Data Engineer

Sweetwater, the nation’s #1 online retailer of pro audio equipment and music instruments, is seeking to hire a Data Engineer to add to our growing Data Engineering team. In this role, you will work closely with other Data Engineers and Database Administrators to grow and maintain our evolving Data Lake using Google Cloud Platform services and open-source tools. A positive attitude, and the ability to be flexible and collaborate with both those who generate and steward operational data and those who consume data to drive innovation will be essential.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide thought-leadership on architecture choices and efficient design for data and data pipelines in Google Cloud.
• Work closely with web and application domain experts to identify and extract key data from transactional systems for inclusion in the Data Lake
• Collaborate with business leaders to determine data reporting needs that may be shared across business functions
• Help drive decision-making by working with the Business Intelligence and Data Science teams in transforming and aggregating core data for ingestion into other systems

Qualifications

• Expertise working with Big Data in a cloud environment is required, Google Cloud Platform is preferred.
• Working knowledge is required for building and managing ETL/ELT Data Pipelines in the cloud at scale using tools such as Airflow, Kafka, or Spark
• Experience designing and populating datasets in NoSQL Datastores, BigQuery is preferred
• Proficiency in a scripting language is required, Python preferred
• Ability to create and maintain shell scripts
• Familiarity working in a source-controlled environment is desired
• Knowledge of PostgreSQL would be a big plus
• A proactive problem solver who takes initiative and can keep up with Sweetwater’s ever-changing, fast-paced environment

Sweetwater’s “Ideal” Team Player

• WOWs the Customer – Deep passion and desire for creating amazing customer and colleague experiences
• Get Things Done – Great work ethic and moves with a sense of urgency
• Obsesses over the Details – Committed to paying attention to the details
• Drives Continuous Improvement – Always focusing on effective and efficient work and ways to get better
• Develops the Future – Committed to the pursuit of growing personally and professionally and has a focus on bringing your colleagues along with you on that journey

We function best as a unified team, so relocation to our state-of-the-art campus in Fort Wayne, Indiana is required for this role. Interested and qualified candidates, please apply. We look forward to exploring your #FullTimeDream at Sweetwater!

Sweetwater’s culture is one that is built on the creation and celebration of music, which unifies people from all walks of life. Our individual differences make Sweetwater stronger as a company and a better place to work. Having a truly diverse workforce allows us the opportunity to collectively respect, learn, and grow from each unique perspective and experience. We have welcomed thousands of employees and families who have joined the Sweetwater team from all over the nation and the world, and we welcome you, too, to find out why we consider a career at Sweetwater the full-time dream.