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- Company: Megaphone
- Salary: Salary to be Agreed
- Remote?: Yes
Job Description:
About the Role
Megaphone is looking for a Data Engineer to help develop and own data solutions at our fast-paced podcast technology and ad services company. The Data Engineer role is an excellent opportunity for someone who wants to join a close-knit and smart team at a rapidly growing business. If you are a highly independent worker and have excellent organizational and problem-solving skills, this is the job for you.
- Working at Megaphone also means full benefits, competitive salary, and a friendly work environment.
- This role is open to fully remote candidates, as well as candidates near our Reston, VA office.
- This role will report to the VP of Engineering.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain ETL/ELT processes at scale, handling hundreds of millions of records per day
- Write advanced SQL for data wrangling, as well as scheduled reporting and automated queries
- Perform data exploration and analytics with the goal of developing new insights and business value
- Help develop APIs and dashboards to surface data insights
- Maintain awareness and knowledge of industry best practices to ensure Megaphone is able to take advantage of new tools and techniques
Requirements and Attributes of the Ideal Candidate
- 3+ years of experience
- Hands-on implementation and maintenance of a large-scale, high-volume data pipeline
- Knowledge of programming language(s) for data processing, such as Python, Scala, R, and libraries and tools, such as Dataflow
- Experience with Ruby and/or Go is preferred
- In-depth knowledge of relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g. Druid, Cassandra), as well as analytics using BigQuery
- Familiarity with containers and related technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes, and working with public cloud (e.g. AWS or Google Cloud Platform)
- Knowledge of machine learning and time-series forecasting methodologies
- Analytical mind with problem-solving aptitude
- Ability to work independently
Megaphone is committed to excellence through diversity, which involves attracting talented people from diverse backgrounds and traditions. We encourage everyone to apply.
