Data Infrastructure Engineer (Datamesh)

  • Full-time
  • Shift: 1st

Company Description

We are Vericast.  We create meaningful connections between business and the people that they serve - how, when and where it matters. By pushing the boundaries of data and insights, we spark discovery and inspire action to create profitable results.

Vericast is a big data company. We receive over 100 billion intent signals daily, which assist in understanding a person’s in-market drivers across 1300 topics. Vericast uses its vast data assets to reimagine marketing solutions one business-to-human connection at a time. By influencing how over 120MM households eat, shop, buy, save, and borrow, Vericast fuels commerce, drives economic growth and directly accelerates revenue potential for over 70,000 brands and businesses. While its award-winning portfolio of products, technology, and solutions - including Illumis™, Valassis Consumer Graph™, and Harland Clarke ChecksCXTM - are a piece of the Vericast story, its people are the true differentiators, trailblazers in data intelligence, marketing services, transaction solutions, campaign management and media delivery.

Job Description

The Data Infrastructure Engineer – Data Mesh is a critical contributor to developing and growing a new data architecture and framework for scalable analytics and innovation called Data Mesh. This new architecture and framework enable an organization to build valuable datasets and make them discoverable, safe, reliable, and reusable by applying software product thinking to the job of making datasets easy and fun to use. This role will build the key architectural and feature components for the data mesh, including but not limited to search, catalog, data API and documentation, data lineage, and user access. Additionally, the project includes implementing the orchestration, transformation, and data movement of the datasets involved in the data mesh architecture. The Data Infrastructure Engineer – Data Mesh will report to the Sr. Director of Software Engineering.

Qualifications

Required Skills, Experience, Qualification:

  • 3-5+ years of hands-on application engineering experience, preferably in a cloud or hybrid cloud environment
  • Experience working with technical product owners building runtime systems that deliver automation of complex tasks through process design and scripting
  • Experience building data pipelines and data orchestration systems is required
  • Programming languages including Java, JavaScript, Python required
  • Extensive experience building and documenting APIs with high availability and performance standards is required
  • Experience with HTML and CSS is preferred but not required
  • Experience working in an Agile Scrum team is required

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Developing the architectural components of the Data Mesh using multiple frameworks, services, and languages such as Python, Java and JavaScript
  • Developing data pipelines using both commercial and/or open-source data pipeline tools such as Apache Kafka, Apache Airflow, Confluent, AWS Data Pipeline or AWS Glue
  • Developing microservices, authentication and authorization capabilities
  • Developing and documenting APIs using commercial, full API lifecycle management tools and best practices
  • Build unit test cases for data products and execute them for coverage
  • Contribute to a cross functional Agile Scrum team using Agile Scrum best practices, ceremonies, and artifacts

Additional Information

What's in it for you?

Vericast offers a generous total rewards benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision coverage, 401K matching and generous PTO allowance. A wide variety of additional benefits like life insurance, employee assistance and pet insurance are also available, not to mention smart and friendly coworkers!

Who we are:

Valassis, a Vericast business, is the leader in marketing technology and consumer engagement. We work with over 60,000 companies and brands in a wide array of industries, partnering to anticipate consumer intent, inspire action, and create demand. Follow Valassis on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

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