Data Engineer Distributed Systems

Job Title Data Engineer Distributed Systems
Job Type Contract
Visa: USC Only
Location Remote or Austin Texas
SUMMARY

Tavant is a niche software services firm with over 3200 associates worldwide. Were looking for a topnotch Data Engineers to lead the design development and optimization of our distributed data store particularly in Druid for one of our premier Cupertinobased multinational technology client.

You will represent Tavant in our client engagement and work with crossfunctional team comprised of Data Engineers Administrators Platform Engineers and Architects. You will incorporate sound data modeling principles in design to optimize storage & retrieval and develop solutions on top of distributed data stores.

If youre passionate about data engineering and have a keen design acumen in building scalable systems we encourage you to apply! Were building an incredible consulting team and believe youll find a highly energized environment to share your expertise and help boost engineering innovation.

Our clients Advertising Platforms group makes it possible for people around the world to easily access informative and imaginative content on their devices while helping publishers and developers promote and monetize their work. Our client group power advertising operations in News in the App Store and in other platforms.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Design and Development:
Design and implement data ingestion pipelines to load data into Apache Druid.
Develop and optimize Druid schemas and data models for efficient querying and performance.
Design and implement data aggregations against eventlevel data in distributed database (preferably in Druid)
Migration from existing data stores to Druid
Optimization:
Implement best practices for data ingestion storage and querying to improve system performance.
Optimize query performance and resource utilization.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS
5 years of experience in data engineering or analytics in distributed data systems i.e. Druid Snowflake Redshift CockroachDb or Pinot (Druid experience preferred).
Strong understanding of distributed data store architecture data ingestion methods scaling mechanisms and querying capabilities.
Proficiency in SQL and experience with data modeling and ETL processes.
Handson application coding experience in Java Python or others.
A fast learner of new technologies.
Experience with performance tuning and optimization of data systems.
Excellent problemsolving skills and the ability to work independently as well as in a team.
Familiarity with other big data technologies (e.g. Hadoop Spark Kafka) is a plus.
Highly beneficial:
Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g. AWS GCP Azure) and containerization (e.g. Docker Kubernetes).
Knowledge of programming languages such as Scala.
Experience generating reports against distributed data systems with SQL and visualization tools.

DOCKER , SQL , AWS , DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS , DATA MODELING , SPARK , AZURE , KUBERNETES , HADOOP , JAVA , PYTHON