Data Engineer

We are Talent500:We help companies hire, build and manage global teams. We are trusted by the worlds leading companies - from Fortune 500s and larger enterprises (Walmart, Target, Nike, Pepsi etc) to industry leaders (Airbnb, Twitter, Uber) and some of the worlds fastest-growing start-ups from the portfolios of investors such as Accel, Sequoia and Techstars.Our suite of proprietary AI-enabled tools and products provide businesses with an end-to-end platform to build their global teams. This includes:Access to a Global Talent Network of 300,000+ professionals globallyData-sciences based screening engine which predicts the right-fit candidate with ~80% accuracy helping companies hire 2.5x fasterTools to manage contracting, payroll and benefits without the hassle of setting up legal entities or infrastructureWe are backed by Accel Partners & ANSR, a global leader and enterprise transformation platform. For the last 15 years, the worlds leading organizations have trusted ANSR to transform their businesses by building technology and innovation hubs in talent-rich locations. ANSR is today one of the largest drivers of FDI into India with over $1.5B of capital investments.Responsibilities for Data Engineer:Create and maintain optimal data pipeline architecture,Assemble large, complex data sets that meet functional / non-functional business requirements.Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability, etc.Build the infrastructure required for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading of data from a wide variety of data sources using SQL and AWS big data technologies.Build analytics tools that utilize the data pipeline to provide actionable insights into customer acquisition, operational efficiency and other key business performance metrics.Work with stakeholders including the Executive, Product, Data and Design teams to assist with data-related technical issues and support their data infrastructure needs.Keep our data separated and secure across national boundaries through multiple data centers and AWS regions.Create data tools for analytics and data scientist team members that assist them in building and optimizing our product into an innovative industry leader.Work with data and analytics experts to strive for greater functionality in our data systems.Qualifications for Data Engineer:Advanced working SQL knowledge and experience working with relational databases, query authoring (SQL) as well as working familiarity with a variety of databases.Experience building and optimizing big data data pipelines, architectures and data sets.Experience performing root cause analysis on internal and external data and processes to answer specific business questions and identify opportunities for improvement.Strong analytic skills related to working with unstructured datasets.Build processes supporting data transformation, data structures, metadata, dependency and workload management.A successful history of manipulating, processing and extracting value from large disconnected datasets.Working knowledge of message queuing, stream processing, and highly scalable big data data stores.Strong project management and organizational skills.Experience supporting and working with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment.We are looking for a candidate with 3-5 years of experience in a Data Engineer role, who has attained a Graduate degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Informatics, Information Systems or another quantitative field. They should also have experience using the following software/tools:Experience with big data tools: Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, etc.Experience with relational SQL and NoSQL databasesExperience with data pipeline and workflow management toolsExperience with AWS cloud services: EC2, EMR, RDS, RedshiftExperience with stream-processing systems: Storm, Spark-Streaming, etc.Experience with object-oriented/object function scripting languages: Python, Java, C++, Scala, etc.Why work at Talent500?Build the future of work: We're working on a problem every business leader understands deeply. The pandemic has created a once-in-a-lifetime shift in how businesses and professionals think about work. We have an opportunity to drive this new shift towards distributed work and global teamsGrowth and scale: We are tackling a global problem and a rapidly growing market ($50B+) with a LOT of headroom for us to grow. We are currently growing at 35% quarter-on-quarter and expect this to be a BIG, fast-growth business. If you are looking for growth in your professional life and lots of learning along the way, this is it.Experienced team and investors: We have an experienced team: our founders have founded, scaled, and sold companies before. We are trusted by some of the worlds best companies and investorsRemote-first: We offer work-from-anywhere for multiple roles @ Talent500. We back this with plenty of remote-friendly policies for our team - including generous home-office setup budgets, flexible work / check-in hours, mobile and internet reimbursements, L&D budgets, best-in-class medical for you + family, mental health coaching and counseling support and more ATS