Senior Data Engineer

The  Service360 Senior Data Engineer will be the trusted data advisor in GDI&A (Global Data Insights & Analytics) supporting the following teams:  Ford Pro, FCSA (Ford Customer Service Analytics) and FCSD (Ford Customer Service Division) Business.  This is an exciting opportunity that provides the Data Engineer a well-rounded experience.  The position requires translation of the customer’s  Analytical needs into specific data products that should be built in the GCP environment by collaborating with the Product Owners, Technical Anchor and the Customers

• Work on a small agile team to deliver curated data products for the Product Organization.
• Work effectively with fellow data engineers, product owners, data champions and other technical experts.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience with progressive responsibilities in software development
• Minimum of 3 years of experience defining product vision, strategy, product roadmaps and creating and managing backlogs
• Experience wrangling, transforming and visualizing large data sets from multiple sources, using a variety of tools
• Proficiency in SQL is a must have skill
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills 
• Must be comfortable presenting to and interacting with cross-functional teams and customers
• Demonstrate technical knowledge and communication skills with the ability to advocate for well-designed solutions.
• Develop exceptional analytical data products using both streaming and batch ingestion patterns on Google Cloud Platform with solid data warehouse principles.   
• Be the Subject Matter Expert in Data Engineering with a focus on GCP native services and other well integrated third-party technologies.
• Architect and implement sophisticated ETL pipelines, ensuring efficient data integration into Big Query from diverse batch and streaming sources.
• Spearhead the development and maintenance of data ingestion and analytics pipelines using cutting-edge tools and technologies, including Python, SQL, and DBT/Data form.
• Ensure the highest standards of data quality and integrity across all data processes.
• Data workflow management using Astronomer and Terraform for cloud infrastructure, promoting best practices in Infrastructure as Code
• Rich experience in Application Support in GCP. Experienced in data mapping, impact analysis, root cause analysis, and document data lineage to support robust data governance.
• Develop comprehensive documentation for data engineering processes, promoting knowledge sharing and system maintainability.
• Utilize GCP monitoring tools to proactively address performance issues and ensure system resilience, while providing expert production support.
• Provide strategic guidance and mentorship to team members on data transformation initiatives, championing data utility within the enterprise.

• Experience working in GCP native (or equivalent) services like Big Query, Google Cloud Storage, PubSub, Dataflow, Dataproc etc. 
• Experience working with Airflow for scheduling and orchestration of data pipelines.
• Experience working with Terraform to provision Infrastructure as Code.
• 2 + years professional development experience in Java or Python.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related scientific field. 
• Experience in analysing complex data, organizing raw data, and integrating massive datasets from multiple data sources to build analytical domains and reusable data products.
• Experience in working with architects to evaluate and productionalize data pipelines for data ingestion, curation, and consumption.
• Experience in working with stakeholders to formulate business problems as technical data requirements, identify and implement technical solutions while ensuring key business drivers are captured in collaboration with product management.