Principal Data Engineer (Remote)

Company: Namely
Location: Raleigh
Posted on: November 22, 2021

Job Description:

Namely is the first HR, payroll, and benefits platform employees actually love to use. People are at the center of everything we do-from our platform to our staff. Why join us? We believe every company and every employee deserves a great workplace, supported by HR technology they use and love. Most importantly, we believe in giving you the tools you need to do the best work of your career.

As a Staff Data Engineer, you will work with the development team to construct a data streaming platform and data warehouse that serves as the data foundations for the Namely product.
Help us scale our business to meet the needs of our growing customer base and develop new products on the Namely platform.

You'll be a critical part of our growing company, working on a cross-functional team to implement best practices in technology, architecture, and process. You'll have the chance to work in an open and collaborative environment, receive hands-on mentorship and have ample opportunities to grow and accelerate your career!

This role is open to remote candidates residing in the U.S. except within the state of Colorado.

RESPONSIBILITY:
Build our next generation data warehouse
Build our event stream platform
Translate user requirements for reporting and analysis into actionable deliverables
Enhance automation, operation, and expansion of real-time and batch data environment
Manage numerous projects in an ever-changing work environment
Extract, transform, and load complex data into the data warehouse using cutting-edge technologies
Build processes for topnotch security, performance, reliability, and accuracy
Provide mentorship to fellow team members

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:
7+ years of building data pipelines
4+ years of experience building data frameworks (data lineage tracking, and automation)
Fluency in Scala and one other server-side programming languages (Python, Java, Go)
Experience with Apache Spark
Familiarity with streaming technologies (e.g., Kafka, Kinesis, Flink)

NICE TO HAVES:
Experience with Machine Learning
Familiarity with Looker a plus
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

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