TheRole: Backend Engineer
The Impact:
We stand at cross-roads of innovation through Data Products to bring a competitive advantage to our business through the delivery of automotive forecasting solutions. Your work will contribute to the growth and success of our organization and provide valuable insights to our clients.
What's in it for you:
We are looking for an innovative and mission-driven softwaredata engineer to make a significant impact by designing and developing AWS cloud native solutions that enables analysts to forecast long and short-term trends in the automotive industry. This role requires cutting edge data and cloud native technical expertise as well as the ability to work independently in a fast-paced, collaborative, and dynamic work environment.
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines including complex algorithms.
- Build and maintain backend services using Python or similar, ensuring responsiveness and high performance.
- Implement security measures and best practices to protect data and applications from vulnerabilities.
- Strong understanding of data integration and data modeling concepts.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather data requirements.
- Monitor application performance and troubleshoot issues proactively, ensuring optimal performance of backend services.
- Take ownership of the modules you work on, deliver on time and with quality, ensuring software development best practices.
- Implement unit tests and integration tests to ensure the reliability and stability of the backend services.
- Maintain documentation for code, processes, and systems.
- Stay updated on industry trends and advocate for new technologies or practices.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies to ensure alignment with project goals.
What We're Looking For:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, or a related field.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- 6+ years of experience in Data Engineering/Advanced Analytics.
- Proficiency in Python and experience with Flask for backend development.
- Strong knowledge of object-oriented programming.
- AWS proficiency is a big plus: Containerization, Batch, Step Functions, Redis, DynamoDB, API Gateway, Cloudwatch, Lambda etc.
- Experience with SQL and data warehousing.
- Experience with data manipulation libraries and analytical frameworks such as Spark, Pandas, Polars, NumPy, Metaflow.
- Experience with GitLab CI/CD or similar tools for continuous integration and deployment.
- Strong teamwork and communication skills.
- Relevant certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect) are a plus.
