Data Engineer/Developer

Company: Merkle Inc
Location: Redmond
Posted on: May 8, 2022

Job Description:

Merkle is a leading data-driven, technology-enabled, global performance marketing agency that specializes in the delivery of unique, personalized customer experiences across platforms and devices. For more than 30 years, Fortune 1000 companies and leading nonprofit organizations have partnered with Merkle to maximize the value of their customer portfolios. The agency's heritage in data, technology, and analytics forms the foundation for its unmatched skills in understanding consumer insights that drive people-based marketing strategies. Its combined strengths in performance media, customer experience, customer relationship management, loyalty, and enterprise marketing technology drive improved marketing results and competitive advantage. With 9,600+ employees, Merkle is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, with 50+ additional offices throughout the US, EMEA, and APAC. In 2016, the agency joined the Dentsu Aegis Network. For more information, contact Merkle at 1-877-9-Merkle or visit -www.merkleinc.com . Job Description: We are looking for a talented and enthusiastic Data Engineer with excellent communication skills and big data processing experience to join our engineering team. You will build and maintain world class products to enable Merkle's people-based marketing vision using cutting-edge cloud-based technologies. You will work with a team of passionate, experienced, nimble, and goal-oriented engineers that are solving complex problems and building data analysis features for our world class solutions. You will embrace change, and rapidly build, test, and scale solutions that drive incremental business value for our customers and partners. You will also directly interact with client solution teams, guide, and support them in their efforts. Key Responsibilities

• Directly interact and clearly communicate with client solution teams, support client onboarding and regular platform builds
• Coordinate with other teams as part of a larger data-sharing system
• Follow Agile methodologies to release iterative feature sets very rapidly
• Research and introduce new solutions and technologies to the projects and stakeholders
• Contribute to the full product development lifecycle using industry best practices: design, implement, unit test, participate in peer code reviews, and deliver product using continuous integration and delivery
• Participate in quality assurance and comprehensive testing
• Communicate clearly, understand business requirements, and write comprehensive and clear user and technical specifications
• Diagnose and resolve production issues, and participate in the on-call support rotation outside of normal business hours
• Contribute to a collaborative, positive, stimulating, and enjoyable environment for your development team Qualifications:
  • Must be authorized to work for our company in the United States now and in the future.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent experience
  • 1+ years Software Development/Data Engineering experience
  • Must have solid database fundamentals and good SQL skills
  • Understanding of data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems
  • Good Unix command line skills and familiarity with Bash scripting
  • Familiar with an object-oriented programming language such as; Python or Java
  • Knowledge of software engineering and development methodologies, techniques, and tools, including Agile Development, Issue Tracking (like JIRA), code repositories (like Git, Bitbucket), Software Development Lifecycle and testing methodologies
  • Understanding of cloud base technologies (AWS, GCP or Azure, AWS preferred)
  • Must be able to accommodate on-call support rotation
  • Good verbal and written communication abilities
  • Exceptionally detail-oriented and have a sense of urgency Desired Skills
    • Knowledge of building and deploying products using continuous integration principles
    • Knowledge of relational and non-relational data models and schema designs, and understanding of database performance implications
    • Familiar with "Big Data" ETL methodologies and managing large scale data sets (EMR or Hadoop)
    • Familiar with Snowflake data warehouse technology
    • Knowledge of AWS technologies (such as S3, EC2, RDS, EMR, Lambda or SNS/SQS)
    • Knowledge of data processing workflow systems (Apache Nifi, Talend or Airflow)
    • Knowledge of creating reports, dashboards, and visualizations (Tableau) Additional Information: All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Merklefosters a diverse environment that encourages original thinking about our business and empowers us to communicate with a global world of customers. -We embrace differences of opinion and diversity of thought as they help us challenge and refine our solutions. Merkle, as a best-in-class marketing agency, welcomes big ideas, and believes they can come from anywhere. - Our Culture: -Merkle's energy and personality lives through everything we say and do. Learn all about what defines our people and our vibe. Experienced Hires: Leverage your expertise, challenge the status quo and grow your career at Merkle.

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