Advanced Data Engineer

Zuehlke Engineering Vietnam LLC.; Indiana (PA); On-site; USD 148,699 - 223,048; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit share scheme

Flexible working hours

Global Zühlke community

Job summary

Zühlke is seeking an Advanced Data Engineer to design, implement, and maintain data pipelines for diverse clients. You will partner with clients to understand their data needs and deliver tailored data solutions that enable business insights and data-driven decisions.

You will work with modern data architectures, cloud platforms, and a range of technologies to produce scalable, high-quality data products in an Agile environment.

Qualifications

• University degree in computer science, software engineering, data science, or equivalent
• 3+ years in data or software engineering roles
• Experience building data products for data consumers
• Know-how in data architectures (Data Lake, Lakehouse, Medallion)
• Familiarity with cloud data platforms (Databricks, Snowflake, Fabric, SageMaker)
• Proficient in Python and SQL
• Hands-on with Spark, Delta Lake, Airflow, Kafka, Kubernetes, Terraform, FastAPI
• Experience with relational and non-relational databases
• Comfort with structured/unstructured data (text, time-series, geospatial, etc.)
• Experience with Agile and DevOps practices
• Fluency in German and English

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain data pipelines end-to-end
• Collaborate with Architects, Software Engineers, and Data Scientists
• Deliver data products that meet data consumer needs
• Build scalable, high-quality data sets and pipelines
• Explain technical solutions to stakeholders
• Work in an Agile, iterative environment
• Stay technically sharp and continuously learn new technologies

Skills

Python

SQL

Apache Spark

Kafka

Kubernetes

Terraform

FastAPI

Java

Typescript

Data Modeling

Education

Bachelor’s or higher in CS/Software Engineering/Data Science

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

Microsoft Fabric

Amazon SageMaker

Delta Lake

Airflow

Apache Spark

Kafka

Terraform

Job description

## Advanced Data EngineerApplylocations: Schlierentime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: JR100885Founded in Switzerland in 1968, Zühlke is owned by its partners and located across Europe and Asia. We are a global transformation partner, with engineering and innovation in our DNA. We're trusted to help clients envision and build their businesses for the future – to run smarter today while adapting for tomorrow’s markets, customers, and communities. Our multidisciplinary teams specialise in tech strategy and business innovation, digital solutions and applications, and device and systems engineering. We excel in complex, regulated spaces including health and finance, connecting strategy, tech implementation, and operational services to help clients become more effective, resilient businesses. If you share our values and want to do the best work, for the right reasons, we can offer you the chance to do it on a global scale and play a real role in shaping our exciting journey.**The role**Zühlke is internationally recognized for expertise in developing Data Platforms and data-driven solutions for customers in many different industries. We are investing heavily in global growth in AI & Data. We believe that Data will have a positive impact on our society and environment. Data allows us to address urgent yet unsolved problems in a broad range of fields, from specific applications within organisations to problems of global significance.As an Advanced Data Engineer, you are a key player in designing, implementing, and maintaining data pipelines. You work closely with clients to understand their data needs and realise tailored solutions that drive business insights. Your technical expertise and strong methodology help you bring your projects and clients to success.**How you’ll make an impact*** Being a trusted advisor, guiding our customers towards a successful technical solution to their data challenges.* Communicating the “what”, “why” and “how” of proposed solutions to technical and non-technical stakeholders.* Developing, testing, and monitoring distributed data processing pipelines.* Extrapolating versatile data sets and sources to produce high quality, reproducible datasets in a scalable and maintainable way.* Collaborating with other data roles such as Architects, Software Engineers, and Data Scientists with ease.* Understanding the needs of many types of producers and consumers for our data services, ensuring our products meet their requirements.* Delivering projects in an Agile way, building iteratively to produce value from data early and frequently.* Keeping yourself technically sharp, being open to learning new concepts and technologies.**What’s important to us*** You have a university degree (ETH, Uni, FH) in computer science, software engineering, data science, or a comparable education.* At least 3 years in data or software engineering positions* Experience in designing, building, and maintaining data products that meet the needs of data consumers.* An understanding of common approaches to data analysis, data visualization, and optionally data science so you can produce the right data for data consumers.* Experience with a variety of approaches to data architectures (e.g. Data Lake, Data Lakehouse, Medallion, Data Products, streaming, batch processing)* Experience with Cloud Data Platforms like Databricks, Snowflake, Microsoft Fabric or Amazon Sagemaker.* Practical data programming skills in Python and SQL.* Hands-on skills or a keen interest in such technologies as Apache Spark, Delta Lake, Airflow, Kafka, Kubernetes, Terraform, FastAPI, and programming languages (Scala, R, Java, Typescript or .NET).* Hands-on experience with both relational and non-relational databases.* Familiarity with big data infrastructures and concepts for storing and processing large and/or heterogeneous data volumes.* Practical knowledge of handling varied types of structured and unstructured data (text, tabular, graph, time-series, geospatial, image, etc.).* Experience with agile development and DevOps methodologies.* Fluency in both German and English is required for this position.**What we offer*** **Work life blend:** we offer a safe & healthy workplace, with flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home* **Profit share scheme:**In addition to your annual salary, you may receive a profit share defined by the company’s success in the previous year* **Global and Diverse Zühlke community:**witness how colleagues from all our 16 offices across the globe come together to create a unique, positive and inclusive work culture, learning from one another at annual team camps, and celebrating year-end parties and other local festivities.* **Committed to development:**we are committed to the growth of our people and are investing in your development. We’re empowering you to build the skills you need to make a positive impact, both personally and for our clients, today and in the future.To dive deeper into local benefits of working in **Zühlke follow****the**link. If you feel you don't meet all the requirements, we are still happy to get to know you, learn more about your ambitions and ideas and look forward to receiving your application! We welcome people from all backgrounds, regardless of their gender, personality, national origin, race, religion, colour, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, disability or veteran status.