Data Engineer

Data Engineer

VGW is an interactive entertainment company, harnessing technology and creativity to deliver world-class, free-to-play games. 

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Technology team in Krakow, and we’re currently looking for a Data Engineer to be a part of the team.

The Data engineer will deliver and maintain data products that delight our customers and stakeholders. Support product teams to ensure trusted and high impact data products; “build it, ship it and run it”.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Develop and maintain data platforms, ensuring product features are delivered effectively by tracking key metrics like lead time, deployment frequency, and change failure percentage.
• Work closely with product engineering stakeholders and support a shared ownership model, ensuring data engineering practices and tools are rolled out across the teams.
• Build and optimize data pipelines to ingest, cleanse, and normalize diverse datasets from internal and external sources. Identify and implement opportunities for pipeline automation and improvements.
• Work with Site Reliability Engineering and Security teams to ensure data pipelines are reliable, secure, and maintainable by product teams.
• Advocate for a data-driven culture by supporting product managers in data-informed decision-making and ensuring that data products meet operational readiness standards.
• Maintain up-to-date documentation to ensure continuity across teams and contribute to skill sharing within the data engineering team and the broader engineering organization.

What you will bring to the role:

• Degree in Computer Science or 3+ years of equivalent practical experience;
• Proficiency in writing clean, maintainable, and efficient code in Python;
• Experience working with cloud data platforms such as AWS, Databricks, or Snowflake;
• Proficient in relational SQL and NoSQL databases, including Postgres and DynamoDB;
• Strong knowledge of software engineering concepts and best practices including testing and performance tuning;
• Exposure to Data Warehousing Modelling (Dimensional, Data Vault 2.0);
• Experience in implementing ETL (or ELT) best practices at scale;
• Hands-on experience managing large-scale object storage for both structured and unstructured data;
• Experience with AWS cloud data services: EMR, RDS, Redshift, Kinesis, Glue etc.
• Experience with both streaming and batch data processing (e.g., Spark, Flink, Kinesis, Kafka) is a plus.

About VGW

VGW is an interactive entertainment company, harnessing technology and creativity to deliver world-class, free-to-play games.

With high-quality, acclaimed brands including Chumba Casino, Global Poker and LuckyLand Slots, we entertain and delight over one million players in North America.

As pioneers in sweepstakes promotions for online social games, we also offer our players the opportunity to redeem incredible prizes.

At VGW, one of our core values is "our players come first". This means always striving to deliver a safe, responsible and positive player experience.

Why VGW?

At VGW, we’re more than just a team. We’re a diverse and inclusive group of individuals, each playing a vital role in our success.

Our core values are clear and strong; we win together, do what’s right, put our players first and are powered by passion.

We believe in our people and are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels welcome, inspired, and supported. We recognise that life is more than just work - that’s why we’re all about flexibility so you can strike a healthy balance between your personal life and career. We’re also here to champion your growth in your current role and future aspirations, providing opportunities for learning and career advancement. And to top it off, we back this all up with competitive compensation, perks and benefits.  

But it’s not all business. We inject fun into the workplace, celebrate together and create lasting memories, from a mix of in-person and online events, to social gatherings and much more.

It’s our combined skills, ideas and visions that drive us forward. Join us on this exciting journey, and together, we’ll achieve remarkable things. 

If you want to join a team that does things differently, apply today - we look forward to seeing what you can bring to our team.

Find out more at www.vgw.co

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