Data Engineer with Google Cloud Platform - Sunnyvale, CA

American IT Systems - Sunnyvale, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Sunnyvale, CA

About the position

The Data Engineer position involves designing and developing big data applications using open-source technologies, with a focus on Google Cloud Platform. The role requires creating data pipelines, automating workflows, and providing maintenance for existing systems. The engineer will also mentor junior team members and lead daily standups, while actively participating in the agile development process.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop big data applications using open-source technologies.
• Develop logical and physical data models for big data platforms.
• Automate workflows using Apache Airflow.
• Create data pipelines using Apache Hive, Apache Spark, and Apache Kafka.
• Provide ongoing maintenance and enhancements to existing systems and participate in rotational on-call support.
• Learn the business domain and technology infrastructure quickly and share knowledge with the team.
• Mentor junior engineers on the team.
• Lead daily standups and design reviews.
• Groom and prioritize backlog using JIRA.
• Act as the point of contact for the assigned business domain.

Requirements

• 3+ years of recent Google Cloud Platform experience.
• Experience building data pipelines in Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform Dataproc, GCS & BIGQuery.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with developing data warehouse solutions and data products.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience developing a distributed data processing platform with Hadoop, Hive or Spark, Airflow or a workflow orchestration solution.
• 4+ years of hands-on experience in modelling and designing schema for data lakes or for RDBMS platforms.
• Experience with programming languages: Python, Java, Scala, etc.
• Experience with scripting languages: Perl, Shell, etc.
• Experience working with, processing, and managing large data sets (multi TB/PB scale).
• Exposure to test driven development and automated testing frameworks.
• Background in Scrum/Agile development methodologies.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Bachelor's Degree in computer science or equivalent experience.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Gitflow.
• Familiarity with Atlassian products like BitBucket, JIRA, Confluence.
• Experience with Continuous Integration tools such as Bamboo, Jenkins, or TFS.