Data Engineer

New Day
London
2 weeks ago
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Overview

You will deliver hands-on development on Nexus Platform Monitoring, daily BAU data pipelines, and ensure our data solution is refreshed up to date every day. Enhance the daily BAU process and support data lake build, change, and defect fix. Work with the team within an Agile framework and contribute to the new data lake technology across the organization to address a broad set of use cases across data science and data warehousing.

Responsibilities
  • Hands-on development on Nexus Platform Monitoring and daily BAU data pipelines to ensure data freshness and reliability.
  • Build and modify data pipelines using existing frameworks and patterns; support data lake building, changes, and defect fixes.
  • Collaborate with the team in an Agile environment and participate in CI/CD release processes.
  • Contribute to data lake technology initiatives across the organization to support various use cases in data science and data warehousing.
Essential Skills and Experience
  • Experience with data solution BAU processes (ETL, table refresh, etc.).
  • Experience integrating data from multiple sources.
  • Experience with big data integration technologies such as Spark, Scala, Kafka.
  • Experience in programming languages such as Python or Scala.
  • Experience using AWS, DBT and Snowflake.
  • Analytical and problem-solving skills applied to data solutions.
  • Experience with CI/CD and good aptitude in multi-threading and concurrency concepts.
  • Familiarity with Linux scripting fundamentals.
Desirable Skills and Experience
  • Experience with ETL technologies and AWS services (Athena, Glue, EMR, Step Functions).
  • Experience with Snowflake and DBT.
  • Experience with data solution BAU processes (ETL, table refresh, etc.).
  • Previous proficiency with ETL technologies (e.g., Talend, Informatica, Ab Initio).
  • Previous exposure to Python and to own data solution BAU monitoring and enhancement.
  • Exposure to building applications for a cloud environment.
Additional Information

At NewDay, we value all types of diversity. We\'re an equal opportunity employer and believe that our differences create a vibrant, authentic working culture. We want all our colleagues to feel able to bring their whole selves to work. We don\'t discriminate on the basis of protected characteristics or identities. We make sure that every job is crafted to be inclusive and that people with disabilities or caring responsibilities can take part in the application and interview process. Tell us if you need accommodations: We\'ll put reasonable adjustments in place to support you. We work with Textio to make our job design and hiring inclusive. Permanent


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