Senior Data Engineer at RevolutionParts – Remote

RevolutionParts is not just a pioneering force in the automotive eCommerce realm; we're actively seeking passionate and talented individuals to join our squad of Revolutionaries (yes, that's what we call ourselves!). As leaders in providing streamlined, user-friendly solutions, we empower automotive brands to maximize online sales. Our commitment to technology, top-notch customer service, and a profound understanding of the automotive market sets us apart. If you're ready to revolutionize the eCommerce space for automotive parts and accessories, consider joining our dynamic team of Revolutionaries.
The RoleRevolutionParts is on a mission to take our data to the next level. In this key role, you will help design and implement the next generation of analytics to power data-driven decision-making across the entire organization. You will also be involved in establishing an enterprise-grade reporting platform for our largest partners. This is a high-impact role where you will be driving initiatives affecting teams and decisions across the company and setting standards for all our data stakeholders. Does the idea of spearheading a greenfield data practice in a high-growth e-commerce business sound exciting? If so, read on.
As a Senior Data Engineer, you will provide technical leadership and support building end-to-end features, services and data workflows that directly impact our customers. Initially, you will focus on technical leadership for our Catalog squad. In this role, a depth of experience and knowledge of data workflows, schema design, query optimization are required. We expect you to lead other Revolutionaries by example, improve engineering standards, data best practices, and advocate for quality in all our persistence tiers that enable the team to build world-class software for an industry in need of change.
Responsibilities:

• We’re pulling in diverse data sources. You’ll need to learn our data and bring a strong grasp of ETL & ELT, workflows, and data organization via efficient data lake and relational designs.
• You will help design and build all stages of data from access to transformation and modeling.
• You will build quality into the pipeline from day one using automated tests and data validation.
• You will work with the BI team to run ad hoc analysis of our data to answer questions and help prototype solutions.
• You will support technical and business stakeholders by providing key reports and supporting the BI team to become fully self-service.
• You must own business problems through to resolution both individually and as part of a data team.
• You will support product engineering teams by performing query analysis and optimization, as well as work with product teams to implement data driven product features.

Requirements:

• You should have 4+ years experience as a data engineer; or at least 2 years experience as a Data Engineer and 3+ as a software engineer.
• You need to show us that you know what good looks like. This means experience implementing automated tests in a multi-stage data pipeline to ensure quality.
• You must have the ability to own business problems and the design and solutions that drive business outcomes.
• You must be a team player with the ability to work with others and know when to support and when to push.
• This role requires strong communication and collaboration skills; comfortable discussing projects with anyone from end users up to executive leadership.
• Fluency with the programming language of your trade. Our primary languages for data are Golang and Python, but we use others as well. You must be comfortable learning new skills on the job.
• We require fluency with best practices in an object-oriented design and programming; experience as a backend software engineer is necessary. Demonstrable experience with a functional paradigm is also valuable.
• The ability to write and optimize complex SQL statements is a base requirement.
• Familiarity with ETL pipeline tools is fundamental to this role. We are building workflows managed in Argo utilizing Docker containers deployed within Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with data visualization and reporting tools, especially Tableau and/or Looker.
• You should have experience working in a cloud-based software development environment, preferably with AWS.
• Familiarity with no-SQL databases such as ElasticSearch, DynamoDB or others is helpful.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent is required.

Are you not sure you meet 100% of the qualifications? You should still give it a shot! Research shows that men will apply to a job when only meeting 60% of the requirements, whereas women and members of other underrepresented groups typically only apply when they meet every single requirement. At Revolution Parts, we are Revolutionaries. We build tools, products, and our people. We value diversity in backgrounds and thoughts, so take a shot and apply! Please highlight some of your accomplishments in your resume and cover letter so we can talk about how you can grow with us.
RevolutionParts is proud to provide all full-time Revolutionaries with a comprehensive employment package including competitive compensation, career development, benefits, 401K match, parental leave, and many more valuable perks. You can learn more about our core-value driven culture at our career page.
RevolutionParts is an Equal Opportunity Employer; we value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender orientation, gender identity or expression, sexual identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, family status, genetic information, veteran status, or disability status.
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