The purpose of this role is to maintain, improve, clean and manipulate data in the business’s operational and analytics databases. The Data Engineer works with the business’s software engineers, data analytics teams, data scientists and data warehouse engineers in order to understand and aid in the implementation of database requirements, analyze performance, and troubleshoot any existent issues.

Job Title: Technical Lead – Data Engineer

Job Description:

Key responsibilities:

1) Creates and maintains optimal data pipeline architecture
2) Assembles large, complex data sets that meet functional / non-functional business requirements
3) Identifies, designs and implements internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimising data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability, etc
4) Builds analytics tools that utilise the data pipeline to provide actionable insights into customer acquisition, operational efficiency and other key business performance metrics
5) Works with stakeholders including the Executive, Product, Data and Design teams to assist with data-related technical issues and support their data infrastructure needs
6) Keeps our data separated and secure
7) Creates data tools for analytics and data scientist team members that assist them in building and optimising our product into an innovative industry leader
8) Works with data and analytics experts to strive for greater functionality in our data systems

Must have:

– Data Architecture & Modeling: Design and maintain scalable, efficient data models and architectures to support data analytics, reporting, and ML model training.
– Data Pipeline Engineering: Develop, maintain, and optimise scalable data pipelines that can handle large volumes and various types of data.
– Data Quality Assurance: Implement rigorous data cleaning, transformation, and integration processes to ensure data quality and consistency.
– Collaboration: Work closely with data scientists, ML engineers, and other stakeholders to understand data requirements and implement effective data solutions.
– Documentation & Governance: Maintain comprehensive documentation of data procedures, systems, and architectures. Provide guidance and support for data governance practices, including metadata management, data lineage, and data cataloging.
– ML Familiarity: Familiarity with machine learning concepts and tools.

– Technical Skills:
       * Strong proficiency in Python, with an emphasis on clean, modular, and well-documented code.
       * Proficient in Spark (PySpark and SparkSQL).
       * Expertise in SQL, JIRA, Git, and GitHub.
– Good Communication Skills: Able to explain complex technical concepts clearly and concisely to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Good to have:

– Azure Cloud Expertise: Hands-on experience with designing and implementing scalable and secure data processing pipelines using Azure cloud services and tools like Databricks or Azure Synapse Analytics.
– Azure Data Management: Experience managing and optimizing data storage within Azure using services like Azure SQL Data Warehouse and Azure Cosmos DB.
– ML Experience: Experience in deploying and maintaining ML models in production environments.