Senior Data Engineer

Rocket Companies
Detroit, MI, United States
3 months ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Big Data Code Review Databases Continuous Integration Information Engineering Extract Transform Load (ETL) Data Transformation Data Systems Data Warehousing Relational Databases Database Queries Software Debugging
+19 more
Disaster Recovery Python (Programming Language) Networking Basics NoSQL Object-Oriented Software Development Performance Tuning Cloud Services Shell Script SQL Databases Data Processing Data Ingestion Technical Debt AWS Lambda Information Technology Deployment Automation Non-relational Database Data Management Restful APIs Data Pipelines

Job description

As a Senior Data Engineer, you’ll engage in the design, development, and maintenance of data platforms and solutions. This includes applying data management principles to pipelines and delivering analytical and operational solutions to enable data-driven decision-making and data activation use cases.

You’ll design and develop data ingestion and transformation solutions, working across a hybrid data environment to build scalable products and services that meet business needs. As a senior member of the team, you’ll also mentor and support the growth of your teammates while helping drive best practices across the data engineering lifecycle.

About the role

  • Develop ETL and ELT processes to source and curate data from various enterprise systems, ensuring speed and quality of delivery
  • Develop tabular and dimensional data models to support analytical and operational use cases
  • Build and maintain data processing jobs to refresh data on a regular cadence
  • Guide the identification, investigation, and resolution of data quality issues, ensuring data is secure and reliable
  • Utilize advanced debugging techniques to troubleshoot complex data pipeline and processing issues
  • Lead code review sessions with a focus on performance, scalability, and maintainability
  • Work in a hybrid data environment spanning on-premises and cloud data platforms
  • Develop relational and non-relational data models to meet user and business needs
  • Proactively identify upstream and downstream dependencies that may impact pipeline performance or reliability
  • Monitor and address performance and scalability issues across large-scale data platforms
  • Participate in on-call rotations for incident management and production support
  • Mentor team members and contribute to their technical development
  • Partner with leadership to identify and address technical debt and improve team processes
  • Stay current on industry trends and promote adoption of best practices across the team
  • Contribute to engineering community initiatives to increase visibility into data engineering work

Requirements

Do you have experience in Technical troubleshooting support?, * 7 years of experience building data solutions, including relational and non-relational databases and batch/real-time data pipelines using cloud services

  • 5 years of experience with dimensional or tabular data modeling
  • Experience designing and developing complex data transformation pipelines
  • 5 years of experience with CI/CD and automated deployments
  • Expertise writing complex queries (SQL/NoSQL)
  • Expertise in performance tuning, debugging, and troubleshooting data processing jobs, including ETLs
  • 5 years of experience in Python development, including AWS Lambda functions
  • Proficiency in a functional or object-oriented programming language
  • Strong understanding of database and server internals
  • Knowledge of Linux system administration, shell scripting, and basic networking
  • Experience developing and consuming REST APIs

Preferred Qualifications

  • Degree (or equivalent experience) in computer science, information technology, or a related field
  • Knowledge of disaster recovery and backup strategies for data systems
  • Experience mentoring and developing other engineers

About the company

Rocket is a Detroit-based company made up of businesses that provide simple, fast and trusted digital solutions for complex transactions. The name comes from our flagship business, now known as Rocket Mortgage®, which was founded in 1985. Today, we’re a publicly traded company involved in many different industries, including mortgages, fintech, real estate and more. We’re insistently different in how we look at the world and are committed to an inclusive workplace where every voice is heard. Apply today to join a team that offers career growth, amazing benefits and the chance to work with leading industry professionals.

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