Senior Data Engineer

Company Description

R26_0010641

As a Senior Data Engineer, you’ll be part of a team which works with big data & cloud technologies such as Spark, (Scala & Pyspark), python, Databricks, Airflow, Hive etc.

Job Description

• Responsible for maintianing & assembling data pipelines that consume large datasets, runs the complex data transformations that are needed to generate the facts for the clients.
• Responsible for integrating finished models into the pipelines that also helps in building the insights for the customer.
• Use your spark skills to optimize spark code (including data science models).
• Building required infrastructure for optimal extraction, transformation and loading of data from various data sources using Azure, Databricks and RDMBS technologies 
• Write and maintain documentation for features you work on & transition them to L2 support.
• Ability to write highly efficient code in terms of performance / memory utilization  

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience as Data engineer 
• Experience modeling or manipulating large amounts of data is a must.
• Proven experience working as a data engineer 
• Highly proficient in using the spark framework (python and/or Scala) 
• Extensive knowledge of Data Warehousing concepts, strategies, methodologies. 
• Programming experience in Python, SQL, Scala 
• Hands-on experience of building data pipelines using Apache Spark (preferably in Databricks), Airflow. 
• Hands-on experience designing and delivering solutions using Azure including Azure Storage, Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Azure Data Lake

Nive to Have:

• Experience with CI/CD & DevSecOps is a plus.
• Experience with Demographic, Retail business is a huge plus 
• Databricks & Azure Big Data Architecture Certification would be plus 

Soft Skills:

• Must be team oriented persion with strong collaboration, prioritization, and adaptability skills.
• Ability to learn the application from documents & KT videos with some support from the team.
• Understands the dynamics & dependencies between various teams & acts responsibly.

Additional Information

Our Benefits

• Flexible working environment
• Volunteer time off
• LinkedIn Learning
• Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)

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About NIQ

NIQ is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023, NIQ combined with GfK, bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights—delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms—NIQ delivers the Full View™. NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world’s population.

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