Use of JIRA in Agile development strongly desired
- Knowledgeable about DevOps and CI/CD best practices is a plus
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
- Retirement savings – 401(k) plan with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%), financial advisory services, potential company discretionary contribution, and a broad investment lineup
- Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
- Business-casual environment that includes the option to wear jeans
- Generous paid time off upon hire – including a paid time off program plus ten paid company holidays and three floating holidays each calendar year
- Paid volunteer time — 16 hours per calendar year
- Leave of absence programs – including paid parental leave, paid short- and long-term disability, and Family and Medical Leave (FMLA)
- Business Resource Groups (BRGs) – BRGs facilitate inclusion and collaboration across our business internally and throughout the communities where we live, work and play. BRGs are open to all.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
data ingestion frameworkETL developmentPythonBig DataHadoopSparkSQLRDBMSAWSdimensional modeling
Soft Skills
collaborationtroubleshootingcommunicationindependenceproblem-solvingcode reviewprocess automationadaptabilityattention to detailinitiative