Junior Data Engineer (4-month project)
Zipdev's is seeking a Junior Data Engineer to facilitate the expansion of our business operations. This position is a full-time role for a 4-month project with the likelihood of extension. Below is a description of your role and responsibilities, including the things you will be held accountable for and the virtues, behaviors and competencies that are expected for this role.
Responsibilities will include:
- Executing ETL/ELT tasks and processes as directed by senior engineers to connect product, operations, and third-party data sources into Snowflake.
- Assisting in the development and maintenance of clean, well-modeled data layers (data marts) to support self-service analytics and reporting.
- Supporting the existing data infrastructure stack, including Snowflake, AWS DBs, dbt, Airflow (or equivalent orchestrator), and Python-based transformation frameworks, under the guidance of the engineering team.
- Collaborating with senior engineers and stakeholders (Product, RevOps, and CS) to deliver reliable datasets for reporting and decision-making.
- Aiding in the identification and resolution of data-related performance bottlenecks in applications.
- Supporting the implementation and maintenance of data quality monitoring, observability, and documentation standards to ensure accuracy and trust across stakeholders.
Requirements
You have foundational knowledge of building and maintaining ETL/ELT data pipelines and data modeling concepts.- You are eager to learn and ready to contribute to both analytics and platform-level data engineering tasks as part of a team.
- You are knowledgeable about data modeling and orchestration best practices (dbt, Airflow, modular ELT patterns, etc.) and ready to apply them.
- You have high levels of empathy and can connect deeply with our client's mission.
- You are comfortable working in ambiguous environments and know that we need your help to figure things out.
- You are comfortable using a lot of systems at once and have the ability to learn software quickly.
- You are fearlessly flexible and curious; aka you thrive in an environment where we don't have all the answers but are willing to help us figure them out.
- You have experience working with a startup and/or with a B2B SaaS business.
Benefits
- Work remotely Monday - Friday, 40 hours a week (no weekends)
- Vacation: 10 business days a year
- Holidays: 5 National Holidays a year
- Company Holidays: 5 Company Holidays a year (Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, Zipdev Day)
- Parental Leave
- Health Care Reimbursement
- Active Lifestyle Reimbursement
- Quarterly Home Office Reimbursement
- Payroll Deduction Purchase Plans
- Longevity Bonus
- Continuous Learning Bonus
- Access to Training and Professional Development Platforms
- Did we mention it's REMOTE?!!
One of our core values at Zipdev is "Be authentic." that's why we encourage you to answer the application form in your own words; we are interested in getting to know you, not a digital assistant.
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