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We are looking for a savvy Data Engineer to work on next-generation educational systems.
The hire will be responsible for expanding and optimizing our data and data pipeline architecture,
as well as optimizing data flow and collection for cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate is an experienced data pipeline builder and data wrangler who enjoys optimizing data systems and building them from the ground up. In-depth experience in working with AWS, Google Cloud recommended.

They must be self-directed and comfortable supporting the data needs of multiple teams,
systems, and products. The right candidate will be excited by the prospect of optimizing or even re-designing
our company’s data architecture to support our next generation of products and data initiatives.

Responsibilities for Data Engineer Create and maintain optimal data pipeline architecture, through tools such as AWS Glue, S3, RDS MySQL, CouchDB. Assemble large, complex data sets that meet functional / non-functional business requirements. Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes for Payroll/CRM, optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability, etc. Build the infrastructure required for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading of data from a wide variety of data sources using SQL and AWS ‘big data’ technologies. Build analytics tools that utilize the data pipeline to provide actionable insights into customer acquisition, operational efficiency and other key business performance metrics. Work with stakeholders including the Executive, Product, Data and Design teams to assist with data-related technical issues and support their data infrastructure needs. Keep our data separated and secure across national boundaries through multiple data centers and AWS regions. Qualifications for Data Engineer

Advanced working SQL knowledge and experience working with relational databases, query authoring (SQL) as well as working familiarity with a variety of databases. Experience building and optimizing ‘big data’ data pipelines, architectures, and data sets. Experience performing root cause analysis on internal and external data and processes to answer specific business questions and identify opportunities for improvement. Strong analytic skills related to working with unstructured datasets. Build processes supporting data transformation, data structures, metadata, dependency and workload management. A successful history of manipulating, processing and extracting value from large disconnected datasets. Working knowledge of message queuing, stream processing, and highly scalable ‘big data’ data stores. Strong organizational skills. Experience supporting and working with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment. We are looking for

We are looking for a candidate with 5+ years of experience in a Data Engineer role, who has attained a Graduate degree in Computer Science,
Statistics, Informatics, Information Systems or another quantitative field.

**They should also have experience using the following software/tools:**
* Experience with big data tools: AWS Data Lakes, Glue ETL, etc.
* Experience with relational SQL and NoSQL databases, including Apache CouchDB or MongoDB and MySQL.
* Experience with data pipeline and workflow management tools: Spark, Luigi, etc.
* Experience with AWS cloud services: EC2, EMR, RDS, Redshift
* Optional Experience with stream-processing systems: Storm, Spark-Streaming, etc.
* Experience with object-oriented/object function scripting languages: Python, Scala, etc.