Data Engineer - Austin, United States - Affirma

Description

Affirma, five years in a row ranked "Best Companies to Work for" and "Fastest Growing Companies" in Washington is seeking a Data Engineer to join our growing Data & Analytics team.

This individual will support Affirma's mission to provide exception value to our clients by planning, executing, and deploying data management solutions.

Qualifications
2-4 years experience in dimensional data modeling, ETL development, and dashboard development in a professional capacity
Bachelor's degree or equivalent education and/or experience
Hands-on experience with Hive with strong knowledge of ETL retrieval from Hive
Tableau dashboard development
Experience bringing together data from many disparate data sources to a unified source of truth
Advanced knowledge of Python and SQL in developing complex queries, functions and query optimization
Ability to work in a dynamic environment with some level of ambiguity to implement customer and project requirements with minimal supervision
Driven by analytics and naturally curious to ask "why" and "what if"
Excellent written and verbal communication with stakeholders, team members, and in documentation
Responsibilities
Design, propose, and develop database and data warehousing solutions
Collaborate with team members to refine and debug scripts and reports
Write and maintain documentation to describe database development, logic, scripting, testing, changes, and corrections
Support the release of solutions into production environments
Balance shifting priorities, demands, and timelines while effectively communicating expectations to team members and stakeholders in a clear and timely fashion
Provide technical to assistance to data consumers regarding errors, problems, or questions with databases and reports
Provide thought leadership, best practices, and standards required to deliver effective, lasting, and easy-to-maintain solutions to clients
Continuously grow depth and breadth of knowledge of leading data and analytics tools and principles

Preferred experience includes:
Background in computer science or related technical field
Knowledge of programming or scripting language like R
Accountabilities and Measures
Keeping our clients happy
Working and collaborating well with internal and external team members
Staying within project budget targets
Adhering to billable and un-billable policies

Affirma is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not make employment decisions or otherwise discriminates based on race, creed, color, national origin, sex, military status, sexual orientation, or the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, genetic information, or any other category protected by law.

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