Senior Data Engineer
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Locations
Canada • Remote • United States
Experience Level
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Desired Skills
SQL
Requirements
- Has a strong sense of ownership, likes to work cross-functionally, and increase efficiency across teams
- Strong work ethic with a focus on delivering results
- Excellent communication skills - ability to explain complex solutions/problems clearly and succinctly to the team and to people outside the team
- Growth mindset, excited to learn new libraries / technologies (but practical about adopting them for production)
- Detail-oriented, process-oriented, data-focused, very good at picking up on data inconsistencies or details that others might miss
- Sets a high standard on code quality, tests, and code review
- 3 years of Data Engineering experience in a fast-paced environment working with large datasets and architecting how data is stored
- Demonstrated ability to solve complex architectural problems, think about tradeoffs, and systems design
- Excellent technical communication skills (code documentation, architectural documents, and presentation)
- Proficient in database design and SQL
- You are legally authorized to work in Canada or the United States
- We are mission-driven, and work collaboratively towards our shared vision of improving scientific communication and accelerating scientific discovery: BioRender figures have appeared in more than 16,000 publications!
- It's a product that users love! We have a world-class NPS and a community of loyal fans. Check out our Testimonials page to see what our customers are saying about us: https://biorender.com/testimonials/
- We are profitable, funded solely by user growth, and growing more than 200% YoY with users in 200+ countries
- We're remote-first and have team members across Canada and the United States. A physical office in Toronto is available, but you have the flexibility to work from anywhere
- We're backed by top investors, accelerators, and some of the most successful life science entrepreneurs and philanthropists in the world including Y Combinator, Malala Fund founders, and Fifty Years VC
- We are committed to building a warm, inclusive, and diverse environment. Check out how we make sure our employees come first
Responsibilities
- Create a health audit of our existing data & reporting and identify opportunities for improvements
- Put together a plan to increase data accuracy and make the right data accessible across the company
- Learn everything you can about our users, the product, and internal processes
- Meet with key team members to learn about their key frustrations when it comes to data
- Document database schemas for our core data tables and a system diagram detailing integrations with all of our core services
- Identify key areas of improvement and create a plan to improve data accuracy within the first two weeks
- Review our core reporting dashboards - provide a review of the queries in place and outline any incorrect assumptions and its impacts