Data Engineer

Belgrade

We are currently looking for an experienced Data Engineer with strong skills and proven experience for full time engagement. This is for our Ringier team, Switzerland’s largest media company, which took on the challenge to transform into a digital powerhouse and built Sherlock Platform – the cloud-native enterprise data hub with built-in artificial intelligence capabilities, to collect, consolidate, and understand the data to generate business insights and value. The platform won several international BIGGIES and INMA prizes in 2018.

Your contributions will be:

• Consuming pre-made Contour paths, Slate documents and Foundry Reports
• Loading datasets into notebooks or Contour, then filtering / enriching / transforming those datasets
• Using PySpark for distributed computation
• Using Foundry’s application development framework (Slate) or third-party tools to design applications that address operational questions
• Designing with Blueprint, Foundry’s UI toolkit
• Using Foundry’s REST APIs to connect applications to the business’ data foundation in Foundry
• Collaborating with operational users and analysts to turn commercial questions into standard workflows
• Loading analytical datasets into Python notebook environments to develop statistical analyses

Essential skills and experience:

• Experience with Python (required) and Java
• Knowledge of REST APIs
• Proficiency in Postgres and Elasticsearch
• Familiar with PySpark for distributed computation
• Proficiency in development best practices (e.g. Git workflows such as branching, testing, etc.)
• Experience with Agile methodology and problem-centric solution design
• Familiar with common databases (e.g. JDBC, mySQL, Microsoft SQL, etc.)
• Plus is experience with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (including JS frameworks such as React, Angular, and Typescript)

Benefits:

• The high-growth company in which you can find an exciting and trend-setting challenge
• Amazing product to work on
• The familial working atmosphere in an open-minded multinational team
• All necessary equipment – up to you to decide what you prefer
• The budget for professional improvement (courses, conferences, books…)
• English language lessons during the working hours
• Nice office in Belgrade
• Tournaments of table tennis, table soccer, and darts in our office
• Opportunities to build products that really make a difference
• Opportunities to learn and grow with us

If you are interested in this position and you have all the required qualifications, do not hesitate to send your CV.

Deadline for applications: 21.10.2019.