Data Engineer
Jam City
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Job Description
About Jam City
As a leading mobile games developer, Jam City is looking to “level up” our talent. We’re searching for innovators who consider themselves dynamic, collaborative, and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
Perks & Benefits
- Competitive salaries
- Benefits
- Professional Development Opportunities
- Flexibility
The Role: Data Engineer
As a Data Engineer, you'll be working alongside our Analytics team to expand and optimize our data and data pipeline architecture.
The ideal candidate has advanced working SQL knowledge and experience building ETL processes and workload management. The role will require to manipulate, process, and extract value from several sources like raw events tables and data APIs so proficiency with programming languages (preferably Python), SQL and version control software (Git) is desirable for the position.
You will be an integral part of the Analytics team - helping to enhance the team by building and maintaining CI/CD tools for data integrity.
Responsibilities
- You'll be responsible for supporting the data needs of our analysts on data initiatives and will ensure optimal data delivery architecture is consistent across Jam City games.
- Collaborate on developing, automating, and supporting pipelines to extract, transform, and load data.
- Assist with coding, designing, deploying, and debugging Python/SQL tools for data aggregation, processing, and analysis.
- Further automate internal data analysis processes and level up Jam City's future data science efforts.
- Assist in creating educational content to improve the technical skills of the Analytics team.
Requirements
- Graduates or advanced students in Engineering or Computer Science.
- Familiarity with Python and SQL
- Version control systems (Git)
- Workflows monitors tools (Airflow desirable)
- Distributed systems (desirable)
- Experience using Databricks (desirable)
Our Commitment to Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
We believe in creating games that unite people across the world and that showcase our commitment to providing an environment that is both inclusive and diverse for our players and employees. We strive to create a workforce that is reflective of our global player community as we know that we are stronger and better when we play together. To help promote an inclusive culture, we celebrate the visible and invisible diversity of our Jam Citizens through initiatives including Employee Resource Groups, cultural events, trainings, speaker series, and more.
Jam City is an equal opportunity employer. We enthusiastically accept our responsibility to make employment decisions without regard to race, age, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, ancestry, religion, ethnicity, marital, or domestic partnerships status, disability (in terms of law 19.691), genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing), predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, veteran status, domestic violence victim status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expressions, or any other classification protected by federal, state, and local laws. Our management is committed to following this policy with respect to any and all hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, recruiting, pay, and other forms of compensation, training, and general treatment during employment.
Key skills/competency
- Data Engineering
- SQL
- Python
- ETL
- Data Pipelines
- Version Control (Git)
- Data Architecture
- Data Integrity
- Automation
- Data Analysis
How to Get Hired at Jam City
- Research Jam City's culture: Study their mission, values, recent news, and employee testimonials on LinkedIn and Glassdoor.
- Tailor your resume: Customize your Data Engineer resume to highlight relevant SQL, Python, ETL, and data pipeline experience for Jam City.
- Showcase your technical skills: Prepare to demonstrate proficiency in Python, SQL, Git, and potentially Airflow or Databricks during technical assessments.
- Prepare for behavioral questions: Be ready to discuss collaboration, problem-solving, and your passion for mobile gaming and data engineering.
- Engage with the Jam City community: Follow Jam City's LinkedIn and blog to understand their games and data challenges.
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