Remote Senior Data Engineer

at Sonar

Posted 2 days ago 2 applied

Description:

  • SONAR/FreightWaves is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join their innovative and creative engineering team.
  • The position is fully remote, but candidates must reside in the United States and be eligible to work within the US.
  • Responsibilities include implementing ingestion pipelines using Airflow, transformation pipelines with DBT, and maintaining infrastructure for API and SaaS products.
  • The role involves defining quality control processes for data ingestion and transformation, building pipelines across multiple technologies and cloud environments, and ensuring data automation stability.
  • The Senior Data Engineer will review existing infrastructure for enhancements and work closely with Data Science for advanced data analysis.

Requirements:

  • Candidates must have a strong working knowledge of Apache Airflow.
  • Experience supporting a SaaS or DaaS product is required, with bonus points for creating new data products or features.
  • Proficiency in Linux environments and scripting languages is necessary.
  • Expertise in Python is essential.
  • A strong understanding of software best practices and associated tools is required.
  • Experience with major RDBMS such as MySQL, Postgres, or SQL Server is needed.
  • Strong SQL skills are required, with bonus points for experience in both T-SQL and Standard SQL.
  • Familiarity with NoSQL databases like Elasticsearch or MongoDB is necessary.
  • Multi-cloud and/or hybrid-cloud experience is preferred.
  • Strong interpersonal skills are essential, along with the ability to work with non-technical data providers.
  • Experience with cloud storage, Cloud Pubsub, BigQuery, Apache Airflow, dbt, and DataFlow is required.

Benefits:

  • The company offers an excellent work environment with flat hierarchies and short decision paths.
  • A generous benefits package includes 100% employer-paid health, dental, vision, and life insurance, as well as STD and LTD.
  • Employees receive stock options and an appealing 401k matching plan.
  • There is a student loan reimbursement program after one year of employment.
  • An annual life achievement bonus is provided for significant life events such as having a baby, buying a house, or getting married.
  • The company has an unlimited PTO policy, allowing team members to take time off as needed with supervisor approval.
  • Employees can receive up to $50 for gym or virtual gym memberships and up to $20 for AI subscriptions.