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Associate Data Engineer

NBCUniversal
Brentford
2 days ago
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Overview

As part of the Media Group Decision Sciences team, the Associate Data Engineer will be responsible for creating a connected data ecosystem that unleashes the power of our streaming data with a focus on international propositions. We gather data from across all customer/prospect journeys in near real-time, to allow fast feedback loops across territories; combined with our strategic data platform, this data ecosystem is at the core of being able to make intelligent customer and business decisions. In this role, the Associate Data Engineer will share responsibilities in the development and maintenance of optimized and highly available data pipelines that facilitate deeper analysis and reporting by the business, as well as support ongoing operations related to the Media Group data ecosystem.


Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain batch and streaming data pipelines according to business and technical requirements.
  • Deliver observable, reliable and secure software, embracing “you build it, you run it” mentality, and focus on automation.
  • Continually work on improving the codebase and participate in agile ceremonies.
  • Take an active role in story definition, assisting business stakeholders with acceptance criteria.
  • Work with Principal Engineers and Architects to share and contribute to the broader technical vision.
  • Practice and champion best practices, striving towards excellence and raising the bar within the department.
  • Operationalize data processing systems (DevOps) and system observability (SRE).
  • Contribute to design, build, test, scale and maintain data pipelines from a variety of source systems and streams (internal, third party, cloud-based, etc.).
  • Develop and champion best practices, raising the bar within the department.
  • Develop solutions combining data blending, profiling, mining, statistical analysis, and machine learning to better define and curate models, test hypotheses, and deliver key insights.
  • Ensure data processing systems are observable and managed according to SRE practices.

Qualifications

  • 1+ years of relevant experience in Data Engineering.
  • Experience with near real-time and batch data pipeline development in a Big Data Engineering role.
  • Programming skills with an OOP language (e.g., Java, C++).
  • Proficient with SQL.
  • Experience in a cloud environment such as Google Cloud Platform or AWS.
  • Hands-on programming experience with technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker, Apache Beam, Apache Flink, Apache Spark, Google BigQuery, Snowflake, Google BigTable, Google Pub/Sub, Kafka, Apache Airflow.
  • Experience implementing observability around data pipelines using SRE best practices.
  • Experience in processing structured and unstructured data for analysis and reporting with integration to data metrics providers (advertising, web analytics, consumer devices).
  • Bachelor's degree with a specialization in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, or another quantitative field, or equivalent industry experience.

Desired Characteristics

  • Strong Test-Driven Development background with understanding of testing levels for production value.
  • Experience with large-scale video assets.
  • Ability to work effectively across functions and levels.
  • Team-oriented, collaborative, with willingness to learn new methods and tools.
  • Ability to engage in constructive dialogue to resolve differing views.
  • Pride and ownership in work with the ability to represent the team to other parts of the business.

Additional Information

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversal provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law. If you are qualified and require a reasonable accommodation during the application process due to disability, you may request one by emailing .


Seniority level

  • Associate

Employment type

  • Full-time

Job function

  • Industries: Broadcast Media Production and Distribution, Entertainment Providers, and Media Production

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