Junior Data Engineer (4-month project)

Zipdev's is seeking a Junior Data Engineer to facilitate the expansion of our business operations. This position is a full-time role for a 4-month project with the likelihood of extension. Below is a description of your role and responsibilities, including the things you will be held accountable for and the virtues, behaviors and competencies that are expected for this role.

Responsibilities will include:

• Executing ETL/ELT tasks and processes as directed by senior engineers to connect product, operations, and third-party data sources into Snowflake.
• Assisting in the development and maintenance of clean, well-modeled data layers (data marts) to support self-service analytics and reporting.
• Supporting the existing data infrastructure stack, including Snowflake, AWS DBs, dbt, Airflow (or equivalent orchestrator), and Python-based transformation frameworks, under the guidance of the engineering team.
• Collaborating with senior engineers and stakeholders (Product, RevOps, and CS) to deliver reliable datasets for reporting and decision-making.
• Aiding in the identification and resolution of data-related performance bottlenecks in applications.
• Supporting the implementation and maintenance of data quality monitoring, observability, and documentation standards to ensure accuracy and trust across stakeholders.

Requirements

• You have foundational knowledge of building and maintaining ETL/ELT data pipelines and data modeling concepts.
• You are eager to learn and ready to contribute to both analytics and platform-level data engineering tasks as part of a team.
• You are knowledgeable about data modeling and orchestration best practices (dbt, Airflow, modular ELT patterns, etc.) and ready to apply them.
• You have high levels of empathy and can connect deeply with our client's mission.
• You are comfortable working in ambiguous environments and know that we need your help to figure things out.
• You are comfortable using a lot of systems at once and have the ability to learn software quickly.
• You are fearlessly flexible and curious; aka you thrive in an environment where we don't have all the answers but are willing to help us figure them out.
• You have experience working with a startup and/or with a B2B SaaS business.

Benefits

• Work remotely Monday - Friday, 40 hours a week (no weekends)
• Vacation: 10 business days a year
• Holidays: 5 National Holidays a year
• Company Holidays: 5 Company Holidays a year (Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, Zipdev Day)
• Parental Leave
• Health Care Reimbursement
• Active Lifestyle Reimbursement
• Quarterly Home Office Reimbursement
• Payroll Deduction Purchase Plans
• Longevity Bonus
• Continuous Learning Bonus
• Access to Training and Professional Development Platforms
• Did we mention it's REMOTE?!!

One of our core values at Zipdev is "Be authentic." that's why we encourage you to answer the application form in your own words; we are interested in getting to know you, not a digital assistant.

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