Data Engineer
This is a rare opportunity to have massive impact in a small team. Rue La La is at a key inflection point. Having built a profitable retail business through establishing a brand that inspires confidence in millions of users, Rue is now investing substantial resources to leverage technology to put their data to good use.
Rue La La is seeking an experienced Data engineer to join the Data Warehousing team. The ideal candidate must have a passion for data and building solutions that allow our business units to retrieve information and discover insights with ease and agility. Data Warehousing at Rue utilizes cutting edge technology to empower business use cases. We use Snowflake – a cloud based data warehousing solution in addition to Oracle systems and are looking for a candidate who has a passion for technology to solve complex business problems. As a Data Engineer, your creativity and strong foundation places you at the intersection of data, design and analysis - the sweet spot to promote the wisdom hidden inside a treasure trove of data.
What You Will Accomplish:
Work directly with internal customers across multiple departments (at all levels) including marketing, planning, merchandising and engineering, Product Managers and an Architect to identify data requirements for solving complex business needs and discover new areas of innovation
Provide elegant data designs that scale for our users
Develop and maintain logical and physical data models
Design and build-out ODS, staging, data warehouse, and analytic databases
QA datasets for correctness & completeness, and troubleshoot data inconsistencies across data sources.
Provide intelligent and clear answers to ad hoc business questions.
Develop using SQL for Oracle and Snowflake (cloud) databases.
Work hard, be nice, and laugh when you can.
What You Will Leverage:
Superior communication skills. You are able to communicate effectively to users with different backgrounds and technical skills
4+ years of data engineering required
Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Math or Engineering preferred
Advanced SQL writing skills
Strong knowledge of data warehousing fundamentals
Analytical chops - you can find the needle in the haystack AND the forest in the trees
Strong scripting chops preferably using Python
Experience working with cloud technologies
For Bonus Points
Cloud technology exposure
Agile methodology, fast paced software environment
About the Team
The data team is made up of a cross section of BI engineers, data warehouse engineers, a senior product manager and a data architect. They are extremely collaborative and agile. They synthesize data that helps the business make critical decisions on a daily basis.
About the Company
This Company is an equal opportunity employer, and selects individuals best matched for the job based upon job-related qualifications regardless of race, religion, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, gender identity, disability, or any other status or characteristic protected by law.