Data Engineer – Remote

Company Description

Dentsu/Merkle is a modern marketing solutions company. Our mission is to help clients navigate, progress and excel in a world of change. Businesses rely on our integrated network of agencies and specialized practices to promote meaningful progress through creative, media, commerce, data and technology. Part of Dentsu Group, our global network comprises 66,000 diverse people in 143 countries, who are dedicated to teaming for growth and good. Some of our award-winning agencies include 360i, Carat, dentsu mcgarrybowen, DEG, dentsuX, iProspect and Merkle. Follow us on Twitter @DentsuUSA and visit dentsu.com/us.

Job Description

We are looking for a talented and enthusiastic Data Engineer with excellent communication skills and big data processing knowledge to join our engineering team. You will build and maintain world class products to enable Merkle’s people-based marketing vision using cutting-edge cloud-based technologies. You will work with a team of passionate, experienced, nimble, and goal-oriented engineers that are solving complex problems and building data analysis features for our world class solutions. You will embrace change, and rapidly build, test, and scale solutions that drive incremental business value for our customers and partners. You will also directly interact with client solution teams, guide, and support them in their efforts. You will report to the Senior Director of Engineering.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent experience
• 1+ years software development experience
• Strong database fundamentals including SQL, relational and non-relational data models
• Understanding of data structures, algorithms, distributed systems
• Experienced with an object-oriented programming language (Java or Python required)
• Knowledge of software engineering and development methodologies, techniques, and tools, including Agile Development, Issue Tracking (like JIRA), code repositories (Git or Bitbucket), Software Development Lifecycle and testing methodologies
• Experience building and deploying products using continuous integration principles
• Understanding of cloud-based technologies (AWS, GCP or Azure, AWS preferred)
• Good Unix command line skills and Bash scripting

Desired Skills

• Experience with database schema designs and understanding of database performance
• Experience with both Python and Java
• Understanding big data concepts, data processing and data pipelines
• Experience with Snowflake data warehouse technology and working with large data sets
• Experience with AWS technologies (such as S3, EC2, RDS, EMR, Lambda or SNS/SQS)
• Experience with data processing workflow systems (Airflow, Snowflake streams/tasks)
• Experience of creating reports, dashboards and visualizations (Tableau, Snowsight)
• Experience working with PII data is a plus

Additional Information

The anticipated salary range for this position is ($68,000k-$114,000k). Actual salary will be based on a variety of factors including relevant experience, knowledge, skills and other factors permitted by law. A range of medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and/or other benefits also are available. For more information regarding dentsu benefits, please visit dentsubenefitsplus.com.

Dentsu (the “Company”) is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee of the Company, on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage or citizenship, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and/or certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done that will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing an undue hardship on the Company. Please contact [email protected] if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process or to request or discuss an accommodation in connection with a job at the Company to which you are applying.

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About dentsu 
Dentsu is the network designed for what’s next, helping clients predict and plan for disruptive future opportunities in the sustainable economy. Taking a people-centered approach to business transformation, dentsu combines Japanese innovation with a diverse, global perspective to drive client growth and to shape society www.dentsu.com. 

We are champions for meaningful progress and we strive to be a force for good—for our people, for our clients, for the industry and for our society. We keep our people at the center, creating space for growth, understanding and learning so they can thrive. We embed diversity, in our mindset, in our solutions and in our teams to empower an inclusive, equitable and culturally fluent environment. Building this culture within our teams makes us better collaborators with each other and with our clients, driving better outcomes for all.

Dentsu (the “Company”) is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee of the Company, on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage or citizenship, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and/or certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done that will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing an undue hardship on the Company. Please contact your recruiter if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process or to request or discuss an accommodation in connection with a job at the Company to which you are applying.