Senior Software Developer - Data Engineer

UWorld is a worldwide leader in online test prep for college entrance, undergraduate, graduate, and professional licensing exams throughout the United States. Since 2003, over a million students have trusted us to help them prepare for high-stakes examinations.

We are seeking a Data Engineer who is passionate about creating an excellent user experience and enjoy taking on new challenges. The Data Engineer will be responsible for the design, development, testing, deployment, and support of our Data Services, Reporting, Analytics and the Data warehouse platform.

Requirements

Minimum Education:

• Master's degree or foreign academic equivalent in Computer Science or related field

Minimum Experience:

• 5+ years of experience as a Data Engineer with experience in Data Analysis, ingestion, cleansing, validation, verification, and presentation (Reports/Dashboards)

• 5+ years of working knowledge/experience utilizing the following: Python, Spark/PySpark, Big Data Platforms (Databricks/Delta Lake), REST services, and MS SQL Server/MySQL, MongoDB, Unix/Linux Shell scripting, Azure Cloud and machine learning.

• Experience with SQL, PL/SQL and Relational Databases (MS SQL Server/MySQL/Oracle). Experience with Tableau/Power BI, NoSQL (MongoDB), Kafka is a plus.

• Experience with REST API, Web Services, JSON, Build and Deployment pipelines (Maven, Ansible, Git) and Cloud environments (Azure, AWS, GCS) is desirable.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Software Developer will perform the following duties:

• Understand Data Services and Analytics needs across the organization and work on the Data warehouse and Reporting infrastructure to empower them with accurate information for decision making.

• Develop and maintain a Data warehouse which aggregates data from multiple content sources including Salesforce, NoSQL DBs, RDBMS, social media, other 3rd party web services (RESTful, JSON), flat-file stores, and Application databases (OLTPs).

• Use Python, Spark/PySpark, Databricks, Delta Lake, SQL Server, Maria DB, Mongo DB, Jira, Git/Bit Bucket, Confluence, Databricks/Delta Lake, REST services, Tableau, Unix/Linux shell scripting, Azure Cloud for data ingestion, processing, transformations, warehousing, and reporting.

• Develop scalable data pipelines using Data connectors, distributed processing transformations, schedulers, and data warehouse

• Understanding of data structures, analytics, data modeling and software architecture

• Develop, modify, and test algorithms that can be used in scripts to store, locate, cleanse, verify, validate, and retrieve specific documents, data, and information

• Develop analytics to understand product sales, marketing impact and application usage for UWorld products and applications

• Employ best practices for code sharing and development to ensure common code base abstraction across all applications. Continuously be up to date on the industry standard practices on big data and analytics and adopt solutions to the UWorld data warehousing platform.

• Work with QA engineers to ensure the quality and reliability of all reports, extracts, and dashboards by process of continuous improvement.

• Collaborate with technical architects, developers, subject matter experts, QA team, and customer care team to drive new enhancements or fix bugs in a timely manner.

• Work in an agile environment such as Scrum

Benefits

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

• Competitive compensation (contingent on experience)

• Paid time off (based on sliding scale according to hire date and work hours)

• Generous paid holiday schedule that includes the entire week of Christmas off

• Comprehensive benefits package (medical, vision, dental, life, disability)

• 401(k) plan for retirement with 5% employer matching (eligibility after 90 days of employment)

• On-site group fitness classes & relaxed work environment

At UWorld, we believe strength is derived from the talents, ideas, and experiences of a diverse workforce. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, or any other protected class. UWorld is proud to be an equal opportunity employer providing a drug-free workplace. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.