Team Overview:

The Annalect Engineering team is an engaged and innovative group of technologists that includes backend, frontend, full-stack, and data engineers. It is comprised of remote team members who are highly collaborative and committed to a culture of work/life balance and continual learning and development. 

Position Overview:

Annalect is currently seeking a data engineer to join our technology team. In this role you will build Annalect products which sit atop cloud-based data infrastructure. We are looking for people who have a shared passion for technology, design & development, data, and fusing these disciplines together to build cool things. In this role, you will work on one or more software and data products in the Annalect Engineering Team. You will participate in technical architecture, design and development of software products as well as research and evaluation of new technical solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Steward data and compute environments to facilitate usage of data assets
• Design, build, test and deploy scalable and reusable systems that handle large amounts of data
• Manage small team of developers
• Perform code reviews and provide leadership and guidance to junior developers
• Learn and teach new technologies

Required Skills And Qualifications:

• BS, MS or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent real-world experience (You’ve learned something to be able to claim you are an engineer)
• Experience designing and managing data flows
• Experience designing systems and APIs to integrate data into applications
• 8+ years of Linux, Bash, Python, and SQL experience
• 4+ years using Spark and other Hadoop ecosystem software
• 4+ years using AWS cloud services, esp. EMR, Glue, Athena, and Redshift
• 4+ years managing team of developers
• Passion for Technology: Excitement for new technology, bleeding edge applications, and a positive attitude towards solving real world challenges
• Significant experience with Python, C++, or other popular language
• Experience with big data and/or infrastructure. Bonus for having experience in setting up Petabytes of data so they can be easily accessed. Understanding of data organization, i.e., partitioning, clustering, file sizes, file formats. Data cataloging with Hive/Hive metastore or Glue or something similar.
• Experience working with relational databases.
• Experience with Hadoop, Hive, Spark, or other data processing tools
• Experience building scalable data pipelines (Airflow experience a plus)
• Significant experience working with AWS and/or GCP
• Proven ability to independently execute projects from concept to implementation to launch and to maintain a live product

Please note: This role will require an in-office presence, 3 days per week.

Perks of working at Annalect

• Culture! We have an incredibly fun, collaborative environment that encourages engagement and work/life balance
• Generous PTO that includes vacation days, personal days, a fantastic Summer Friday program and extended time off around the holiday season.
• As part of Omnicom, we have the backing and resources of a global billion-dollar company, but also have the flexibility and pace of a “startup” - we move fast, break things, and innovate.

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