Data EngineerNew York, NY We are looking for a savvy Data Engineer to join our growing team of data experts. The hire will be responsible for designing, implementing and optimizing data pipeline flows in production within our system. The ideal candidate is an experienced data pipeline builder and data wrangler who enjoys optimizing data systems and building them from the ground up. The Data Engineer will support our data scientists with the implementation of the relevant data flows based on the data scientist's features design and our software developers with solution-based design and implementation within the product. They must be self-directed and comfortable supporting multiple production implementations for various use cases, part of which will be conducted on premise at customer locations.
The role requires travel up to 25%.ResponsibilitiesImplement and maintain data pipeline flows in production within our system based on data scientist's designDesign and implement solution-based data flows for specific use cases, enabling replicability of implementations within our product.Create data tools for analytics and data scientist team members that assist them in building and optimizing our product into an innovative industry leader.Work with product, R&D, data and analytics experts to strive for greater functionality in our systemsTrain customer data scientists and engineers to maintain and amend data pipelines within the productQualificationsAdvanced hands on Spark knowledge and experience working with and optimizing 'big data' data pipelines, architectures and data sets.Strong analytic skills related to working with structured and semi-structured datasets.Build processes supporting data transformation, data structures, metadata, dependency and workload management.Experience performing root cause analysis on internal and external data and processes to answer specific business questions and identify opportunities for improvement.Business oriented and able to work with external customers and cross-functional teams3+ years of experience in a Data Engineer role, who has attained a technical degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Informatics, Information Systems, Engineering or another quantitative field.Experience with Linux - Advantage