Data Engineer

Role Description:

Our client is looking for an enthusiastic Data Engineer who can contribute to building a data repository in the sustainability domain. The candidate hired for this role will be working on building out and maintaining the data repository built on Snowflake.

Daily and Monthly Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate expertise in data modeling, physical and logical schema designing, and ELT using Snowflake and SQL.

• Deploy fully operational data warehouse solutions into production on Snowflake.

• Support design of data strategy and governance.

• Must be problem-solving and can break complex issues into manageable pieces that function successfully in a high-pressure, quick-turnaround environment.

• Write a fully functioning piece of code in Python to support the various data-related workloads.

• Good understanding of Data warehousing, ELT, ETL, OLTP, and OLAP

• Build ETLs/ELTs to take data from various operational and transactional systems and create a unified dimensional or star schema data model for analytics, reporting, and delivery

• Take an active part in all aspects of development including participation in reviewing the work done by peers

• Collaborate within and across multiple teams, as necessary.

• Strong cross-functional team player and demonstrate ability to coordinate application changes in a diverse and fast-paced work environment

Required Skills / Abilities:

• 3-5 years of total experience with a minimum of 2-4 years of relevant experience in working as a Data Engineer

• Experience working on data warehouse technical architectures, ETL/ELT, reporting/analytical tools, and data security

• Working knowledge of developing data pipelines using Python.

• Experience working with different offerings in Snowflake (SnowSQL, SnowPipe, Bulk loading, Shares)

• Experience working with structured and semi-structured data

• Solid fundamental skills in data structures and algorithms

• Exposure to cloud-based services (AWS preferred)

• Having excellent communication skills while collaborating with cross-located Development teams

• Well versed with SCRUM / Agile delivery methodology

• Knowledge of any version control system (e.g. SVN, git).

Required Education and Experience:

• BE/B Tech/M Tech/MCA in Computer Science/Information Technology or equivalent from a reputed college with 2-4 years of experience as a Data Engineer

• Prior experience working with Snowflake is mandatory

• Prior coding experience in Python is mandatory

• Prior experience working in Data warehousing and ETL development is mandatory

• Motivated team player who goes over and above what is asked

• Attitude to thrive in a fun, fast-paced start-up like environment

• You love writing and owning codes and enjoy working with people who will keep challenging you at every stage.

• You have strong problem solving, analytic, decision-making, and excellent communication with interpersonal skills.

• You are self-driven and motivated with the desire to work in a fast-paced, results-driven agile environment with varied responsibilities