Engineer II, Data Platforms

The Engineer II works with cross-functional teams and customers to understand business requirements and translates into technical specifications. Discovers the true requirements underlying feature requests and recommends alternative technical approaches. Partners with cross-functional technical teams to launch projects and provide ongoing technical support. Collaborates with management to identify opportunities to streamline technology processes and develop new procedures that support the business unit/department. Responsibilities:

• Establishes a technical roadmap for the platform and/or capability strategy and lifecycle that considers value-based outcomes, costs to maintain, supportability, and performance.
• Ensures sound integration, data, security, and business architecture design throughout all stages within the platform and/or capability lifecycle.
• Provides rapid delivery and development of technical solutions that align with business and/or platform desired outcomes.
• Troubleshoots and resolves technical issues related to platform or capability systems, solutions, and services.
• Innovates and drives continuous improvements of implementation methodology and technical service offerings based on customer/employee experiences or other enterprise objectives/outcomes.
• Participates in a Community of Interest for engineers across all capability and platform teams to share information and strengthen understanding of business needs and technology-based business solutions.
• Develops and maintains deep technical knowledge and expertise related to domain area systems, solutions, services, and applications.

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 6+ years of experience in data engineering and/or software development.
• 4+ years of hands-on experience with Python and/or PySpark, and SQL for data transformation, pipeline development, and data modeling.
• 3+ years of experience developing and integrating APIs (RESTful services, JSON).
• Experience with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines using Git-based repositories (e.g., GitHub).
• Applied experience with cloud-native technologies, including AWS.
• Working knowledge of object-oriented and/or ontology-based data environments, and experience building applications/workflows on platforms such as Salesforce, PowerApps, or Databricks.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills, with experience working in Agile environments, contributing to solution design, and supporting production systems, including participation in on-call and after-hours release support as needed., * Regular and reliable job attendance
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Exhibit respect and understanding of others to maintain professional relationships
• Independent judgement in evaluation options to make sound decisions
• Home office environment with the ability to work effectively surrounded by moderate home environment noise - (Telework)

Pulled from the full job description

• Tuition reimbursement
• Parental leave
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance
• Life insurance, AARP offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including a 401(k); 100% company-funded pension plan; health, dental, and vision plans; life insurance; paid time off to include company and individual holidays, vacation, sick, caregiving, and parental leave; performance-based and peer-based recognition and tuition reimbursement.

AARP is the nation’s largest nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to empowering people 50 and older to choose how they live as they age. With a nationwide presence, AARP strengthens communities and advocates for what matters most to the more than 100 million Americans 50-plus and their families: health and financial security, and personal fulfillment. AARP also works for individuals in the marketplace by sparking new solutions and allowing carefully chosen, high-quality products and services to carry the AARP name. As a trusted source for news and information, AARP produces the nation’s largest-circulation publications, AARP The Magazine and the AARP Bulletin.

Information Technology Services is responsible for AARP enterprise-wide technology and information security functions. Services range from infrastructure design and operations, system and software lifecycle implementations, enabling the mobile workforce and protecting AARP network, systems and data. A variety of technologies and practices are used including cloud computing, automation, artificial intelligence and machine learning within highly collaborative Agile teams.