Ford - Dearborn, MI
posted about 2 months ago
The Ford Data Engineer position is designed for individuals with a strong technical background who are adept at handling various aspects of data management. This role encompasses the design, implementation, and optimization of data storage solutions, as well as the manipulation of data and providing Level 2 support. As a Data Engineer, you will work closely with multiple stakeholders, including Business Customers, Product Owners, Data Tech, and IT, to translate business objectives into effective data storage solutions. The position emphasizes collaboration within small, cross-functional teams and adheres to lean and agile methodologies, ensuring the application of software best practices, quality scanning, automated testing, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) processes. In this role, you will be responsible for identifying, documenting, and communicating design requirements, working alongside Data Product Owners to create data stores. You will implement these data stores on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), utilizing tools such as DBT for data transformations, BigQuery for data storage, and Astronomer for orchestration. Testing is a critical component of this position, and you will participate in testing activities while adopting test-driven development practices. Additionally, you will tune data stores by optimizing indexes and SQL queries to enhance performance and provide Level 2 support by assisting with customer inquiries and resolving incidents or problems. Collaboration across teams is essential, as you will work within and across various groups to achieve project goals.