Senior Data Engineer

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MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE BUSINESS:

As a Senior Data Engineer (Senior Associate) at Kainos, you will be responsible or designing and developing data processing and data persistence software components for solutions which handle data at scale. Working in agile teams, Senior Data Engineers provide strong development leadership and take responsibility for significant technical components of data systems. You will work within a multi-skilled agile team to design and develop large-scale data processing software to meet user needs in demanding production environments.

Your responsibilities will include:

Working to develop data processing software primarily for deployment in Big Data technologies. The role encompasses the full software lifecycle including design, code, test and defect resolution.

Working with Architects and Lead Engineers to ensure the software supports non-functional needs.

Collaborating with colleagues to resolve implementation challenges and ensure code quality and maintainability remains high. Leads by example in code quality.

Working with operations teams to ensure operational readiness

Advising customers and managers on the estimated effort and technical implications of user stories and user journeys.

Coaching and mentoring team members.

M INIMUM ( ESSENTIAL ) REQUIREMENTS :

Strong software development experience in one of Java, Scala, or Python

Software development experience withdata-processing platforms from vendors such as AWS, Azure, GCP, Databricks.

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