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Senior Data Engineer

Zendesk

Washington DC, DC
1 day ago
Up to $130k

Job Description

Join Zendesk as a Senior Data Engineer to design and maintain scalable data platforms using AWS and Snowflake. This role is critical in optimizing data pipelines and enhancing customer analytics.

Key Responsibilities

  • Publish well written and tested code to production
  • Design and develop key features and functionality of the data platform
  • Investigate production issues and fine-tune data pipelines
  • Improve data pipelines for high efficiency and quality
  • Build a platform for customer-facing reporting and internal analytics
  • Collaborate on solutions for technical challenges
  • Develop standard methodologies and mentor others

Required Qualifications

  • 4+ years of software development/data engineering experience
  • 3+ years of hands-on experience building scalable data platforms and/or reliable data pipelines
  • Experience with Snowflake and DBT
  • Proficient in Java, Python, or Scala
  • Experience with AWS or related cloud technologies
  • Solid working understanding in Data Modeling

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience writing ETL jobs
  • Strong understanding of Build and Deployment tools
  • Familiarity with Kafka, Flink, Spark frameworks
  • Understanding of job scheduling tools like Airflow, Celery, AWS Step functions

Benefits & Perks

Annual bonus eligibilityHybrid work modelAdditional days off (Recharge Friday)In-office perks (lunches, breakfasts, massage sessions)