Senior Data Engineer

At First Advantage (Nasdaq: FA), people are at the heart of everything we do. From our customers and partners to our greatest advantage — our team members. Operating with empathy and compassion, First Advantage fosters a global inclusive workforce devoted to the diverse voices that make up our talent and products. Our team members empower each other to be their authentic selves and treat all with respect, integrity, and fairness. 

Say hello to a rewarding career and come join a leading provider of mission-critical background screening solutions to some of the most recognized Fortune 100 and Global 500 brands. 

What We Do: 

We are on the frontline of recruitment enabling organizations to Hire Smarter. Onboard Faster™ First Advantage is an HR Tech company delivering innovative solutions and insights to enable our clients to manage risk and hire the best talent. Leveraging an advanced technology platform, First Advantage builds fully scalable, configurable screening programs that meet the unique needs of over 30,000 clients. Headquartered in Atlanta, GA and with an internationally distributed workforce spanning 17 countries with about 5,000 employees, First Advantage performs over 100 million screens in over 200 countries and territories annually.  

Who You Are: 

You are self-motivated and ready to “roll up your sleeves." While you are an independent contributor, you are also collaborative. You can spearhead a project and see it through from start to completion.  

As a team player, you navigate cross-functional teams and work well with team members in other business units and departments toward a common goal.  

An Innovator — you see gaps in current processes or workflows as an opportunity to improve and try something new. 

A lifelong learner and always seeking out opportunities to learn and upskill, you understand the importance of thorough and secure screenings and are interested in the Human Capital sector and the confluence of people, process, and technology. 

What You'll Do   

We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer with strong experience in PySpark, to help us build our data lakehouse in Azure cloud. Specifically, the person in this role will focus on and need the below skills to be successful.  

Responsibilities: 

• Develop reusable, metadata-driven data pipelines 

• Develop and maintain the shared functions organized as libraries 

• Optimize data storage using partitioning and Databricks Delta native features 

• Automate data platform-related processes, including the set up of a metastore, compute clusters and policies 

• Write unit tests, perform code reviews to ensure code quality, and proactively resolve performance or quality issues in ETL processes and reporting queries 

• Collaborate with Product Owners to gather functional requirements and develop mapping rules for data from different sources 

• Cooperate with infrastructure engineering team to set up cloud resources 

• Contribute to data platform wiki / documentation 

• Initiates and implements improvements to the data platform architecture 

What You Need to be Successful: 

• Expert-level programming experience in Python/PySpark, SQL 

• Proficient in dealing with large and complex datasets 

• Experience with building robust data pipelines using Databricks Spark 

• Knowledge of stream processing challenges and familiarity with Spark Structured Streaming 

• Experience building and optimizing data models 

• Experience developing CI/CD pipelines 

• Experience with Agile Software Development methodologies (Scrum) 

• Additionally, it is not required but would be helpful if the candidate has: 

• Knowledge of Azure cloud native solutions (Azure Event Hubs, Azure Data Factory, Azure Function App, Azure Container Instances) 

• Familiarity with DWH concepts and dimensional data modeling (Kimball, Inmon, Data Vault) 

• Experience building event sourcing solutions 

 
Why First Advantage is Your Next Big Career Move    

First Advantage is going through a technology transformation! We are looking for experts who are excited to work with advanced technologies and provide best-in-class user experiences, drive the development and deployment of scalable solutions, and smoothly guide our agile teams and clients through meaningful changes as we continue to expand our impact.  

Additional benefits offered to our eligible people include:    

• Competitive benefits package, including health care, life insurance and Multisport, 

• Challenging projects. 

• Spacious, modern, and fully equipped office space in the heart of Krakow. 

• Flexibility and possibility to work remotely. 

• Superior co-working and personal development experience. 

What Are You Waiting For? Apply Today! 

You have learned a little about us today – we want to learn about you! If you think this position and our company are a great fit for your areas of interest and expertise, tell us about you by applying now! 

United States Equal Opportunity Employment:

First Advantage is proud to be a global leader in removing barriers and supporting our community members to ensure the changing demographics of the workforce are reflected in our hiring and employment practices. We value all of our candidates, employees, and clients, and place great emphasis on hiring and supporting qualified individuals in each role. We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other area protected by applicable law.