Senior Data Engineer

Summary

Join Thoughtworks as a Senior Data Engineer and build, maintain, and test software architecture and infrastructure for managing data applications. You will develop core capabilities for technical and functional data platforms, acting as an anchor for functional work streams and ensuring timely delivery. Leverage the latest big data tools and frameworks while collaborating on problem-solving and strategy execution. Develop and operate modern data architecture, build intricate data processing pipelines, and collaborate with data scientists. Contribute to data governance, security, and privacy, while incorporating data quality into your daily work. Thoughtworks offers a supportive culture with numerous development programs and opportunities for career growth.

Requirements

• Working with data excites you; You can build and operate data pipelines, and maintain data storage, all within distributed systems
• You have hands-on experience of data modeling and modern data engineering tools and platforms
• You have experience in writing clean, high-quality code using the preferred programming language
• You have built and deployed large-scale data pipelines and data-centric applications using any of the distributed storage platforms and distributed processing platforms in a production setting
• You have experience with data visualization techniques and can communicate the insights as per the audience
• You have experience with data-driven approaches and can apply data security and privacy strategy to solve business problems
• You have experience with different types of databases (i.e.: SQL, NoSQL, data lake, data schemas, etc.)
• You understand the importance of stakeholder management and can easily liaise between clients and other key stakeholders throughout projects, ensuring buy-in and gaining trust along the way
• You are resilient in ambiguous situations and can adapt your role to approach challenges from multiple perspectives
• You don’t shy away from risks or conflicts, instead you take them on and skillfully manage them
• You are eager to coach, mentor and motivate others and you aspire to influence teammates to take positive action and accountability for their work
• You enjoy influencing others and always advocate for technical excellence while being open to change when needed

Responsibilities

• Develop and operate modern data architecture approaches to meet key business objectives and provide end-to-end data solutions
• Develop intricate data processing pipelines, addressing clients' most challenging problems
• Collaborate with data scientists to design scalable implementations of their models
• Write clean, iterative code using TDD and leverage various continuous delivery practices to deploy, support and operate data pipelines
• Use different distributed storage and computing technologies from the plethora of options available
• Develop data models by selecting from a variety of modeling techniques and implementing the chosen data model using the appropriate technology stack
• Collaborate with the team on the areas of data governance, data security and data privacy
• Incorporate data quality into your day-to-day work

Benefits

• There is no one-size-fits-all career path at Thoughtworks: however you want to develop your career is entirely up to you. But we also balance autonomy with the strength of our cultivation culture. This means your career is supported by interactive tools, numerous development programs and teammates who want to help you grow. We see value in helping each other be our best and that extends to empowering our employees in their career journeys
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