Staff Engineer

**Information Technology**: **Remote | Columbia, MD** **About the job**: We are looking for an accomplished and enthusiastic Data Engineer with big data processing experience to join our engineering team. You will develop world class products to promote Merkle's people-based marketing vision using the latest cloud-based technologies. You will work with a team of passionate, experienced engineers that are solving complex problems and building data analysis features for our world class solutions. You will embrace change, and build, test, and scale solutions that guide incremental value for our customers and partners. You will also directly work with client solution teams, guide, and support them in their efforts. You will report to the VP, Identity Engineering. This is a remote role. **Responsibilities**: - You will engage with client solution teams, vendors, and partners to facilitate client onboarding and manage ongoing platform development. - You will collaborate with multiple teams within a comprehensive data-sharing ecosystem. - You will implement Agile methodologies to ensure rapid and iterative delivery of feature sets. - You will investigate and integrate the latest technologies and solutions to enhance project outcomes for your team. - You will play an active role in the entire product development cycle, observing industry standards: from design and implementation to unit testing, code reviews, and deployment through continuous integration and delivery pipelines. - You will contribute to quality assurance and exhaustive testing procedures. - You will contribute to the construction and maintenance of data assets. - You will maintain communication channels, comprehend our goals, and draft detailed user and technical documentation. - You will troubleshoot and rectify production issues, while also providing on-call support after hours as needed. - You will foster a team environment that is cooperative, upbeat, and conducive to creative development. **Qualifications**: - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent experience - 5+ years software engineering experience - 3+ years' experience in cloud base technologies, such as Snowflake and AWS - Strong database fundamentals including SQL, relational and non-relational data models and schema designs, and understanding of database performance implications. - Understanding of "Big Data" concepts, data processing methods and data pipelines - Experienced with an object-oriented programming principles and languages, like (Java and Python) - Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, distributed systems - Good Unix command line skills and Bash scripting - Familiarity with containers like Docker, Kubernetes or Container Services - Knowledge of software engineering and development methodologies, techniques, and tools, including Agile Development, Issue Tracking (JIRA), code repositories (Git, Bitbucket), Software Development Lifecycle and testing methodologies - Experience with continuous integration and deployment principles **Additional Information**: dentsu - YouTube LI-Remote #LI-RL1 **About dentsu** Dentsu is the network designed for what’s next, helping clients predict and plan for disruptive future opportunities in the sustainable economy. Taking a people-centered approach to business transformation, dentsu combines Japanese innovation with a diverse, global perspective to drive client growth and to shape society. We are champions for meaningful progress and we strive to be a force for good—for our people, for our clients, for the industry and for our society. We keep our people at the center, creating space for growth, understanding and learning so they can thrive. We embed diversity, in our mindset, in our solutions and in our teams to empower an inclusive, equitable and culturally fluent environment. Building this culture within our teams makes us better collaborators with each other and with our clients, driving better outcomes for all. **About the Company**: Merkle is a leading technology-enabled, data-driven customer experience management (CXM) company. For over 30 years, Fortune 1,000 companies and leading nonprofit organizations have partnered with us to build and maximize the value of their customer portfolios. With more than 9,600 smart, dedicated people in more than 50 offices around the world, we are still growing at a rate that outpaces the market, with 2019 net revenue of $1.1 billion.