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Job Description
Department: Engineering
About Paladin Drones:
Paladin is revolutionizing public safety with autonomous drone technology. Our mission To be on the frontline of emergencies within 90 seconds. When someone dials 911 our drones take flight providing first responders with a real-time overhead view of the situation amplifying their situational awareness and hastening response times. Leveraging LTE for unlimited range and control our drones currently answer the call of duty over 1000 times weekly across multiple cities and states.
Our vision is ambitious: within the next decade our technology will be an essential tool for first responders in every city worldwide. As a tight-knit passionate and forward-thinking team we are committed to pushing the boundaries of UAV tech and making a monumental difference in a rapidly advancing domain.
Position Overview:
As a Data Engineer at Paladin Drones youll play a crucial role in designing building and optimizing robust data pipelines that power our drone platform and analytics systems. You will leverage AWS Glue PostgreSQL and advanced cloud technologies to turn complex data from drone logs telemetry and other IoT sources into actionable insights.
Responsibilities:
- Data Pipeline Development: Design build and maintain scalable ETL pipelines using AWS Glue PostgreSQL and AWS S3 for structured and semi-structured data especially drone telemetry logs.
- Data Integration: Extract integrate and transform data from various sources including drone logs APIs and third-party systems.
- Advanced Data Modeling: Develop and maintain comprehensive data models schema designs and geospatial databases using PostgreSQL and PostGIS.
- ETL Optimization: Continuously optimize Glue ETL processes classifiers and Grok patterns for performance and reliability.
- Data Quality Management: Implement automated checks and monitoring to ensure data accuracy consistency and integrity across all systems.
- Collaboration and Support: Partner closely with data science DevOps and product teams to align data solutions with business needs and innovation.
- Performance Tuning: Optimize databases queries and Glue jobs to handle large-scale high-frequency IoT datasets.
- Documentation: Maintain detailed documentation for pipelines processes data dictionaries and architecture diagrams.
- Security and Compliance: Implement best practices to ensure data security and privacy compliance (SOC2 GDPR NIST standards).
Qualifications:
Required:
- 1-3 years of experience in data engineering with a strong focus on ETL development.
- Proven hands-on experience with AWS Glue for ETL and data workflows.
- Expertise in PostgreSQL including database design optimization query performance tuning and familiarity with PostGIS.
- Strong Python scripting skills for data processing automation and Glue scripts.
- Experience with AWS ecosystem (S3 Lambda CloudWatch IAM).
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices especially Terraform.
- Version control and CI/CD experience (GitHub).
Preferred:
- Experience with real-time IoT data processing telemetry logs and geospatial datasets.
- Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or other cloud providers.
- Data visualization experience (Tableau Power BI QuickSight).
What We Offer:
- Competitive salary and equity packages
- Health dental and vision insurance
- Unlimited PTO and paid holidays
- Opportunity to grow with a mission-driven innovative company
- A collaborative and fast-paced work environment
Join Paladin Drones and contribute to the future of autonomous emergency response technology. Apply today to be part of an innovative team making a real-world impact!
Paladin Drones is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
