Data Engineer III

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Senior Data Engineer building high-volume data pipelines for Ookla, a global connectivity intelligence company. Supporting data scientists with Spark, Python, SQL, and modern lakehouse technologies.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop high-volume data processing jobs across Redshift, Athena, Iceberg, Spark, and Airflow
  • Work closely with Data Scientists to turn theory and methodology into viable products
  • Identify system performance bottlenecks and recommend process-efficiency improvements
  • Support and collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and product managers
  • Mentor and guide junior team members on architectural principles, best practices, and effective ways of working
  • Build tools, libraries, and operations supporting data scientists and analysts working with mobile and fixed internet performance data

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience
  • Strong understanding of programming concepts
  • Experience in at least one object-oriented programming language: Python, Scala, or Java
  • 6+ years of direct experience working with Python
  • Experience with high-volume distributed data processing in Spark
  • Strong working knowledge of SQL, MySQL, Redshift, Athena, Trino, data modeling, and modern data warehouse/lakehouse management
  • Excellent troubleshooting and analysis skills
  • Strong communication skills in person and via virtual mediums
  • Strong time management skills and self-driven work ethic
  • Background check required
  • Experience with AWS cloud services is a plus
  • Experience with event-driven architecture and streaming data pipelines is a plus

Benefits:

  • Flexible work environment
  • Individuality, fun, and talent valued equally