Data Engineer

About GFT

GFT Technologies is an AI-centric global digital transformation company. We design advanced data and AI transformation solutions, modernize technology architectures and develop next-generation core systems for industry leaders in Banking, Insurance, Manufacturing and Robotics. Partnering closely with our clients, we push boundaries to unlock their full potential. With deep industry expertise, cutting-edge technology, and a strong partner ecosystem, GFT delivers responsible AI-centric solutions that combine engineering excellence, high-performance delivery and cost efficiency. Our team of 12,000+ technology experts operate in 20+ countries worldwide offering career opportunities at the forefront of software innovation.

Role Summary:

We are seeking a highly motivated Data Engineer with minimum of 5 years of experience to join our dynamic data engineering team.As a Data Engineer at GFT, you will play a pivotal role in designing, maintaining, and enhancing various analytical and operational services and infrastructure crucial for the organization's functions. You'll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the seamless flow of data for critical decision-making processes.

Key Activities:

• Data Infrastructure Design and Maintenance: Architect, maintain, and enhance analytical and operational services and infrastructure, including data lakes, databases, data pipelines, and metadata repositories, to ensure accurate and timely delivery of actionable insights.
• Collaboration: Work closely with data science teams to design and implement data schemas and models, integrate new data sources with product teams, and collaborate with other data engineers to implement cutting-edge technologies in the data space.
• Data Processing: Develop and optimize large-scale batch and real-time data processing systems to support the organization's growth and improvement initiatives.
• Workflow Management: Utilize workflow scheduling and monitoring tools like Apache Airflow and AWS Batch to ensure efficient data processing and management.
• Quality Assurance: Implement robust testing strategies to ensure the reliability and usability of data processing systems.
• Continuous Improvement: Stay abreast of emerging technologies and best practices in data engineering, and propose and implement optimizations to enhance development efficiency.

Required Skills:

• Deep understanding of the principles of distributed systems.
• Experience in data engineering and building ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Experience with performance tuning of Hadoop/Spark solutions.
• Strong proficiency in Python and its data/scientific libraries** (e.g. pySpark, pandas, numpy/scipy, polars).
• Experience with working with version control systems (e.g git)
• Database Proficiency: Experience with columnar and big data databases like Athena, Redshift, Vertica, and Hive/Hadoop.
• Cloud Services: Familiarity with AWS or other cloud services like Glue, EMR, EC2, S3, Lambda, etc.
• Containerization: Experience with container management and orchestration tools like Docker, ECS, and Kubernetes.
• CI/CD: Knowledge of CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, CircleCI, or AWS CodePipeline.

Nice-to-have requirements:

• Programming Languages: Familiarity with JVM languages like Java or Scala.
• Database Technologies: Experience with RDBMS (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g., DynamoDB, Redis).
• BI Tools: Exposure to enterprise BI tools like Tableau, Looker, or PowerBI.
• Data Science Environments: Understanding of data science environments like AWS Sagemaker or Databricks.
• Monitoring and Logging: Knowledge of log ingestion and monitoring tools like ELK stack or Datadog.
• Data Privacy and Security: Understanding of data privacy and security tools and concepts.
• Messaging Systems: Familiarity with distributed messaging and event streaming systems like Kafka or RabbitMQ.

What can we offer you

• Competitive salary
• 13th-month salaryguarantee
• Performance bonus
• ProfessionalEnglish course for employees
• Premiumhealth insurance
• Extensiveannual leave
  

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are unable to respond to every candidate individually. If you have not received a response from GFT regarding your application within 10 workdays, please consider that we have decided to proceed with other candidates. We truly appreciate your interest in GFT and thank you for your understanding.