Senior Data Engineer

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<p>Velir is an established mid-sized agency with a top-tier portfolio of clients, ranging from the world’s largest non-profits to Fortune 500 brands. As of 2023, Velir acquired Brooklyn Data Company, a premier data and analytics consultancy focused on leadership, process improvement, implementation, and advanced analytics.</p>
<p>At Velir, we believe people are our greatest asset. Our culture is built on a foundation of trust, collaboration, and continued improvement. We strive for excellence in everything we do, embracing challenges as opportunities for growth. Our success is driven by a shared passion for making a positive impact on our customers, our communities and each other. We are a remote first company that offers competitive pay and excellent benefits.</p>
</div><h1>Overview</h1>
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<p><span data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW197630054 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun" data-ccp-charstyle-defn="{"ObjectId":"ac0262f4-8a9e-5820-b908-2d943c5f7113|1","ClassId":1073872969,"Properties":[201342446,"1",201342447,"5",201342448,"1",201342449,"1",469777841,"Calibri",469777842,"",469777843,"Calibri",469777844,"Calibri",201341986,"1",469769226,"Calibri",268442635,"22",469775450,"normaltextrun",201340122,"1",134233614,"true",469778129,"normaltextrun",335572020,"1",469778324,"Default Paragraph Font"]}">Senior Data Engineers play a crucial role in helping our client organizations manage and </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW197630054 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">leverage</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW197630054 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun"> their data effectively. Their responsibilities include Data Architecture Design; Data Warehousing; Data Quality Assurance; Scalability and Performance Optimization; and Data Security. As senior-level individual contributors, SDEs are also responsible for recommending and implementing data engineering tools and technologies that best suit the client’s needs. Because our clients are mostly US-based organizations, we look for the ability to communicate with professional </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW197630054 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">proficiency</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW197630054 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun"> in English, verbally and in writing.</span></span></p>
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<h3 class="iCIMS_InfoMsg iCIMS_InfoField_Job"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Responsibilities</span></strong></h3>
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<li data-leveltext="●" data-font="Inter" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"●","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><strong><span data-contrast="none">Data Engineering Leadership: </span></strong><span data-contrast="none">You are responsible for bridging technical gaps to lead and oversee various data engineering projects for our data solutions engagements. You possess advanced data engineering knowledge and expertise, and your assignments, projects, and programs are of significant scope and/or complexity where effective decision-making requires navigating ambiguous or uncertain conditions. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li data-leveltext="●" data-font="Inter" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"●","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><strong><span data-contrast="none">Cross-Team Collaboration: </span></strong><span data-contrast="none">You are responsible for contributing to alignment across the organization through influence and by translating context across different teams. You have a strong, foundational understanding of other Data Team functions, while also being able to translate these concepts for less technical colleagues. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<h3><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Tools & Technologies</strong></span></h3>
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<li>Programming languages (e.g. SQL, Python)</li>
<li>Data Processing (e.g. Apache Spark, dbt)</li>
<li>Cloud-based data warehouses (e.g., Snowflake, Google BigQuery)</li>
<li>Data orchestration (e.g., Apache Airflow, Azure Data Factory, Prefect)</li>
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<h3><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Technical Skills</strong></span></h3>
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<li><strong><span data-contrast="none">Data Movement. </span></strong><span data-contrast="none">Optimizes data pipelines to achieve low latency, ensuring timely processing and delivery of data. Can design and implement real-time and /or micro-batch data processing solutions that handle high-volume data with low latency requirements.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><strong><span data-contrast="none">Data Warehousing. </span></strong><span data-contrast="none">Acts as an internal resource for data warehousing, providing help with advanced techniques and strategies for novel scenarios.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><strong><span data-contrast="none">Programming. </span></strong><span data-contrast="none">Has an authoritative or deep holistic understanding, deals with routine matters intuitively, able to go beyond existing interpretations, achieves excellence with ease.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><strong><span data-contrast="none">Technical Management: </span></strong><span data-contrast="none">Is able to be a technical leader across a set of related team's domains, consistently pushing boundaries and exploring gaps in understanding.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><strong><span data-contrast="none">Data Infrastructure: </span></strong><span data-contrast="none">You can design, build, and maintain the underlying data infrastructure for a complex, large-scale system that integrates with multiple disparate data sources.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<li><strong><span data-contrast="none">Data Modeling and Transformation: </span></strong><span data-contrast="none">Comfortable with modeling and transforming extremely large and complex datasets in a performant and cost-efficient manner.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><strong><span data-contrast="none">MLOps: </span></strong><span data-contrast="none">Understands and can execute the steps required to deploy a trained model into a production environment for offline or online scoring.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<h3><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Skills & Qualifications</strong></span></h3>
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<li><span data-contrast="none">Proven experience as a Data Engineer or related role, with a focus on designing and developing data pipelines.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="none">Strong programming skills in Python and SQL. Experience with Scala and Rust is a plus but not required.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="none">Deep knowledge of data warehousing and ETL/ELT processes.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="none">Intermediate / expert proficiency with common data integration / orchestration platforms (e.g., Fivetran, Azure Data Factory, Apache Airflow)</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="none">Deep experience with at least one cloud data warehouse (Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, or similar).</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="none">Experience with streaming solutions such as Spark Streaming, Kafka, or Flink is desirable but not required.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="none">Strong experience with at least one cloud platform such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="none">Familiarity with machine learning operations (MLOps) techniques and platforms is a plus but not required.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="none">Experience mentoring and advising other engineers</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="none">Ability to define, explain, and sell long-term vision for technical architecture, technical approaches / procedures, etc.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="none">Excellent communication and collaboration skills.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<h3><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Physical Requirements</strong></span></h3>
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<li>Frequent sitting at a desk performing work on a computer</li>
<li>Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions</li>
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<h4><strong>Compensation Range: $145,000 - 160,000  annually</strong></h4>
<p><em>Please note that compensation packages are finalized after the interview process is concluded. We use a competency-based approach to base pay, which means it is based on the competencies and skills demonstrated for this role.</em></p>
<p> </p><div class="content-conclusion"><h3><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Core Company Values</strong></span></h3>
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<li>Take the Long View - Ensure the company is built to last</li>
<li>Be Courageous - Make the right decisions even when they aren't the easiest decisions</li>
<li>Be Genuine - Bring honesty and authenticity to all that you do</li>
<li>Work with Focus + Passion - Display purpose and pride in your work and never stop learning</li>
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<p>As an equal opportunity employer, we are firmly committing to diversity, equity, and inclusion in our hiring efforts. We recognize that we need team members from all backgrounds and experiences to successfully shape a positive employee experience as well as deliver our product and service solutions. To that end, we actively seek candidates who can bring diverse experiences and backgrounds to our team. We know that complex factors and systemic bias can get in the way of us meeting strong candidates, so please don't hesitate to apply even if you're not 100% sure.</p>
<p><em>At this time, Velir does not sponsor candidates and unfortunately cannot accept those on OPT or CPT.</em></p>
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