Data Engineer

PRIME Education is a company looking for an entry level Data Engineer to join the Ookla Data Engineering team. The role involves developing data processing jobs and supporting data scientists and analysts to enhance data utilization.

Responsibilities:

• Develop high volume data processing jobs across various platforms including Redshift, Athena, Iceberg, Spark and Airflow
• Debug queries, monitor jobs, identify bottlenecks in system performance and improve efficiency
• Support and collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and product managers

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience
• 1+ year of professional experience in data engineering
• Knowledge of SQL, databases (MySQL / Redshift / Athena), Data modeling
• Workflow orchestrators (Dagster, Airflow, Prefect)
• Experience working with Python
• Strong communication skills both in person and via virtual mediums
• Background check required
• ETL/ELT design patterns
• Experience with AWS cloud services
• Experience with high volume distributed data processing in Spark