Senior Engineer, Data Insights (Remote)

Company Description

Job Description 

The primary responsibility of the Senior Engineer, Global Data & Insights - Data Management is to construct data pipelines, model and prepare data, conduct intricate data analysis to answer Business questions, build and automate data pipeline and quality framework to facilitate and stimulate self-service data pipelines, support in operationalizing the AI / ML Engineering solutions. This role entails leading and instructing other team members and advocating the design patterns as well as coding standards. 

This role actively contributes to our Data Modernization project to transition from on-site platforms such as IBM Netezza to a cloud project.

What Will You Be Doing? 

• Collaborate with engineering teams and enterprise architecture to establish standards, determine design patterns, accelerators, development practices, DevOps and automate CI/CD.

• Create and sustain the data ingestion, quality testing and audit framework.

• Execute complex data analysis to respond to inquiries from business users or technology team counterparts either directly from analysts or derived from one of the reporting tools such as PowerBI, Tableau, OBIEE.

• Create and automate the data ingestion, transformation and aggregation pipelines using Azure Data Factory, Databricks / Spark, Snowflake, Kafka, as well as Enterprise Scheduler tools such as CA Workload automation or Control M.

• Establish and champion the metadata-driven approach to data pipelines to encourage self service.

• Setup and consistently enhance the data quality and audit monitoring as well as alerting.

• Constantly evaluate the process automation options and collaborate with engineering and architecture to review the proposed design.

• Showcase mastery of build and release engineering principles and methodologies including source control, branch management, build and smoke testing, archiving and retention practices.

• Adhere to and enhance and document the design principles and best practices by collaborating with Solution and in some cases Enterprise Architects.

• Take part in and support the Data Academy and Data Literacy program to educate business users and technology teams on data.

• Respond to SLA driven production data quality or pipeline issues.

• Work in a quick-paced Agile/Scrum environment.

• Identify and assist with implementation of DevOps practices in support of fully automated deployments.

• Document data flow diagrams, data models, technical data mapping, and production support information for data pipelines.

• Follow industry-standard data security practices and champion these across the team.

What Do You Need To Bring? 

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering or Mathematics or a related field and over 5 years of experience in various cloud technologies within a large-scale organization.

• Personal attributes: Self-starter, collaborative, inquisitive, strong work ethic, highly motivated and team-oriented.

• Experience in designing and building complex data pipelines in an agile environment.

• Expertise in data analysis and wrangling using SQL, Python, Databricks.

• Experience with modern cloud development and design concepts; software development lifecycle; multi-developer code versioning and conflict resolution; planning, design, and problem resolution for enterprise data applications / solutions.

• Demonstrated ability in developing a culture that embraces innovation and challenges existing paradigms.

• Over 5 years of experience in an enterprise data management or data engineering role.

• 3+ years of hands-on experience in building metadata driven data pipelines using Azure Data Factory, Databricks / Spark for Cloud Data lake.

• Over 5 years hands-on experience with using one or more of the following for data analysis and wrangling Databricks, Python / PySpark, Jupyter Notebooks.

• Expert level SQL knowledge on databases such as but not limited to Snowflake, Netezza, Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, Teradata.

• 3+ years of hands-on experience one or more of big data technologies such as Cloudera Hadoop, Pivotal, Vertica, MapR is a plus.

• Experience working in a multi-developer environment and hands-on experience in using either Azure DevOps or GitLab.

• Preferably experienced in SLA-driven production data pipeline or quality support.

• Experience or strong understanding of traditional enterprise ETL platforms such as IBM Datastage, Informatica, Pentaho, Ab Initio etc.

• Functional knowledge of some of the following technologies - Terraform, Azure CLI, PowerShell, Containerization (Kubernetes, Docker).

• Functional knowledge of one or more reporting tools such as PowerBI, Tableau, OBIEE.

• Team player with excellent communication skills, ability to communicate directly with the customer and able to explain the status of the deliverables in scrum calls.

• Ability to implement Agile methodologies and to work in an Agile DevOps environment.

Our Company 

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (A&F Co.) is a global retailer of five iconic, omnichannel lifestyle brands catering to the kid through millennial customer: Abercrombie & Fitch, Abercrombie kids, Hollister, Gilly Hicks and Social Tourist. At A&F Co., we’re committed to supporting our associates, customers and communities on their journey to discover and become who they truly are – and because each journey is unique, we strive to create an inclusive culture where everyone is open to express their ideas. 

Our Values 

We lead with purpose and prioritize our people, proved by our Great Place to Work™ Certification, in addition to being a 2021 recipient of Fortune’s Best Workplaces in Retail, recognized as a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ+ Equality by the Human Rights Campaign for 16 consecutive years. We’re proud to offer equal compensation and benefits, including flexibility and competitive paid time off, alongside education and engagement events such as various Associate Resource Groups, volunteer opportunities and additional time off to contribute to our global communities.

What You'll Get

As an Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (A&F Co.) associate, you’ll be eligible to participate in a variety of benefit programs designed to suit you and your lifestyle. A&F is committed to delivering simple, competitive, and comprehensive benefits that align with our company’s culture and values, and above all – with you! We also offer competitive incentives to reward the dedication our associates have for driving our global business forward:  

• An incentive Bonus Program.
• Paid time off and work from anywhere flexibility.
• A paid volunteer day per year, enabling you to give back to your community.
• Merchandise Discount.
• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance Available.
• Life and Disability Insurance.
• Associates Assistance Program.
• Paid Parental and Adoption Leave.
• Access to Carrot to support your unique parenthood journey.
• Access to Headspace dedicated to creating healthier, happier lives from the inside out.
• 401(K) Savings Plan with Company Match.
• Opportunities for career advancement, as we believe in promoting from within.
• A global team of individuals who will celebrate you for being you.

Additional Information

ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO. IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Notice (For Colorado, New York, California and Washington): The recruitment pay range for this position is $110,000 - $136,000. Factors that can influence your actual salary may include your specific skills, your years of experience, your work location, comparison to other employees in similar roles, or market demands. This range may be adjusted in the future.