[Hiring] Senior Data Engineer @YLD

Role Description

As a Data Engineer in this role, you will be responsible for building core infrastructure software (pipelines, APIs, data modelling) as part of our client's data platform team. Your work will include instrumenting systems for performance, and enhancement throughout. You will work on ensuring these data offerings are to various internal & external stakeholders using secure authentication patterns.

• Choose and implement appropriate technologies for scaling data access patterns, batch processing, and data streaming for soft real-time consumption.
• Consider the unique domain knowledge of the client's business.
• Coach & mentor other engineers to support the growth of their technical expertise.

Qualifications

• Proven experience writing highly maintainable, performant Python code.
• Experience building modern data pipelines using dbt, Kafka, Spark, AWS Kinesis, AWS Lambda, and Apache Airflow (or similar).
• Understanding of Data Modelling patterns.
• Deep knowledge of complex SQL, with emphasis on Common Table Expressions, window functions, and their performance.
• Experience with end-to-end monitoring & alerting experience (CloudWatch, Datadog, etc.).

Requirements

• Problem-solving skills that balance innovation with pragmatic technology choices to solve business needs.
• Comfortable working in a dynamic production environment and taking care of client expectations effectively.
• Distinct customer focus and quality mindset.
• Experience working closely with engineering leadership and architects to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Experience maintaining a high degree of ownership and transparency in deliverables.
• An exemplar of YLD’s brand and safe-guarder of our reputation.
• Exceptional communication skills, able to communicate complex ideas simply.

Benefits

• Remote-first working environment.
• Flexible working and work-life balance come as standard for all employees.

Company Description

YLD is a software engineering and design consultancy; we create digital capabilities for our clients that last beyond our engagement. We have offices in London, Lisbon, Porto.