Position: Data Engineer at Ciklum Poland
Company: Ciklum
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

You will join a highly motivated team and will be working on a modern solution for our existing client. We are looking for technology experts who want to make an impact on new business by applying best practices and taking ownership.

About the Project:

Our client is an exciting tech company and the leading sports betting provider in Germany and globally. Our mission is to electrify the sports betting experience for every customer, every bet. is a product organization at its core.

All of the client’s functions are aligned towards delivering the best end-to-end product experience to customers. Product and technology teams work hand-in-hand to advance the development of client’s products and services.

The team works together with a great deal of decision-making freedom, and a high degree of flexibility in a network of agile teams.

Technology Stack: Python, SQL, AWS.

Responsibilities
Responsible for the building, deployment, and maintenance of mission critical analytics solutions that process data quickly at big data scales
Contributes design, code, configurations, and documentation for components that manage data ingestion, real time streaming, batch processing, data extraction, transformation, and loading across multiple data storages
Owns one or more key components of the infrastructure and works to continually improve it, identifying gaps and improving the platform’s quality, robustness, maintainability, and speed
Cross-trains other team members on technologies being developed, while also continuously learning new technologies from other team members
Interacts with engineering teams and ensures that solutions meet customer requirements in terms of functionality, performance, availability, scalability, and reliability
Performs development, QA, and dev-ops roles as needed to ensure total end to end responsibility of solutions
Works directly with business analysts and data scientists to understand and support their usecases
Contribute in CoE activities and community building, participate in conferences, provide excellence in exercise and best practices
Help in sales activities, customer meetings and digital services.
Requirements
5+ years of experience coding in Python, SQL, with solid CS fundamentals including data structure and algorithm design
Experience on large-scale production databases and SQL
Time-series/analytics databases, preferably Elasticsearch or OpenSearch
Experience either with:
ETL: Experience with ETL development (extractions, data load, aggregation, ideally experience with Talend)
Real time engineering: Hands-on implementation experience/ familiarity working with a combination of the following technologies: Hadoop, NIFI, Kafka, Spark, and Hudi
2+ years of experience in cloud data platforms – AWS: S3, Athena, EC2, RedShift, EMR, and Lambda
Experience with Docker/Kubernetes
Knowledge of SQL and MPP databases (e.g. Vertica, Netezza, Greenplum, Aster Data)
Knowledge of professional software engineering best practices for the full software
Knowledge of Data Warehousing, design, implementation and optimization
Knowledge of Data Quality testing, automation and results visualization
Knowledge of BI reports and dashboards design and implementation
Knowledge of development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
Experience participating in an Agile software development team, e.g. SCRUM
Experience designing, documenting, and defending designs for key components in large distributed computing systems
A consistent track record of delivering exceptionally high-quality software on large, complex, cross-functional projects
Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies quickly and independently
Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or Engineering from a top CS program required. Masters preferred
Experience with supporting data scientists and complex statistical usecases highly desirable

Desirable
Experience with Airflow
Coding experience with Java/Scala
Familiarity with Apache Hudi
Personal skills
Collaborative, willing to help, talkative, able to clearly express and discuss ideas
Curious mind and willingness to work with client in consultative manner to find areas to improve;
Upper-Intermediate or Advanced English;
Good analytical skills;
Good team player, motivated to develop and solve complex tasks;
Self-motivated, self-disciplined and result-oriented;
Strong attention to details and accuracy.

What's in it for you
Career growth opportunities
Realization of your innovative ideas in building new Ciklum Solutions and Services
Friendly collaborative teams and enjoyable working environment
Professional skills development and training programs
Variety of knowledge sharing, training and self-development opportunities
State of the art, cool, centrally located offices with warm atmosphere which creates really good working conditions Gdansk or Wroclaw
Work from home/100% remote
Private medical healthcare fully covered by Ciklum with a possibility to cover family members
Fully covered life insurance – 100 000 PLN
Fully covered drug insurance – up to 2 000 PLN/year
Multisport card 100% covered by Ciklum – Benefit Systems, Plus package
Parking space 50% covered by Ciklum