Software Developer - Senior / Senior Data Engineer

Imagine being at the forefront of protecting financial integrity and enabling critical data-driven decisions within a leading financial services institution. Our client is dedicated to innovation and safeguarding their operations through robust data solutions. They are seeking a talented and driven individual to join their team and significantly impact their fraud data analytics and reporting capabilities. This is an exceptional opportunity to leverage cutting-edge cloud technologies and contribute directly to the security and stability of financial systems.

As a key member of the team, you will be instrumental in designing, building, and maintaining scalable data pipelines on a leading cloud platform. Your expertise will directly support the development of effective data solutions crucial for fraud data analytics and reporting. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, ensuring data integrity, reliability, and scalability, and your work will empower data-driven insights that protect customers and assets.

**What You'll Do:**

* Design, build, and maintain robust and scalable data pipelines using cloud platform tools such as BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Dataflow (Apache Beam), Cloud Composer (Airflow), and Pub/Sub.

* Develop high-performance, production-grade Python and SQL code, optimizing queries for efficient data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) processes.

* Implement complex data models in BigQuery, leveraging partitioning, clustering, and materialized views to achieve optimal performance.

* Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including business customers and Subject Matter Experts, to gather data requirements and deliver impactful solutions.

* Implement and uphold best practices for data quality, data governance, and data security.

* Proactively monitor and troubleshoot data pipeline issues, ensuring high availability and performance of critical data flows.

* Contribute to strategic data architecture decisions, providing recommendations for continuous improvement of data pipelines.

* Stay current with emerging trends and technologies in cloud-based data engineering and cyber security to drive innovation.

* Lead investigation and resolution efforts for identified data issues, taking ownership to resolve them in a timely manner.

* Document processes and procedures thoroughly for producing accurate metrics and ensuring operational clarity.

**What You'll Bring:**

* Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.

* 8+ years of hands-on experience in data management, including gathering data from diverse sources, consolidating it into centralized locations, and transforming it with business logic for consumption in visualization and data analysis.

* Strong expertise in BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, Cloud Composer, and related cloud platform services.

* Proficiency in Python and SQL for data processing and automation.

* Extensive experience with ETL processes and data pipeline design.

* Excellent problem-solving skills and meticulous attention to detail.

* Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to actively listen, dialogue freely, and verbalize ideas effectively.

* Ability to thrive in an Agile work environment, delivering incremental value to customers by effectively managing and prioritizing tasks.

**Bonus Points:**

* Deep expertise in real-time processing using Kafka or Pub/Sub.

* Experience with Power BI development and visualization.

* Familiarity with modern data stacks such as Snowflake or Databricks (while our focus is on the primary cloud platform).

* Knowledge of DevOps practices and tools like Terraform.

* Familiarity with data visualization tools such as Tableau, Grafana, and/or Looker.

* Google Professional Data Engineer certification.

* Demonstrated domain knowledge in Fraud and Financial Crime.

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