Senior Data Engineer Lead

6 Hours ago • 6 Years +

About the job

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Lead a team of data engineers to deliver data solutions for mobile games reaching millions daily. You'll design, develop, and optimize BI/DW solutions, ensuring data science and analytics teams have the tools they need. Experience with data warehouse, analytics, and AWS is essential.

Job Description

 

Do you like to work with Big Data, test new exciting things and lead highly motivated teams?  

 

If so, we’re looking for an experienced Senior Data Engineer Lead to join and lead our Data Engineering team here in our Games Development Studio in Lisbon (PT). This is a full-time, permanent, ‘hybrid’ working position, with the team collaborating in the studio x3 times a week.

 

This team is critical to Miniclip’s success delivering on several key services for our mobile games that reach over x65 million players globally every day. To do this, they are dealing with more than x1 Petabyte of data, whilst managing all our own infrastructure across several different business units and Games Studios.

 

This is an exciting opportunity to work with a leading digital games and entertainment company.

What will you be doing at Miniclip?

  • Leading a team of data engineers to deliver best in class data solutions.
  • Not only you will be part of designing and implementing solutions with the state-of-the-art tools, but you will also maintain and learn all the existent technologies already used.
  • Advise on, design, develop, maintain and optimize our BI/DW solution
  • Support the data science/analytics team (and other teams such as UA) ensuring they have all the necessary tools in place to support the growth and success of our games
  • Automating reports and data pulls where necessary
  • Continually assessing and evolving the engineering resource and operational requirements needed to put in place the chosen solution.
  • Work closely with the Product Owners and senior stake holders to design the Technical Architecture needed for data platform to meet the requirements of the proposed solution

What are we looking for?

We are looking for a social, hard-working person who enjoys working in and leading teams and is passionate about games, mobile free-to-play, and is highly skilled with the below:

 

  • Senior Data Engineer with 6+ years in a data engineering role and demonstrable leadership experience.
  • Experience in building data warehouse, analytics and BI infrastructure and tools from scratch, which are capable of processing large volumes of data and are scalable for the future.
  • Good knowledge and experience working on AWS
  • Knowledge of Spark is a plus
  • Knowledge of Java, Python, Linux shell scripting, and Procedural PL.
  • Excellent knowledge and experience with RDBM’s
  • Extensive knowledge of SQL (NoSQL database is a plus)
  • Commitment to high-speed iteration, high code quality, and continuous improvement via agile processes, code reviews, automated testing, continuous integration, and continuous deployment
  • A natural flair for writing well-structured, object-oriented code and a strong understanding of core computer science (data structures & algorithms)
  • Knowledge of version control and build systems; git
  • Scientific and analytical approach to problem-solving.
  • Excellent communication and working with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment.
  • Preferably experience with machine learning

Additional Information

At Miniclip Portugal Studios, we prioritize Health & Wellbeing, offering a comprehensive Health Insurance Plan. Our commitment to wellness extends to offering Yoga, Pilates, exercise, and mindfulness classes for employees.

 

Additionally, with BusUp, our corporate shuttle service provider, you can easily commute to the office by selecting your preferred day and route via the app.

 

Our work environment is relaxed and informal, located in a new, contemporary, and collaborative open-space office that offers a great location and view. The kitchen is always stocked with free food including fresh fruit, bread, milk, yogurt, snacks, coffee, and soft drinks, ensuring you stay energized throughout the day.  We also have relax and chillout zones, including a gym and massage room in the studio, as well as spaces equipped with Foosball, pool tables, arcade machines, board games, consoles, and spacious breakout areas. This ensures that, beyond work, you have plenty of opportunities to unwind and socialize with your colleagues.

 

Our goal is to create a workspace that is both enjoyable and conducive to productivity, and our philosophy emphasizes a balanced approach to work and life, allowing for flexibility and well-being.

About Miniclip

Miniclip is a global leader in digital games and one of the world's biggest developers and publishers of mobile games, with a mission of unleashing the gamer in everyone. It distributes highly engaging games to a global audience of over 400 million monthly and 65 million daily active users across mobile, PC, console, social, and online platforms. Operating in 12 countries, Miniclip develops and launches games in multiple categories across its 20 studios.  

 

Founded in 2001 with an internationally recognised brand name, Miniclip has successfully grown a global audience across 195 countries and six continents. It has a unique understanding of the digital games space, developing and distributing a strong portfolio of over 60 high-quality mobile games globally.  

 

To date, Miniclip’s studios and companies, which have generated more than 10 billion downloads, include the following digital games: 8 Ball Pool™, Subway Surfers™, Golf Battle™, Football Strike™, Carrom Pool™, OSM - Online Soccer Manager™, Football Rivals ™, Pure Sniper ™, Puzzle Page ™, Head Ball 2™, Motorsport Manager™, Darts of Fury™, Ultimate Golf™, Mini Football ™, Triple Match 3D ™, Agar.io™ and PowerWash Simulator ™

 

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About The Company

Miniclip is a global leader in digital games with a mission of ‘unleashing the gamer in everyone’. We develop, publish, and distribute highly engaging games to an audience of over 400 million monthly active users across mobile, social and online platforms. We operate in 10 countries, with a global workforce of over 1000 people across 16 locations.

Founded in 2001, the Company has successfully grown a huge global audience in over 195 countries and across six continents. We have a unique understanding of the digital games space and have developed a strong portfolio of over 60 high-quality mobile games, extensive worldwide distribution, and an internationally recognised brand name. To date, Miniclip's digital games, which also include the franchises 8 Ball Pool™, Subway Surfers™, Golf Battle™, Football Strike™, Carrom Pool™, and Agar.io™ have generated more than 7 billion downloads. Miniclip has more than 70 million daily active players reaching people across the world in the pursuit of ‘unleashing the gamer in everyone’.

In the past three years, as part of our ambitious growth plans, Miniclip has been delighted to welcome the teams from Playsport (famous for Motorsport Manager), Yakuto (creators of Darts of Fury), Masomo (home of Head Ball 2), Ilyon (designers of Bubble Shooter), Eight Pixels Square (Sniper Strike) operating as Miniclip Derby, Gamebasics (creators of OSM Online Soccer Manager) now operating as Miniclip Netherlands, Green Horse Games (home of Football Rivals), Supersonic Software Ltd., trading as Puzzling.com (the team behind the highly successful Puzzle Page and Picture Cross), and most recently Sybo (famous for Subway Surfers).

For more information, visit https://miniclip.com/

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