Freelance Data Scraping Engineer (Python)

Mindrift; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 140.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

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Zusammenfassung

OFX is seeking a data engineer to contribute to high-quality data ingestion, maintenance, and optimization. You’ll work across AWS and GCP, building pipelines and warehousing to support data operations.

In an agile environment, you’ll implement standard practices with guidance from senior engineers and participate in testing and monitoring activities. Based in Sydney, you’ll collaborate with global teams to deliver scalable data solutions for financial services.

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years in data engineering, preferably in financial services or fintech.
• Experienced with data warehouse technology (BigQuery).
• Cloud Messaging, Cloud Storage, Cloud Functions, and Serverless SQL in AWS or GCP.
• SQL proficiency and experience with Python or Java.
• Data modelling and data analysis experience.

Aufgaben

• Create new data pipelines and maintain/debug existing ones.
• Work with a wider engineering team on software development and cloud architecture best practices.
• Diagnose and resolve production issues, communicating status updates to stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement of systems and processes.
• Develop testing and monitoring, and provide handover and escalation support.

Kenntnisse

Data engineering

BigQuery

Cloud services

SQL

Python/Java

Data modelling

Performance tuning

Agile

Data warehousing

Production issues diagnostic

Tools

AWS

GCP

Python

Java

ETL pipelines

Jobbeschreibung

Job Description

Hi. We’re OFX,a leading financial operations company providing businesses and accounting firms with real-time financial control and visibility to do business anywhere in the world. With an innovative platform and 24/7 human support, OFX automates and simplifies doing business across borders, reducing risk and eliminating routine operational tasks. Offering global business accounts, payments to 180 countries in 30+ currencies and currency risk management solutions to simplify global payments. OFX further enhances business operations by providing corporate cards with spend management, bill payments, vendor management, and integrations with popular accounting and HRIS software, to help achieve better business solutions so accounting firms and businesses thrive.

Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, with offices globally, in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore and Hong Kong. OFX has been a trusted innovator in global money movement for over 25 years.

Purpose of your role

The data engineer contributes to delivery of high quality data, including ingestion, maintenance, optimizations and solutions to support the data operations in OFX. Working across AWS and GCP, you will also be exposed to data ingestion, transformation, and warehousing. Working in an agile environment, you will implement solutions to appropriate standards and accepted best practices, working with guidance from senior engineers. On a day-to-day basis the data engineer is actively participating in the agile processes of the organization, positively contributing to discussions and team dynamics. The data engineer assists with developing appropriate testing and monitoring, as well as providing handover and technical escalation support.

What you do

• Create new data pipeline, maintain/debug existing data pipelines which pull data from a variety of source systems
• Work within a wider engineering team, adopting and contributing to best practices for software development and cloud architecture
• Work with guidance from senior engineers to diagnose and resolve any production issues which arise, communicating status updates to key stakeholders
• Identify opportunities continuous improvement to our systems and processes
• Develop appropriate testing and monitoring, as well as providing handover and technical escalation support

Qualifications

What you’ll bring

• 5+ years of experience in data engineering, preferably in financial services, Fintech or similar industries.
• Experienced in data warehouse technology (GCP Big Query preferable).
• Cloud Messaging, Cloud Storage, Cloud Functions, and Serverless SQL in either AWS or GCP.
• Conducting capacity planning, performance monitoring and tuning of relational databases.
• Performing backup and recovery of corporate databases.
• Contributing to the development of policies and procedures governing corporate database operations and related issues.
• Experience working in a dynamic environment with the ability to learn and adapt quickly to new methodologies and technologies.
• Proficient in SQL and an object-oriented language (Python and/or Java preferred).
• Data modelling and data analysis experience.

Additional Information

We’re OFXers because we want to make a difference. We see challenges as opportunities and we’re not afraid to roll up our sleeves to get stuff done. We’re committed to making things easier for our clients, pushing boundaries and continuing to move with the times so that we can continue to inspire confidence every day and through every transaction.

We operate as one team, cross-functionally and globally, to drive outcomes that deliver excellence for our customers. We're curious self-starters who love learning and sharing our knowledge with others. We embrace change and use our initiative and resilience to overcome challenges.

• Always keep learning. We offer a wide range of learning and career development opportunities to help every OFXer build their capacity and career, with leadership training, secondments, internal mobility and access to a large library of online learning.
• Make a difference. Through our Make a Difference program, we encourage OFXers to give back to causes and communities that are important to them. We celebrate this with an annual volunteer day, which OFXers can use together or individually, as well as matched giving and the opportunity to nominate charity of choice every quarter.
• Reward and recognition. We recognise a job well done. OFXers are encouraged to celebrate their peers’ effort, technical expertise or support through a range of global and regional channels and awards, including quarterly and annual awards, milestones and shout outs.
• Showing our social side. Our Good Vibes employee-led committees around the globe organize events to help keep our employees engaged inside and outside the office. Whether it’s a wellbeing activity, end of year celebration, or a monthly team get-together, our team wants you to feel welcome!
• Benefits that mean something. We offer a range of fantastic benefits, including, primary and secondary gender neutral carer parental leave (16 weeks) or birthday leave, you'll feel well-supported at OFX.
• A great work environment. Enjoy work-life balance and flexibility with our hybrid work model, in an inclusive, diverse and non-hierarchal culture.

At OFX, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible workplace where we value, respect, and encourage our people to be their authentic selves. With an employee base as diverse as the clients we serve, we know that fostering an inclusive workplace is fundamental to our continued success. If you require accommodation for any portion of the recruitment and hiring process, please email us at (emailprotected).

We encourage you to apply if this role aligns with your career aspirations.