Senior Data Engineer

Company Description

About Starschema 
At Starschema we believe that data has the power to change the world and data-driven organizations are leading the way. We help organizations use data to make better business decisions, build smarter products, and deliver more value for their customers, employees and investors. We dig into our customers’ toughest business problems, design solutions and build the technology needed to address today’s unique challenges.
 
What you can expect as a Starschema team member 

As a member of the Starschema team, you will be on the front lines of digital transformation, working with some of the most innovative Fortune 500 companies to drive innovation and realize the promise of data-driven cultures. You will learn and use the latest data-centric technologies along with the core industry technologies.

Our team is inclusive and fun. While we take our work seriously, we know how to have a good time while doing so. We encourage everyone to share their opinions and ideas, and our leadership wants to hear everyone’s input no matter what role they play in the organization.

Job Description

As a Senior Data Engineer at Starschema, you will bring business value for our clients through end to end development, optimization and operation of automated reporting, data lakes and related software platforms. You will use the latest technologies like Apache Airflow, Apache Kafka, Apache Spark and AWS etc. We are seeking for experienced senior professionals for our open position.

What will You do:

• Build and maintain database/bigdata clusters;
• Build dashboards for infrastructure management and reporting;
• Design and deploy infrastructure management strategies to meet up time and monitoring SLA’s;
• Deploy code release in QA and PROD;
• Participate in building unit/performance/integration tests working with database developers;
• Participate in database SQL optimization plan;
• Deploy configuration and automation tools to remove manual steps in deploying, upgrading, and scaling systems and software across all environment.

Qualifications

We want to hear from you if You have:

• At least 4 years of experience in data engineering field;
• Solid background in Python and SQL;
• Experience building data solutions using big data tools: Airflow, Spark, Kafka, AWS;
• Experience with data pipeline and workflow management tools
• Hands-on experience with requirements analysis, design, coding and testing patterns;
• Has experience in engineering (commercial and open source) software platforms and large-scale data infrastructures;
• Experience working with cloud computing environments;
• Excellent communications skills in English (both written and oral);
• Intelligent, communicative team-player personality, interested in and willing to learn new skills and technologies.

Additional Information

What's In It For You:

Home Office: We work two days from the office and three days from home – but we don’t check it, we don’t track it and we don’t decide which days you choose. We trust that you are the best judge of when and where you’re most effective. But we’d still like to meet you every now and then, because we believe in in-person relationships and ”watercooler conversations

Benefits & Community: A healthy lifestyle and the feeling of belonging are important to us, for both body and mind. We provide:

• Medicover health insurance (with yearly check-ups)
• BKV pass or parking space
• Unlimited Life1 gym pass (for any Life1 gym in Budapest) or gym pass reimbursement in Szeged
• Company mobile phone and subscription (for personal use also)
• Company laptop
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – an independent, third-party counseling service that you can call 24/7
• Online English class once a week
• Professional & soft skill trainings
• Referral bonus when you successfully bring in a friend for an open position
• Baby bonus for the primary caregiver, paternity leave for the secondary caregiver, baby box for newborns
• Lots and lots of fruit in the office
• Free massage in the office (biweekly)
• Online yoga once a week
• Soccer court for our Starschema football team
• A hiking community that goes on hiking and bicycle trips
• Active social life – frequent organized and impromptu drinks, food and music
• Professional community events on a regular basis
• Dog-friendly office in terms of facilities and people
• Birthday holiday - an additional day off for you to relax and enjoy the most precious day in the year

Some Further Practical Details:

Start date: As soon as possible, but if you currently work somewhere and have a notice period, it’s still fine, we will wait for the right person!

Compensation range: The range for this position is approximately gross 1.500.000 - 1.600.000 HUF per month for senior level.

Selection process

1. Phone conversation with one of our Recruiters - We will briefly talk about your motivation and experience and we will switch to English for a few questions.

2. Online test via Hackerrank - You will have to fill out our SQL and Python tests (each one takes 2 hours).

3. Video interview with the experts on the team. They will tell you more about the Data Engineering role at Starschema, and you will also talk about your professional background.

4. You will be invited to an in-person interview to meet with the Delivery Lead and HR Business Partner.

If you like what you have read, submit your application now!