data engineer

Randstad • Minneapolis, MN

438d • $97,760 - $122,200 • Remote

About The Position

The Data Engineer position at Randstad US involves architecting and developing software solutions with a focus on business intelligence datasets. The role requires collaboration with various teams to ensure the delivery of high-quality data solutions while adhering to best practices in software engineering and Agile methodologies.

Requirements

• 3+ years of data engineering experience
• 3+ years of full lifecycle application, software development experience
• 3+ years of modern programming language such as Python, Java, and Scala
• 2+ years of SDLC experience in an Agile environment
• Working knowledge of APIs, CI/CD, Big Data, data architecture and governance
• Experience with Cloud technologies and platforms such as Docker, OSE, Kubernetes, AWS, Snowflake, and Azure
• Experience with Jenkins, GitHub, Big Data technologies like Spark
• Experience using IDEs such as Eclipse, JBoss, IntelliJ
• Relational database experience
• Experience ingesting and working with large and complex datasets
• Experience gathering requirements from end users

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or Technology
• Experience with People Data
• Experience with disaster and recovery models
• DevOps experience
• Experience creating user stories in an agile tool using gherkin format methodology

Responsibilities

• Architect all phases of software engineering including requirements analysis, application design, code development and testing with a focus on business intelligence dataset development
• Design reusable components, frameworks, and libraries
• Contribute and make recommendations to the design and architecture to enable secure, scalable, and maintainable solutions
• Clearly articulate the implications of design/architectural decisions, issues and plans to technology leadership
• Work collaboratively with People Analytics on the development and production of standard datasets to drive actionable decision making and reporting stability
• Conduct design and code reviews to ensure code developed meets business needs, coding best practices guidelines, unit testing, security, and scalability and maintainability guidelines
• Work very closely with architecture groups and drive solutions
• Assist with updating infrastructure components
• Use engineering best practices following an Agile methodology to deliver high-quality emerging tech solutions
• Communicate with impact - influence and negotiate effectively with all internal and external stakeholders to achieve win-win solutions that advance organizational goals
• Grow and maintain knowledge of and leverage emerging technologies
• Develop and analyze highly complex system standards, thresholds, and recommendations to maximize system performance
• Analyze project requirements and develop detailed specifications for new data warehouse reporting requirements
• Research API calls and make necessary changes to meet the business, contractual, security, performance needs
• Assess and interpret customer requests for feasibility, priority, and complexity
• Create and maintain internal process documentation
• Support projects and change initiatives aligned to key priorities of People Analytics and People Analytics customers
• Understand priorities and organize prescribed and non-prescribed work to meet or exceed deadlines and expectations
• Proactively keep data secure and decommission legacy content in our environment
• Serve as a resource to others within the People Analytics community; mentor other data engineers; provide explanations and information to others on difficult issues, problems, and solutions
• Work with minimal guidance; seek guidance on only the most complex tasks
• Coach, provide feedback, and guide others within the People Analytics community

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including health insurance
• Incentive and recognition program
• 401K contribution

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Administrative and Support Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree