Senior Data Engineer, Data & Analytics

At Viral Nation, we specialize in building social-first ecosystems for brands to connect with the modern consumer journey. Our integrated solutions align strategy, talent, media, and technology with culturally relevant creativity to scale the world’s fastest-growing digital brands. Viral Nation offers a fluid, creative, and growth-oriented environment that will support your ambitions to apply your talents in an open, collaborative, and fast-paced culture. Our ability to stay at the forefront of the industry has fueled our success and will guide us in paving the path forward. We’re driven to push boundaries and think beyond today to deliver strategies, and we’re just getting started.

While we continuously exceed our goals, we need your help – our success is only as great as our people. Strong performance leads to high expectations, and we must keep raising the bar!

Viral Nation is looking for a highly-skilled and experienced Senior Data Engineer, Data & Analytics to join our dynamic organization. This role will play a pivotal role in shaping the technical direction of our data engineering and analytics team. As a senior member of the tech org, this role will collaborate within a cross-functional team, but also with technical and non-technical teams across the business, providing technical leadership, architectural guidance, and ensuring the successful delivery of high-quality, scalable, and maintainable solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Data Pipeline Development: Design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable data pipelines to collect, process, and store structured and unstructured data from several data sources for the purposes of reporting and analytics.
• Data Modeling and Architecture: Design and implement efficient data models and architectures to support analytical and reporting needs, ensuring data integrity, reliability, and performance.
• Data Integration: Integrate data from various internal and external sources to ingest first, second and third-party data, including databases, APIs, and third-party platforms, while ensuring data quality and consistency.
• Performance Optimization: Continuously optimize data pipelines and infrastructure for improved performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness, leveraging cloud-based technologies and other frameworks.
• Data Governance and Security: Implement and enforce data governance policies and security measures to protect sensitive data and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Monitoring and Maintenance: Monitor data pipelines and systems for performance issues and errors. Proactively identify and resolve issues to ensure the reliability and availability of data infrastructure.
• Documentation and Knowledge Sharing: Document data pipelines, architectures, and processes comprehensively. Share knowledge and best practices with team members to promote continuous learning and improvement.
• Collaboration and Communication: Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including, BI, Product and other stakeholders, to understand reporting and analytics requirements and deliver technical solutions. Communicate technical concepts and solutions effectively to non-technical stakeholders.

Qualifications and Skills:

• A minimum  of 5+ years of experience as a Data Engineer or similar role, with a focus on designing and building scalable data pipelines and infrastructure.
• Deep understanding of database systems and data modeling techniques. Experience with both relational and NoSQL databases is preferred.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, and proficiency in cloud-based data technologies such as Google BigQuery, AWS Redshift and others.
• Strong proficiency in programming languages such as Python and ELT/ETL tooling such as DBT.
• Experience with data governance, security best practices, and compliance standards is desirable.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Clear and concise cross-functional communication and collaboration skills.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, OR relevant experience is nice-to-have.

Viral Nation is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in our agency. Viral Nation welcomes applications from people with visible and non-visible disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the recruiting and selection process.