Zencore is hiring a
Senior Data Engineer

Summary

The job is for a Data Engineer at Zencore, a remote company founded by former Google Cloud leaders. The candidate should have 5+ years of experience as a data engineer or in a comparable role, strong skills with Python or JVM languages, advanced SQL knowledge, and experience working with cloud data warehouses like BigQuery or Snowflake. Other requirements include familiarity with GCP native data tools, ELT/ELT pipelines, Spark or Hadoop applications, Airflow/Cloud Composer, DataOps practices, IaC (e.g., Terraform), and modern data engineering ecosystem tools.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience serving as a data engineer or in a comparable engineering capacity
• Strong skills with Python or a JVM language (Java, Scala)
• Advanced working SQL knowledge and experience working with relational databases
• Experience working with cloud data warehouses, specifically BigQuery or Snowflake
• Experience working with data platforms built on public cloud in a production setting
• Experience developing production Spark or Hadoop applications
• Gained experience with a workload scheduling and orchestration tool such as Apache Airflow/Cloud Composer
• Familiarity with modern DataOps (e.g., quality eng, testing, pipeline deployments etc) practices and IaC (e.g., Terraform)
• Familiarity with the constellation of tools in the data engineering ecosystem
• Experience with batch, micro-batch, and real-time streaming architectures
• Good internal and customer-facing communication skills
• Experience with relational database management systems and change data capture (CDC) is a plus

Responsibilities

Work with fast-paced innovative companies as a trusted advisor, eliminating obstacles, reducing risk, and accelerating timelines for customers transitioning to Google Cloud

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with GCP native data toolset is preferred
• Experience building ELT or ETL pipelines processing large amounts of data
• Experience with dbt or Airbyte is preferred

Benefits

Competitive compensation and benefits