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Lead Data Engineer

British Columbia, Canada (Hybrid)

Lead Data Engineer

1 Hour ago • 6 Years + • Data Analyst

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Job Description

The Lead Data Engineer at Kabam is responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting petabyte-scale data pipelines in a GCP environment. This role requires strong technical expertise and leadership, collaborating with data analytics and data science teams to define requirements and facilitate their work. Responsibilities include data architecture and system design, leveraging optimal technologies; data development using orchestration tools and CI/CD; data governance in collaboration with management; and team integration, managing vendor relationships and fostering a data-driven culture. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree, 6+ years of experience, deep understanding of data architecture, cloud experience (GCP preferred), expertise in SQL and Python, and strong communication skills.

Must have:

6+ years related experience
Data architecture & system design
GCP experience (BigQuery, Dataform, Dataplex)
SQL, Python expertise
Data orchestration (DBT, Airflow, Dataform)
CI/CD understanding
Data governance knowledge

Good to have:

MongoDB experience
Streaming pipeline experience
Data science understanding
Mentorship experience

At Kabam, we’re constantly raising the bar of excellence in free-to-play gaming. We hire for passion and diversity so that we can triumph in our collective skill. Our teams are made up of a fusion of personalities and interests bound together by a collaborative nature, fun-loving culture, and a drive to do what it takes to make great games.

The Lead Data Engineer is responsible for design, implementation and support of petabyte scale data pipelines running in a GCP environment. The data engineering team looks to them for technical expertise and leadership. They work closely with data analytics and data science teams to reconcile requirements and facilitate their work.

In this role, you can expect to be responsible for:

Data Architecture & System Design
Design data architecture to meet business requirements with guidance from an understanding of best practices for underlying technologies to promote reliability, efficiency and consistency.
Decide upon and leverage the most suitable technology for respective goals having evaluated all available options.
Review designs from other data engineering team members and collaborate for optimal solutions
Have a holistic view of data infrastructure and flow
Clearly explain design decisions and technical information to non-technical stakeholders

Data Development
Implement pipelines and systems with the highest standard of code
Work with data orchestration technologies
Develop within a data-ops framework leveraging CI/CD workflows
Review code of other data engineers and manage pull requests / code reviews in a source control environment
Identify opportunities for improvements in existing code and prioritize those against existing workload

Data Governance
Work closely with the Data science manager & data director to empower data governance
Evaluate and implement governance technologies
Execute security strategy

Team Integration
Collaborate closely with internal teams & stakeholders to understand requirements and limitations
Maintain upstream relationships and appreciate roadmap implications for data engineering
Manage relationships with and evaluate products from external vendors with respect to potential value, risk & migration/implementation costs
Effectively handle data incidents clearly communicating timelines and forward solutions
Foster a data-driven culture through connection. Proactively provide data support and seek out value add.

To be successful in this role, your background includes...

Bachelor's degree in a related field
6+ years of related experience
Detail-oriented and innate problem solving ability
Deep understanding of data architecture and system design
Highly comfortable in a cloud environment
Experience with data orchestration tools such as DBT, Airflow & Dataform
Expertise in SQL, Python
Knowledge of data governance principles and technologies
Understanding of CI/CD processes
Solid communication skills
Mentorship experience

We have a preference for candidates with:
GCP experience (bigquery, dataform, dataplex, kubernetes engine)
Mongo DB experience
Experience working with a streaming pipeline
An understanding of data science

Excited by this opportunity? Kabam is dedicated to growing our diverse and inclusive workforce, so if your past experience doesn’t perfectly match the listed requirements we encourage you to apply anyways - you could be a great fit for this or other positions.

We invite you to apply now and start the conversation with us. Together, we can create and support some of the best games ever made and entertain the world!

About Kabam

Kabam is a world leader in developing entertaining, immersive, and highly social multiplayer games, bringing high-quality graphics, next-generation technology, and revolutionary gameplay to players around the world.

Kabam’s games, Marvel Contest of Champions, Shop Titans, and more have generated hundreds of millions of downloads and have received multiple awards including Apple’s Editor’s Choice and Google Play’s Best Game of the Year.

Founded in 2006, Kabam has studios and offices in Vancouver, Montreal and Charlottetown in Canada, Los Angeles and San Francisco in the United States, and in Seoul, South Korea. Kabam is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Netmarble Games.

Kabam is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and equitable workplace, and inclusive environment for all existing and potential employees. Employment decisions are based on candidate qualifications and business need, not race, color, ancestry, place of origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, political belief, religion, creed, marital or family status, medical condition, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, prior criminal conviction or any other protected class in accordance with federal, state or provincial and local laws and ordinances. Accommodations will be provided as requested by candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

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