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Senior Data Engineer

Employer
The Washington Post
Location
Washington, DC
Closing date
Nov 2, 2022

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Industry
Engineering
Function
Engineer, QA Engineer, IT
Hours
Full Time
Career Level
Experienced (Non-Manager)

Job Details

Job Description

The Post relies quite heavily on data-informed decision making both at a strategic and operational level. Over the years, The Post has experienced a significant increase in traffic and subscriptions across various platforms and channels. The increased data volume and velocity coupled with new sources and complexity has created new challenges.To address these challenges and gain maximum benefits from our data, we are creating an Integrated Customer Data by stitching data signals from various data sources. This integrated customer data will be used to power various marketing and personalization efforts via enhanced workflows, automations and data activations via homegrown and vendor platforms.

We are calling this initiative WaPo 360. As ourSenior DataEngineer you'll be part of a cross functional team and work in close collaboration with analytics, engineering and other stakeholders. You will be building and maintaining various systems of WaPo 360. You will be responsible for day-to-day operations of systems that depend on data, ensuring data is properly processed and securely transferred in a timely manner. Processing data will include managing, manipulating, storing, and parsing data in a data pipeline for variety of target sources. You will also support maintenance of applications and tools that reside on these systems such as upgrades, patches, configuration changes, etc.

Responsibilities
  • You will work closely with stakeholders across departments to architect, build and deploy various initiatives within WaPo 360
  • Participate in all stages of software development - from early brainstorming to coding and bug fixing
  • You will design, develop, deploy and maintain data services and/or pipelines to AWS
  • You will develop best practices and approaches to support continuous process automation for data ingestion and data pipeline workflows
  • You will perform multiple tasks simultaneously under changing requirements and deadlines
  • You will prepare and present reports, analysis and presentations to various stakeholders including executives


Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or a related technical discipline
  • 5+ years of experience as a Data Engineer or in a similar role
  • 5+ Years of experience with data modeling, data warehousing, and building ETL pipelines
  • Expertise in SQL and query optimizations.
  • Strong Hive and Pyspark skills. Experience building business-critical, data processing pipelines on AWS
  • Industry experience in software development, data engineering, business intelligence, data science, or related field with a track record of manipulating, processing, and extracting value from large datasets


Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience using streaming and batch processing technologies (Hadoop, Hive, Hbase, Spark, and Kafka)
  • Experience working with AWS big data technologies (EMR, Redshift, S3, AWS Glue, Kinesis and Lambda for Serverless ETL)
  • Knowledge of data management fundamentals and data storage principles
  • Knowledge of distributed systems as it relates to data storage and computing
  • Hands-on experience with multiple database technologies including Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB, and DynamoDB
  • Basic scripting skills using Python and Scala
  • Basic understanding of Machine Learning


The Post strives to provide its readers with high-quality, trustworthy news and information while constantly innovating. That mission is best served by a diverse, multi-generational workforce with varied life experiences and perspectives. All cultures and backgrounds are welcomed.

The innovation doesn't end in the Newsroom - dozens of teams power The Washington Post. We are now hiring the next innovator - how will you Impact Tomorrow?

#washpostlife

Company

Thank you for your interest in a career with The Washington Post. We invite you to review all of our open positions to find the one that's right for you. We look forward to receiving your resume!


Since it first began publication more than 130 years ago, The Washington Post has grown into one of the most storied and respected news organizations in the world. A subsidiary of The Washington Post Company, today's Post is the indispensable guide to Washington. In print, we enjoy the highest penetration of any major metropolitan newspaper in the United States. On the web, we have the third largest news website with 17 million unique visitors each month, and have recently launched a celebrated news app for the iPad. We serve Washington in all media, on any platform, including paid products, events, and tailored content.

More broadly, The Washington Post Company delivers quality products to today's students, readers and viewers. What unites our company is the immediacy of our products and services, created by teachers and tutors at Kaplan; reporters and editors at our media properties; and associates at Cable ONE.
Washington Post Media views its employees as its most valuable asset and provides a comprehensive benefits package to promote healthy and balanced lives at work and at home. We offer competitive salaries, opportunities for training and career advancement and an outstanding, progressive benefits package including:
Health and dental benefits
Flexible healthcare and dependent care spending accounts
401(k) and company-funded cash balance plan
Life and disability insurance
Tuition reimbursement
Adoption assistance
Domestic partner benefits
Employee assistance program
Employee referral program
 

Company info
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Location
1301 K Street, N.W.
Washington
DC
20036
US

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