Remote Data Engineer

Description:

• Nitka Technologies is seeking an experienced Data Engineer to join their team for a long-term project.
• The customer is an American company that specializes in innovative technological solutions for veterinary medicine and pet care.
• The company designs unique DNA tests for dogs, providing owners with comprehensive information about their pets' breed, potential health risks, and unique features.
• The position offers 100% remote, full-time work with a flexible schedule.
• Responsibilities include collaborating with other engineers to build and maintain data infrastructure, monitoring and maintaining the performance of data warehouses, developing and maintaining data pipelines using DBT, designing and implementing data models in Redshift and PostgreSQL, working with data scientists and analysts to understand their data needs, and integrating third-party tools with data warehouse ETL processes.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have 5+ years of experience as a Data Engineer.
• Advanced skills in Python for ETL processes, including data cleaning, transformation, and loading, are required.
• Strong SQL skills are necessary.
• Proven experience in using DBT is essential.
• Candidates should have strong expertise in working with Amazon Redshift, including performance tuning and optimization.
• Hands-on experience with FiveTran for data integration and pipeline automation is required.
• Proficiency in using various AWS services, particularly AWS S3, is necessary.
• Experience with GitHub Actions and Infrastructure as Code (IAC) using CloudFormation or CDK is required.
• Familiarity with AWS Athena and Typescript is a bonus.
• Strong spoken and written English skills at an intermediate level or higher are required.

Benefits:

• The position offers remote work opportunities.
• It is a full-time role requiring 8 hours of work per day.
• Employees will interact with a team from the USA.
• A flexible schedule is provided without time trackers.
• Attractive compensation in USD is offered.
• Paid vacation and holidays are included as part of the benefits.