Job Description, Responsibilities & Requirements
About the Position
We are seeking a Senior Data Engineer with 8+ years of experience to join our team in Chicago, focusing on designing and implementing scalable data solutions.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement scalable data solutions for a big retail company.
- Support processing of big data volumes and integrate solutions to the current architecture.
Requirements
- Readiness to work until 8.00 pm CET (no need to do overtimes)
- Overall years of experience required 8+ (at least 1+ year in a Lead/Architect position)
- Strong, recent hands-on expertise with Azure Data Factory and Synapse (3+ years)
- Strong expertise in designing and implementing data models, including conceptual, logical, and physical data models, to support efficient data storage and retrieval.
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Azure, including Azure Data Lake Storage, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Factory, and Azure Databricks, pySpark for building scalable and reliable data solutions.
- Extensive experience with building robust and scalable ETL/ELT pipelines to extract, transform, and load data from various sources into data lakes or data warehouses.
- Ability to integrate data from disparate sources, including databases, APIs, and external data providers, using appropriate techniques such as API integration or message queuing.
- Proficiency in designing and implementing data warehousing solutions (dimensional modeling, star schemas, Data Mesh, Data/Delta Lakehouse, Data Vault).
- Proficiency in SQL to perform complex queries, data transformations, and performance tuning on cloud-based data storages.
- Experience integrating metadata and governance processes into cloud-based data platforms.
- Certification in Azure, Databricks, or other relevant technologies is an added advantage.
- Experience with cloud-based analytical databases.
- Experience with Azure MI, Azure Database for Postgres, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Analysis Services, and Informix.
- Experience with Python and Python-based ETL tools.
- Experience with shell scripting in Bash, Unix, or Windows shell is preferable.
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional engineering teams, define technical strategy and architecture, drive delivery of complex data platforms, mentor engineers, and effectively communicate with stakeholders at all organizational levels.
Nice to Have
- Experience with Elasticsearch.
- Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Troubleshooting and Performance Tuning: Ability to identify and resolve performance bottlenecks in data processing workflows and optimize data pipelines for efficient data ingestion and analysis.
- Collaboration and Communication: Strong interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively with stakeholders, data engineers, data scientists, and other cross-functional teams.
- Ability to plan, estimate, and track progress of implementing features.
- Computer Science and data science academic and education credentials.
We Offer
- Competitive salary
- Full-time position
- Opportunity to work in a dynamic and innovative environment
About the Company
Luxoft is a global leader in digital transformation, providing innovative solutions to clients across various industries. Our team is dedicated to delivering high-quality services and fostering a collaborative work environment.
Languages
- English: B2 Upper Intermediate