Sr. Data Engineer
Sr. Data Engineer
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Job Description
Senior Data Engineer
Our Enterprise Data & Analytics (EDA) is looking for an experienced Senior Data Engineer to join our growing data engineering team. Youll work in a collaborative Agile environment using the latest engineering best practices with involvement in all aspects of the software development lifecycle.
You will craft and develop curated data products applying standard architectural & data modeling practices to maintain the foundation data layer serving as a single source of truth across Zendesk . You will be primarily developing Data Warehouse Solutions in BigQuery/Snowflake using technologies such as dbt Airflow Terraform.
What you get to do every single day:
Collaborate with team members and business partners to collect business requirements define successful analytics outcomes and design data models
Serve as Data Model subject matter expert and data model spokesperson demonstrated by the ability to address questions quickly and accurately
Implement Enterprise Data Warehouse by transforming raw data into schemas and data models for various business domains using SQL & dbt
Design build and maintain ELT pipelines in Enterprise Data Warehouse to ensure reliable business reporting using Airflow Fivetran & dbt
Optimize data warehousing processes by refining naming conventions enhancing data modeling and implementing best practices for data quality testing
Build analytics solutions that provide practical insights into customer 360 finance product sales and other key business domains
Build and Promote best engineering practices in areas of version control system CI/CD code review pair programming
Identify design and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes optimizing data delivery
Work with data and analytics experts to strive for greater functionality in our data systems
What you bring to the role:
Basic Qualifications
5 years of data engineering experience building working & maintaining data pipelines & ETL processes on big data environments
5 years of experience in Data Modeling and Data Architecture in a production environment
5 years in writing complex SQL queries
5 years of experience with Cloud columnar databases (We use Snowflake)
2 years of production experience working with dbt and designing and implementing Data Warehouse solutions
Ability to work closely with data scientists analysts and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions. Strong documentation skills for pipeline design and data flow diagrams.
Intermediate experience with any of the programming language: Python Go Java Scala we primarily use Python
Integration with 3rd party API SaaS applications like Salesforce Zuora etc
Ensure data integrity and accuracy by conducting regular data audits identifying and resolving data quality issues and implementing data governance best practices.
Experience performing root cause analysis on internal and external data and processes to answer specific business questions and identify opportunities for improvement.
Preferred Qualifications
Hands-on experience with Snowflake data platform including administration SQL scripting and query performance tuning
Good Knowledge in modern as well as classic Data Modeling - Kimball Innmon etc
Demonstrated experience in one or many business domains (Finance Sales Marketing)
3 completed production-grade projects with dbt
Expert knowledge in python
What does our data stack looks like:
ELT (Snowflake Fivetran dbt Airflow Kafka HighTouch)
BI (Tableau Looker)
Infrastructure (GCP AWS Kubernetes Terraform Github Actions)
Please note that Zendesk can only hire candidates who are physically located and plan to work from Karnataka or Maharashtra. Please refer to the location posted on the requisition for where this role is based.
Hybrid: In this role our hybrid experience is designed at the team level to give you a rich onsite experience packed with connection collaboration learning and celebration - while also giving you flexibility to work remotely for part of the week. This role must attend our local office for part of the week. The specific in-office schedule is to be determined by the hiring manager.
The intelligent heart of customer experience
Zendesk software was built to bring a sense of calm to the chaotic world of customer service. Today we power billions of conversations with brands you know and love.
Zendesk believes in offering our people a fulfilling and inclusive experience. Our hybrid way of working enables us to purposefully come together in person at one of our many Zendesk offices around the world to connect collaborate and learn whilst also giving our people the flexibility to work remotely for part of the week.
Zendesk is an equal opportunity employer and were proud of our ongoing efforts to foster global diversity equity & inclusion in the workplace. Individuals seeking employment and employees at Zendesk are considered without regard to race color religion national origin age sex gender gender identity gender expression sexual orientation marital status medical condition ancestry disability military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are an AA/EEO/Veterans/Disabled employer. If you are based in the United States and would like more information about your EEO rights under the law please click here.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
