OUR COMPANY

Evo is a startup at the forefront of the global retail technology revolution.

We develop artificial intelligence with granular, accurate data-driven customer choice models that help our clients make better automated decisions.

Our use cases include product pricing, promotion, forecast and replenishment. We start with academic research, then build data science software, and finally dedicate human support to our clients; targeting a sustainable client value creation, with a ‘can-do’/’whatever it takes’ mindset: a caring meritocracy.

We serve clients all over the world in multiple languages, for example in the retail and fashion sectors, from our London (UK) and Turin (ITA) offices with 30+ people.

THE ROLE
We are scaling our ETL process based on SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) with specific requirements:
- Consistent data integration processes across our different clients
- Automated data audit and validation processes
- Development and deployment of a new ETL job workflow
- Reliable error/exception handling and rollback
- Development of standards and sound procedural practices.
Our new "ETL developer", as part of the IT team, will be responsible in developing, alongside our senior developer, new SSIS packages on SQL Server 2017.
This role requires a deep understanding of data structures and a strong working knowledge of databases, data warehousing and SQL.
This task includes extraction of information from customer and web data, analysis of   requirements, complex data sources and data models, design of the best ETL methods.
We require professional experience in idea generation, rapid turnaround time on code review and feedback, and awareness of best practices to deliver rapid results which can be sustained over time.

• Individual freelancer(s) with demonstrable years in ETL process development work, using Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools, with deep and thorough hands-on use of SSIS
• Experience with various components of SQL Server (administration, configuration, performance tuning)
• Experience in SQL and database tuning skills for relational platforms
• Strong inter-personal and communication skills in English, including the ability to instruct and explain technical processes
• Max 24hrs response time, with constant communication in English for mutual feedback
• Availability to answer our screening test

OUR OFFER TO YOU

• Prompt payments and transparent, positive feedback for your professional development

• A young, dynamic and inclusive team: a professional but fun experience

• Flexible schedule working where/when you prefer

• Ability to grow your level of responsibility and become part of our long-term team

• Growth opportunities within our merit-driven culture of investing in our staff.

We are an ambitious hard-working team, offering unparalleled opportunities: looking for a great fit with passionate people. Our remote contractors are vital to our team success and we expect that they align to our values, practices with all the benefits and responsibilities that this implies.

RECRUITING GUIDING PRINCIPLES

• Objectivity: we make decisions based on facts and evidence, investing on real-world trials as well as spending time to quantify our opinions about candidates

• Efficiency: we grow our personal recruitment time investment proportional to how much the candidate has already proven their value to us first

• Fairness: we give each candidate strictly equal opportunity, including same input, answers, context, investment of our time, amount of feedback.

SELECTION PROCESS REQUIREMENTS (please address each point separately)

1. Your relevant qualifications, certifications and examples of past work (links please). Optionally: your LinkedIn profile and/or other relevant repositories.

2. Top 3 example best practices to deploy efficient SSIS processes shared across multiple clients (max 1 line each)

3. Confirm that you can respond to our emails/questions within 24 hours (excluding holidays)

4. Your available start date AND how many available max hours per week (excluding weekends) that you or your team can dedicate to us.

5. Preferred pay expectations (hourly rate in $US/or fixed fee)

Please! Before we ‘hire’, DO NOT:

• reach out by email

• send private messages

Please save any effort from marketing outreach, which would be wasted and follow the instructions above instead!

We take great pride in our hiring process treating it very seriously. We want to ensure a fair outcome for all candidates applying and as such we spend time in screening to ensure the best fit.

Happy applying, and welcome to our Evo Family!
PS our intro video: