Data Engineer

The data engineer designs and develops data models, collects and analyzes data for insights and communicates how those findings improve reliability, customer experience, profitability and other relevant factors. He / She also captures, transforms and stores clean data, leaving it ready for consumption.

This role will be integral in ensuring the quality of the data collected, and the ability to leverage that data to create meaningful information for technical performance and strategic business decision making. It will provide the data insights and trends needed to evolve the product based on user behaviours and data trends.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

Ensure data requirements and delivery of robust and complete roadmap Assess data to determine strategic approach to data management and identify data dictionary Identify data security requirements and assess risk to determine security features Assess computational power required derived from data and analytics technology Estimate milestones, resources and costs Produce data via SQL and other programming tools Develop reports and dashboards Design and develop data and information structures Capture data and modify programs to extract information from company databases Engage with data scientists and translators to understand how data should be presented Improve data availability, acting as the link between the IT and analytics team KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS SQL knowledge Deep knowledge of machine learning, statistics and optimization Advanced knowledge of statistical techniques, data mining, machine learning (regression, decision trees, clustering, random forests, generalized linear models, etc.) Experience in database development and data model design