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The Data Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining backend data pipelines and ETL solutions. This role focuses on building scalable and reliable data processing using ETL(Sap bods/Rule Point), SQL, and AWS, Snowflake, Datawarehouse (DBT) supporting analytics and downstream applications. The engineer contributes across the development lifecycle, from requirements and design through implementation, testing, deployment, and ongoing support.
What you will do:
- Lead the design and development of significant software features or projects.
- Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance.
- Design, build and maintain backend data workflows using Python and SQL.
- Hands-on experience in SQL, ETL tools like (SAP bods/Rule Points),AWS/Snowflake for backend development and data processing tasks.
- Develop and optimize data processing solutions on AWS/Snowflake
- Implement and support CI/CD pipelines to automate build, test, and deployment processes.
- Solid understanding of software development methodologies and best practices, including version control GitHub, Central repository, and Jenkins automated testing.
- Collaborate with data engineers, architects, product owners, and business partners to understand requirements and translate them into clear technical tasks.
- Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code that aligns with team standards and architectural guidelines.
- Troubleshoot and resolve data, performance, and reliability issues in lower and production environments with support from senior team members as needed.
- Participate in code reviews to provide and receive feedback and help uphold coding and quality standards.
- Contribute to design and technical discussions by sharing ideas and raising risks or improvement opportunities.
- Continuously learn and adopt tools, technologies, and development practices relevant to data engineering and cloud platforms.
What you will bring:
- Bachelor's degree in related field or an equivalent combination of professional experience and/or training required
- 7+ of years of experience in software development, with a focus on backend or data engineering.
- Strong SQL, Query optimization, performance tuning including working with large datasets and query optimization.
- Hands-on experience with AWS/Snowflake, SQL, and ETL ,SAP bods technologies for building scalable data solutions.
- Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and tools that support automated build, test, and deployment.
- Solid understanding of software development methodologies and best practices, including version control GitHub and Jenkins automated testing.
- Strong problem-solving, debugging, and troubleshooting skills.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments with cross-functional teams
We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to diversity. All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, religion, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable state or local law.
