Senior Big Data Engineer

Capgemini Engineering is a world leader in engineering and R&D services. We combine our broad industry knowledge and cutting-edge technologies in digital and software to support the convergence of the physical and digital worlds. Every day, we help our clients to accelerate their journey towards Intelligent Industry.

At Capgemini, we are a responsible and diverse. Our organization has a strong 55-year heritage and deep industry expertise. We are trusted by our clients to address the entire breadth of their business needs—from strategy and design to operations. Our actions are fueled by the fast evolving and innovative world of cloud, data, AI, connectivity, software, digital engineering, and platforms. 

About the project:

The client is a global visual inspiration social media platform used by people around the world to shop products personalized to their taste, find ideas to do offline and discover the most inspiring creators. Today, more than 450 million people come to the platform every month to explore and experience billions of ideas that have been saved. The company monetizes its social media websites by selling digital advertising.

The project is all about large-scale Data processing. As a Senior Engineer, you will work on one of the world's largest social media platform which deals with a few petabytes of data coming to the system daily. You will contribute as part of R&D self-organized team working in a challenging, innovative environment for our client. You are going to Investigate, create, and implement the solutions for many technical challenges using cutting edge technologies, including building/enhancing Big Data processing platform enabling effective functioning of software used by hundreds of millions of users.

The team is am international one; all team members are divided into Scrum teams consisting of 5-7 people. 

What have we prepared for you?

A lot of benefits: 

• Flexible working hours, equipment package for home office
• Private medical care and life insurance with ability to buy additional packages (e.g., dental care, senior care, oncology) on preferential terms
• Access to Capgemini Helpline with possibility to chat with therapists
• Bonusesfor recommending your friends to Capgemini
• Access to Inspiro app with rich audiobooks database
• Access to NAIS platform where you can exchange your monthly points for Multisport or shopping vouchers

Personal and professional development: 

• Platform with free access to Pluralsight, TED Talks, Coursera materials and trainings.
• Free access to Udemy Business account with ability to use during and outside working hours.
• Transparent performance management policy.
• Cloud Certificates
• Possibility to join various technical communities.

Our legendary atmosphere:

We value teamwork and good relationships. We work together, drink coffee together, and form friendships both inside and outside of work.

• No official dress-code.
• Various communities: OUTfront, Women@Capgemini, Foreigners Community, and more.
• Day off for volunteering
• Ability to implement world-changing initiatives thanks to our Grant Program

•  Ensure that assignments are delivered within set deadlines and required quality objectives;
• Analyze the scope of alternative solutions and make decisions in the area of implementation based on your experience and technical expertise;
• Lead functional and architectural design of the assigned areas;
• Address the risks, provide and implement mitigation plans;
• Report on the area readiness/quality, and raise red flags in crisis situations which are beyond your assigned area;
• Be responsible for resolving crisis situations within your scope of duties;
• Initiate and conduct code reviews, create code standards, conventions, and guidelines;
• Suggest technical and functional improvements to add value to the product.

• University degree in Computer Science or similar;
• 5+ years of work experience with Apache Airflow, Data Pipeline (SQL/SparkSQL);
• Strong Python programming skills;
• Ability to deliver high quality code, automated testing, and other best engineering practices;
• Effective communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills;
• Result-oriented approach;
• Upper Intermediate level of English, spoken and written.

Nice to have:

• Experience with cloud technologies (AWS preferred).