Data Engineer

A career that makes a difference!

RKD Group, a direct response marketing and advertising agency, is seeking a Data Engineer to achieve breakthrough results that make a positive impact in this world.

By joining our team, you become an integral part of that mission. With our headquarters located in Dallas, Texas, RKD Group is a remote-first company that has helped hundreds of nonprofits raise billions of dollars to fulfill their missions.

RKD Group's multichannel approach leverages technology, advanced data science, and award-winning strategic and creative leadership to accelerate net revenue growth, build long-term donor relationships, and drive online and offline engagements and donations.

With a growing team of professionals, RKD Group creates breakthroughs never thought possible.

The Data Engineer owns the planning, development, management, and ongoing support of data pipelines and customer data warehouses.

All data pipelines begin by extracting unstructured data from data lakes, transforming that data according to detailed specifications, and loading the data into data warehouses used to drive marketing operations for our customers.

The important work done by Data Engineers is instrumental in everything our company does to serve clients from data science to campaign execution and reporting.

To succeed in this position, you should have strong analytical skills and the ability to combine data from different sources.

You should also have deep expertise in SQL and programmatic scripting. You need to be capable of working independently and collaboratively, be detail oriented with excellent writing and oral communication skills.

RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Develop data pipelines using extensive SQL and Knime
• Implement robust error monitoring and reporting features within new and existing data pipelines
• Troubleshoot data pipelines, data accuracy, and performance issues when they arise
• Support other Data Engineers through peer review, knowledge sharing, and pair engineering
• Implement and enhance automated data accuracy testing and reporting capabilities throughout customer data warehouses
• Identify opportunities to improve and make more efficient all aspects of the company’s data engineering practices
• Review data governance documentation and ensure data pipelines and customer data warehouses comply with business rules
• Properly estimate the complexity of highly technical work and the required engineering duration

PREFERRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS :

• Bachelor of Science degree in computer science, computer engineering, or information management preferred; qualified experience may substitute
• 3+ years of experience managing enterprise databases or data warehouses is preferred
• 3+ years of deep experience in SQL preferred
• Marketing data experience is preferred
• Mentoring and / or teaching other engineers is preferred

Proficiency with the following technologies :

• SSIS and SMSS
• SQL including both PostgreSQL & MSSQL
• Microsoft SQL Server
• IBM Db2
• Knime
• Snowflake
• PHP, Python, Bash, and other scripting languages
• JIRA or another technical project management platform

LOCATION : Remote.

Pay Range expected for the position : $85,000 - $115,000 annually.

The position level and compensation for this role will be determined based on the market location, experience, job skills, and qualifications of the candidate)

RKD Group offers highly competitive compensation commensurate with experience, and a full range of benefits.

RKD Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

No sponsorships are available for this position.