• Sr. Data Engineer

    Advance Local (New York, NY)


    Job Description

    **Advance Local** has an exciting opportunity to join our Data team as a **Sr. Data Engineer,** developing data structures and pipelines to organize, collect, and standardize data to generate insights. You'll collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and other stakeholders to understand data requirements and deliver solutions. The **Sr. Data Engineer** will support our Audience Strategy and Insights teams with technical implementation and automation.

     

    The base salary range for this position is $120,000 - $140,000 annually.

    What you'll be doing:

    + Implement data accessibility and integration solutions

    + Support rapid protyping of new data products

    + Develop solutions for audience data modeling

    + Design, develop and maintain scalable production of data pipelines and ETL processes

    + Optimize and improve existing data systems for performance and scalability

    + Ensure data quality and integrity by implementing best practices and validation checks

    + Develop and maintain documentation for data engineering processes and systems

    + Stay up to date with with the latest data engineering technologies and trends

    Our ideal candidate will have the following:

    + Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering or a related field

    + Minimum of five years of experience in data engineering or a related field

    + Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, or Scala

    + Experience with data modeling, data warehousing, and ETL processes

    + Strong knowledge of SQL and database technologies (e.g. Hadoop, Spark, Kafka) is a plus

    + Expertise with cloud platforms (e.g. Snowflake, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and related services

    + Familiarity with data visualization tools (e.g. Power BI, Tableau)

    + Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail

    + Strong communication and collaboration skills

    + Proven ability to collaborate and partner effectively with cross-functional teams

    + Flexibility and agility in responding to shifting priorities

    + Solutions-oriented, with a willigness to ask questions and seek clarification

     

    Additional Information

     

    Advance Local Media offers competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package with affordable options for your healthcare including medical, dental and vision plans, mental health support options, flexible spending accounts, fertility assistance, a competitive 401(k) plan to help plan for your future, generous paid time off, paid parental and caregiver leave and an employee assistance program to support your work/life balance, optional legal assistance, life insurance options, as well as flexible holidays to honor cultural diversity.

     

    Advance Local Media is one of the largest media groups in the United States, which operates the leading news and information companies in more than 20 cities, reaching 52+ million people monthly with our quality, real-time journalism and community engagement. Our company is built upon the values of Integrity, Customer-first, Inclusiveness, Collaboration and Forward-looking. For more information about Advance Local, please visit www.advancelocal.com .

     

    Advance Local Media includes MLive Media Group, Advance Ohio, Alabama Media Group, NJ Advance Media, Advance Media NY, MassLive Media, Oregonian Media Group, Staten Island Media Group, PA Media Group, ZeroSum, Headline Group, Adpearance, Advance Aviation, Advance Healthcare, Advance Education, Advance National Solutions, Advance Recruitment, Advance Travel & Tourism, Cloud Theory, Hoot Interactive, Red Clay Media, Search Optics, Subtext, Lonestar Live.

     

    _Advance Local Media is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, encouraging applications from people of all backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or any other category protected under federal, state or local law._

     

    _If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please contact Human Resources and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information._

     

    Advance Local Media does not provide sponsorship for work visas or employment authorization in the United States. Only candidates who are legally authorized to work in the U.S. will be considered for this position.