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Bigspark, a UK-based consultancy delivering next-level data platforms and solutions with a focus on exciting technologies including Apache Spark, Apache Kafka and working on projects within Machine Learning, Data Engineering, Streaming and Data Science is looking for a Data Engineer to join our offshore team in Ghana on a contract basis in a remote, work from home capacity.
We provide our clients with the backbone for modern analytics through expertise in DevOps, distributed computing, machine learning, and the adoption of proven open-source projects. We specialise in backend development, infrastructure automation and performance engineering for data workloads at scale.
Your Role
In your hands-on role as Data Engineer, you will
- Adhere and contribute to our delivery principles
- Develop and support scalable, extensible, and highly available data pipelines on heterogeneous datasets that power downstream applications
- Join a team with skills in either Python, Java, Scala..
- Interact with stakeholders and program management to understand client requirements
- Solution Design – Using predefined architectural components to agree an acceptable design
- Deliver software development for clients, whilst collaborating with team members at various levels across the globe
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Your Skills, Experience And Qualifications
- Educated to at least BSc (Hons) level – preferably in Computer Science, Data Science or Mathematics
- At least 3-5 years in a commercial software environment
- Experience delivering multiple solutions using key techniques such as Data Modelling, DWH, Lakes, ETL, ELT, Virtualisation & Streaming
- Big data stack experience in one or more of the tools – Hadoop, Spark, Hive/Impala, Kafka, Snowflake
- Experience of storage formats Avro, Parquet, ORC
- Proficiency in object-oriented programming languages (Python, C#, Java, Scala)
- Experience with database integrations (SQL/NoSQL) and processing data at scale
- Understanding of source control management e.g. GitHub
- Experience in use of CI tools (Jenkins) or an understanding of their role
- Flexible in learning and working with new technologies
How We Help You Succeed
- 25 days paid holiday in addition to 8 UK public holidays
- Discretionary annual bonus
- Pension Scheme
- Private Medical Insurance
- Training Allowance
- Remote work from home
- Company laptop
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