Principal Data Engineer

NIQ is looking for aSenior Data Platform Engineer to join ourFinancial Services Engineeringteam. 

At NIQ the Financial Services team uses alternativedatasets to help global public equity investors (hedge funds mutual funds pension funds) make better investment decisions. We work with some of the largest hedge funds in the world. As an Infrastructure Engineer you will be at the cutting edge of the alternative data space where you will help maintain and improve our data infrastructure which enables us to develop market research products and delivery data to our customers. In this role you would also get the opportunity to work with worldclass big data and cloud services such as: AWS Azure SnowflakeDatabricks DBT Airflow and Looker. Apply now to start taking your career to the next level. 

Who we are looking for: 

• You have a strong entrepreneurial spirit and a thirst to solve difficult challenges through innovation and creativity with a strong focus on results 
• You have a passion for data and the insights it can deliver 
• You are intellectually curious with a broad range of interests and hobbies 
• You take ownership of your deliverables 
• You have excellent analytical communication and interpersonal skills 
• You have excellent communication skills with both technical and nontechnical audiences 
• You can work with distributed teams situated globally in different geographies 
• You want to work in a small team with a startup mentality 
• You can work well under pressure prioritize work and be well organized. Relish tackling new challenges paying attention to details and ultimately growing professionally. 

Responsibilities: 

• Design develop and maintain robust and scalable data pipelines that support the extraction transformation and loading of data from various sources into our data platform. 
• Build and extend our automation tools for infrastructure provisioning autoscaling code deployment monitoring alerting reporting and failover. 
• Collaborate with the engineering team to build and maintain a resilient data platform ensuring high availability reliability and performance. 
• Leverage your expertise in Apache Airflow to orchestrate and manage complex ETL workflows efficiently.
• Optimize data pipeline performance troubleshoot issues and ensure data quality and accuracy through monitoring testing and validation. 
• Keep up to date with the latest trends in data engineering and evaluate and introduce new technologies and tools to improve our data infrastructure. 
• Drive the design and implementation of data security and access control policies to protect sensitive information. 
• Collaborate with the DevOps team to ensure seamless deployment and monitoring of data pipelines and workflows. 

Qualifications :

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Data Engineering or a related field. 
• 7 years of experience as a Data Engineer with a strong background in ETL processes and data warehousing. 
• 4 years of experience with Apache Airflow for orchestrating data pipelines. 
• Proficiency in using ETL tools and frameworks such as Apache Spark Matillion. 
• Strong software engineering fundamentals including proficiency in Python Java or other relevant languages. 
• Knowledge of data modeling data warehousing and SQL. 
• Expertise in working with both structured and unstructured data. 
• Experience with cloudbased data solutions such as AWS GCP or Azure. 
• Solid understanding of data storage data transformation and data integration concepts. 
• Excellent problemsolving skills and the ability to work in a fastpaced collaborative environment. 
• Strong communication and team collaboration skills. 
• Knowledge of data security and encryption best practices is a plus. 

Additional Information :

• Enjoy a flexible and rewarding work environment with peertopeer recognition platforms.
• Recharge and revitalize with help of wellness plans made for you and your family.
• Plan your future with financial wellness tools.
• Stay relevant and upskill yourself with career development opportunities. 

Our Benefits

• Flexible working environment
• Volunteer time off
• LinkedIn Learning
• EmployeeAssistanceProgram (EAP)

About NIQ

NIQ is the worlds leading consumer intelligence company delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023 NIQ combined with GfK bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insightsdelivered with advanced analytics through stateoftheart platformsNIQ delivers the Full View. NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100 markets covering more than 90% of the worlds population.

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