Junior Data Engineer (V)

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Would you like to work from wherever you want?

Would you like to be a part of the leading next-gen software developers? 

Hi, you finally found us! 

Why work at Blue Coding? 

At Blue Coding we specialize in hiring excellent developers and amazing people from all over Latin America and other parts of the world. For the past 10 years, we’ve helped cutting-edge companies in the United States and Canada -both large and small, build great development teams and develop great products. Online shops, digital agencies, SaaS providers, and software consulting firms are a few of our clients. Our team of over 100 engineers is distributed in more than 10 countries across the Americas. We are a fully remote company working with a wide array of technologies and have expertise in every stage of the software development process.  

Our team is highly connected, united, and culturally diverse, and our collaborators are involved in many initiatives around the world, from wildlife preservation to volunteering at local charities. We also participate in group activities like movie nights, trivia, and meme competitions. We stand for honesty, fairness, respect, efficiency, hard work, and cooperation.

What are we looking for?

In this opportunity, we are looking for an experienced Data Engineer to work with one of our US clients, a corporation that, through its subsidiaries, provides life insurance protection targeted to the middle American market. The ideal candidate will be responsible for the development and maintenance of systems in their enterprise data and analytics environments. You will develop deep knowledge of our client's businesses as you help to optimize performance by building and supporting decision-making tools. You will partner closely with their software engineering, AI/ML, Cybersecurity, and DevOps/SysOps teams to deliver best-in-class data solutions that empower enterprise-wide reporting and analytics, including business-critical vendor relationships.

If you are independent, a great communicator, with great attention to detail, and a problem solver this is a great fit for you! Our jobs are fully remote and flexible - as long as you have the skills and can get the work done well, you can work anywhere in the listed countries (and anytime) you want.

What's unique about this job?

As a member of the Data Engineering team, you will be building the data layer that serves as a foundation for our client's key operations. You will support critical end-to-end data pipelines written in Python or Scala which serve internal and external customers. Working within the Agile framework, you will have the opportunity to design data pipelines, build database models, design infrastructure and alerting frameworks, and process data using methods from SFTPs to APIs. Data and Analytics is a key enterprise strength of our client and we look forward to having you on the team!

• Design, develop, and maintain data pipelines and data stores that support enterprise data science, analytics, and operations.
• Identify, track, and analyze the performance of data layer services, implementing solutions and improvements to enhance stability, efficiency, and performance. 
• Collaborate with your peers across the Research and Technology organization.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or demonstrated ability in a related field is required
• Experience working with data environments in an engineering or technical capacity
• Experience working with data using structured (SQL) and/or unstructured (NoSQL) approaches.
• Experience with or exposure to data visualization principles and practices, especially with PowerBI and Tableau
• Ingest data from internal and external sources using cloud-native AWS platform technologies (e.g. S3, EMR (Spark), Lambda, Kinesis, Firehose, Glue, Terraform)
• Strong communication skills and an interest in advancing your knowledge of data engineering
• Excellent time management skills  
• Driven, self-motivated attitude. Ability to do great work independently with minimal direction. 
• Ambitious and collaborative team player. 

• Redshift experience is a plus

• Salary in USD
• Flexible schedule (within US Time zones)
• 100% Remote

Hey, you are still here! 

So, let us ask a few questions. Do you like working in a friendly environment? Are you fluent in English? Do you have a strong work ethic, are detail-oriented and have an ownership mentality? And most importantly do you love music and puppies? If so, then what are you waiting for? Come join our team and become part of this awesome company! We will be expecting you.