Lead Data Engineer

Proudly recognized as a Great Place to Work®, we are a dynamic software as a service (SaaS) startup revolutionizing how businesses communicate. Our team consists of 500 energetic and passionate Unifonics devoted to providing the best possible experience to over 5000 customer-centric companies. We take pride in our exciting and cooperative work environment where creativity and fresh ideas are always encouraged. As shareholders in the business, we are more than just a team of passionate communicators. We are Unifonics. Join us and be a part of something significant! Meet the Team! Our Engineering team is in charge of designing, developing, and maintaining the systems and technologies that fuel Unifonic’s solutions. We work hand in hand with other departments to ensure our products and services meet our customers' needs. If you are tech-savvy and eager to work on groundbreaking communication and engagement solutions, we want you on our team. As a Lead Data Engineer, you will invest in our "Data Foundation" area to transform us into a data-driven organization and provide crucial insights about our customers, performance, and future predictions. In this role, you will be responsible for building Unifonic's future enterprise Data Lake. You will handle end-to-end data-related capabilities from data ingestion to reporting. Help us shape the future of communication by: - Establishing industry best practices for the data engineering team, and building the necessary capabilities for the organization to become more data-driven. - Advancing our data architecture by determining structural requirements; developing and implementing solutions. - Building on existing data lakes and data warehouses based on structural requirements and in-depth analysis. - Testing and maintaining the databases to ensure their longevity and overall efficiency. Requirements What you'll bring: - 8+ years of hands-on experience in Data Engineering and Big Data. - Confirmed work experience with ETL Development or similar areas. - Advanced knowledge in Database Engines, Data Lakes, Data Practices, and policies. - Profound understanding of database structure principles, integration, ETL, ELT, data processing, and data management. - Proficiency in Data Warehouse & Data Lake technologies. (E.g., Vertica, Greenplum, Cloudera framework/ecosystems, Apache Kafka, ApacheNiFi, Apache Spark, Impala, etc.) - Hands-on experience with programming languages, such as Python, Java, Scala, and SQL. - Experience in assembling large, complex datasets that meet functional/non-functional business requirements. - Experience in building infrastructure required for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading of data from a wide variety of data source technologies. - Bachelor’s degree in a related field. - Analytical skills and robust organizational abilities. As a Unifonic, you'll receive a series of benefits: - Competitive salary and bonus. - Unifonic share scheme (we are all owners!). - 30 vacation days after the first anniversary. - Spend up to 10 weeks per year working from anywhere in the world! - Paid leave for new parents. - LinkedIn Learning License.