Headquarters: Sweden
URL: http://career.proxify.io
The Role:
We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer specializing in modern, cloud-native data platforms, with a strong focus on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Python. You will be responsible for designing, building, and optimizing highly scalable and reliable ETL/ELT pipelines and data warehouses that power analytics, machine learning, and business intelligence for our clients.
What we’re looking for:
- 5+ years of professional experience in data engineering
- Expert proficiency in Python for data manipulation, scripting, and pipeline development (e.g., Pandas, PySpark)
- Deep hands-on experience with the AWS cloud platform, specifically the core services used for data ingestion, storage, and processing (S3, Glue, Lambda, EMR)
- Proven experience working with modern data warehouses (Snowflake, Amazon Redshift, or Google BigQuery/Azure Synapse)
- Solid expertise in SQL and complex query writing/optimization
- Strong understanding of containerization and orchestration concepts (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Fluent English communication skills
- Located in CET timezone (+/- 3 hours), unable to consider applications from candidates in other time zones
Nice-to-have:
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or CloudFormation)
- Proficiency with a modern orchestration tool like Apache Airflow
- Familiarity with data streaming technologies (Kafka, Kinesis, or Flink)
- AWS certifications
Responsibilities:
- Architect, implement, and maintain scalable data pipelines (ETL/ELT) using Python and native AWS services to ingest data from various sources (APIs, databases, streaming services) into data lakes and warehouses
- Serve as the subject matter expert for the core AWS data services, including S3, Glue, EMR, Kinesis/MSK, and Redshift or Amazon Aurora
- Design robust and efficient data models (e.g., star schema, snowflake, data vault) for analytical and reporting needs
- Perform performance tuning and query optimization on large datasets within cloud data warehouses to ensure fast data delivery
- Implement infrastructure as code (IaC) using Terraform or CloudFormation, and integrate data pipelines into modern CI/CD processes
- Establish data quality monitoring, logging, alerting, and governance standards across the data platform
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To apply: https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/proxify-ab-senior-data-engineer-aws-python