Senior Data Engineer
About Data at Workiva
We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer in the Data Management & Analytics as we build the next generation of analytics and machine learning for use in the Workiva Platform and for internal teams across the company. Data Engineers at Workiva work with data from inside the company and outside it to provide valuable insights to our customers. Our team will partner with data science and machine learning to support lots of new technology we will be implementing. We are using Amazon Web Services to load batch and realtime data then deliver it when and where it is needed. The Data Engineering team will empower Workiva's platform and elevate its value to our customers.
Summary
The Senior Data Engineer is a critical role that will lead technical projects and provide mentoring to team members to accomplish complex tasks. You will build libraries and distributed services to support multiple data analytics teams and business intelligence engineers reliably and at scale using AWS cloud environments. Provide cutting edge, reliable, and easy to use systems for ingesting and processing data and help the teams that build data intensive applications be successful. This role will lead and collaborate with many cross functional teams across the entire organization on the planning, execution, and successful completion of technical projects with the ultimate purpose of improving customer experience. The Senior Data Engineer will build and maintain batch and real-time data flows used for business intelligence, analytics, and machine learning within all organizations across Workiva, including storing and exposing data via a Database, Data Lake, and other APIs. This role will work primarily with other Data Engineers, but also Data Scientists, ML Engineers, and business partners to ensure quality, reliability and performance at the highest level.
What You'll Do
- Design and develop data extraction and integration code modules for batch and incremental data flow from various data sources using new and existing patterns
- Use new and existing tools and processes to deploy to integration and production environments. Lead the development and maintenance of the deploy processes.
- Improve the health of the data ecosystem by ensuring complete monitoring of the system, defining alerts on critical failure points and improving data quality by working with data owners and business partners.
- Test software, validate data and write automated tests (unit, integration, functional, etc.).
- Review peer code and submit good & complete feedback based on team standards for correctness.
- Triage and resolve production issues. Communicate the status with all levels of business partners and organizations within Workiva. Escalate as needed.
- Design data lake storage and access patterns to match customer requirements, conform to naming standards and implement industry best practices.
- Understand the data at a deep level and apply security appropriately. Inspect emerging use cases, non standard access patterns and encryption requirements to apply security that may not exist within current security guidelines.
- Tune processes and SQL to reduce cost and wait time. Design systems to balance data volume, latency and customer requirements. Identify what areas of the system need attention.
- Work with business partners to write requirements, understand unwritten requirements and test deployed code.
- Join rotation to support production workflows during off hours.
- Assist the Product Owner in defining the direction of the data product in Workiva.
- Keep up with industry standards in new technology and how it applies to Workiva.
What You'll Need
Education
- Undergraduate Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience in a related field.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, Finance, Statistics or related discipline
Experience
- 4+ years of relevant experience in the data engineering role, including data warehousing and business intelligence tools, techniques and technology, or experience in analytics, business analysis or comparable consumer analytics solutions
- 2-3 years of previous statistics experience preferred
- Experience in big data processing and using databases in a business environment with large-scale, complex datasets. (SQL, Hadoop, Spark, Flink, Beam etc)
- Extensive experience using business intelligence reporting tools. (QuickSight, Tableau, Splunk etc.)
- Extensive knowledge of SQL query design and tuning for performance and accuracy
- Experience with Python, R, or other data relevant scripting languages preferred
- Experience in working with Data Lakes and exposing data for multiple different access needs
- Experience in an Agile/Sprint working environment preferred
Skills
- Proficient research skills to locate market information using numerous internal and external sources of data
- Excellent communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills and an ability to effectively communicate with both business and technical teams
- Excellent planning and organizing skills to prioritize numerous projects and ensure data is delivered in an accurate and understandable manner to the end user
Travel Requirements
- Less than 10%
Working Conditions & Physical Requirements
- Reliable internet access for any period of time working remotely, not in a Workiva office.
How You'll Be Rewarded
- Base Pay Range in Colorado: $118,000 - $168,000
- A discretionary bonus typically paid annually
- Restricted Stock Units granted at time of hire
The base pay range represents the low and high end of the hiring range for this job. Actual pay will vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to relevant skills, experience, and capabilities.
Where You’ll Work
Our values drive how we work and who we hire. You will see these values ingrained in how we support our customers, work with team members, build our products and in the work environment we’ve created.
Customer Success: Always delight our customers.
Trust: Rely on each other.
Integrity: Do the right thing, every time.
Collaboration: Share resources and work together.
Innovation: Keep creating solutions and finding better ways.
Inclusion: Support a diverse community where we all belong.
Accountability: Be responsible for your success and failure.
We believe our people are our greatest asset, and our unique culture gives employees the opportunity to make an impact everyday. We give our employees the freedom and resources they need—backed by our culture of collaboration and diverse thought—to continue innovating and breaking new ground. We hire talented people with a wide range of skills and experiences who are eager to tackle some of today’s most challenging problems.
At Workiva, you’ll enjoy:
Fantastic Benefits: With coverage starting day one, choose from competitive health, dental, and vision plans on the largest physician networks available.
Casual Dress: Workiva has a casual work environment, most people wear jeans to the office.
Involvement: Ability to participate in Employee Resource Groups, (Women in Tech, Women in Sales, Ethnic Diversity, Veterans, Rainbow (LGBTQ), Remote Employees, Caregiving) Volunteering, Company wide celebrations, and more
Work-life Balance: We have competitive PTO, VTO and Parental Leave. We encourage employees to spend time enjoying life outside of work.
Learn more about life at Workiva: https://www.linkedin.com/company/workiva/
Learn more about benefits: https://www.workiva.com/careers/benefits
Workiva is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We believe that great minds think differently. We value diversity of backgrounds, beliefs, and interests, and we recognize diversity as an important source of intellectual thought, varied perspective, and innovation. Employment decisions are made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other protected characteristic.
Workiva is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. To request assistance with the application process, please email [email protected].
Workiva supports employees in working where they work best - either from an office or remotely from any location within their country of employment. Effective October 18, 2021, proof of COVID-19 vaccination is required to visit any Workiva office, attend in-person meetings, or travel for business purposes.
