Aura is on a mission to create a safer internet. In a world where our lives are increasingly online, Aura's category-defining suite of intelligent digital safety products help millions of customers protect themselves against digital threats, and that number is growing rapidly. This is an exciting phase at Aura, and our team of over 400 people worldwide is guided by a leadership slate that's successfully grown startups into multi-billion dollar organizations.
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Data Engineer
About the Role:
We are seeking a skilled Data Engineer to help us continue building and improving our data platform and infrastructure. At Aura, data is at the core of most of our decision making and the Data Engineering team is key to supporting that decision making. This role will help ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of our data infrastructure, which supports critical business operations across various teams. The ideal candidate will have experience building and maintaining data pipelines, strong communication skills, curiosity, and passion for solving complex data challenges.
Day to Day:
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Enhance and maintain the infrastructure powering our analytics and data products
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Ingest new data from files, APIs and external databases into a centralized data store
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Continuously monitor and optimize data pipelines and infrastructure for performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness
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Work closely with stakeholders like Analysts and Data Scientists to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions
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Implement data governance policies and security best practices as needed to ensure data integrity, privacy, and compliance with regulatory requirements
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Help drive data quality across the organization
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Participate in technical architecture discussions and peer code reviews
What you bring to the table:
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Education: Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience. Masters degree preferred
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Experience: 2 - 3+ years of experience in data engineering working with a modern tech stack
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Technical Skills:
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Strong programming skills in languages such as Spark, SQL, Python, and Scala.
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Experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and their data services
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Experience building data pipelines and ETL processes.
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Problem solving and critical thinking skills
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An eagerness to continue learning and advance your technical and data knowledge
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Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines
It would be great if you also had:
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Experience working with Databricks
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Experience working with Airflow
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Experience creating infrastructure as code using tools like Terraform
Aura is committed to offering a generous package to support our employees in all aspects of their life in and out of work. Our packages offer competitive pay, generous health and wellness benefits, retirement savings plans, parental leave and much more! Pay range for this position is $98,000-150,000, but may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and location.
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