Junior Cloud Data Engineer

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Job Summary:

DataLab USA is an award-winning addressable marketing agency that specializes in analytics and technology-driven database marketing consultancy. They are seeking a Cloud Data Engineer to develop data processing solutions and technical services that support client business objectives, leveraging skills in Python, SQL, and cloud technologies.

Responsibilities:

• Leverage Python, SQL and cloud-based technology to build scalable and secure data processing software for continuous integration and delivery

• Work on a wide range of interesting technical and business problems to support big data processing

• Support the build of new solutions to a wide array of complex system design challenges

• Work with team leads to prototype, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, building infrastructure for greater scalability

• Support infrastructure and applications to process large amounts of data in a distributed computing environment

• Write automated test frameworks for use across projects

• Develop and maintain software using already established best practices for creating readable and maintainable code

• Debug and resolve software defects

• Act as the first-level support for existing production applications through Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)

• Prepare and maintain solution documentation

Qualifications:

Required:

• Bachelor’s in Computer Science

• Experience developing applications in Python

• Familiarity with SQL and working with relational databases

• Experience with cloud platforms (Snowflake, AWS, Azure, or GCP) and cloud-native data services

• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail

• Experience using third-party Python frameworks

• Good understanding of Python data structures and object-oriented programming concepts

• Outstanding coding skills, knowledge of patterns and best practices in an object-oriented style

• Teamwork, strong inter-personal skills

Preferred:

• 1-3 years of experience building Python or Cloud applications

• Familiarity with API development frameworks (e.g., Flask, REST)

• Familiarity developing in a distributed environment

• Experience with data pipeline frameworks (e.g., Airflow, dbt, Spark, or similar)

• Experience with processing large amounts of data with Big Data frameworks

• Familiarity with CI/CD tools and DevOps practices

• Familiarity with secure coding guidelines and standards

Company:

DataLab USA is an award-winning addressable marketing agency. Founded in 1979, the company is headquartered in Germantown, Maryland, USA, with a team of 51-200 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.