Data Engineer
ikigai
Job Description
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Collaborate with client teams to understand data sources, formats, and integration requirements.
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Clean, reconcile, and transform raw customer data to align with our platform’s ingestion standards.
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Build and maintain data transformation and validation pipelines to ensure consistent, high-quality outputs.
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Diagnose and resolve data discrepancies, ensuring accuracy and consistency across systems.
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Develop scripts and workflows for repeatable data processing and format standardization.
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Partner with internal engineering and client success teams to deliver clean, production-ready datasets.
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Ability to quickly learn new libraries and APIs to connect to external data sources – for example: Looker SDK, BigQuery python client or Snowflake python connector.
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Document data mappings, transformation logic, and validation procedures for long-term maintainability.
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Ability to create effective visualizations to provide insights from the data.
Qualifications
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1–3 years of experience in a data-focused role (data scientist, software engineer, data analysis, data operations, or data engineering).
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Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Statistics, or a related field preferred.
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Strong proficiency in Python, particularly NumPy and Pandas for data manipulation and transformation.
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Solid experience with SQL for data querying, joining, and reconciliation across multiple sources.
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Experience building or maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines or data wrangling workflows.
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Attention to detail and a commitment to maintaining high data quality and consistency.
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Ability to interpret and clean messy or incomplete data for use in production systems.
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Excellent communication skills for collaborating with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Preferred Skills
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Experience with data validation, schema alignment, or reconciliation across disparate systems.
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Familiarity with version control, testing, or other software engineering best practices.
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Exposure to data visualization or reporting tools for validating and communicating results.
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Background in client-facing or consulting environments where data integrity and delivery were key.