Big Data Developer

Job Title:
Data Engineer - Cloud
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Job Type:
Contract for 9 to 12 months
Daily rate:
£400 -£430/ Day, Inside IR35
Location:
London City
Working Model
Hybrid: Expectation 3 days WFO per week
Required Technical Skills
Academic qualification in a computer science or STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) related field or the national equivalent
Professional experience working in an agile, dynamic and customer facing environment
At least 2 years of recent hands-on professional experience (actively coding) working as a software engineer
Extensive experience with using one or more of the following languages; Go/Scala/Kotlin/Python
Understanding of distributed systems and cloud technologies (AWS, GCP etc.)
Understanding of microservices architecture
Understanding of RESTful APIs and web technologies
Experience in automating deployment, releases and testing in continuous integration, continuous delivery, (CI/CD) pipelines
Additional desirable skills include:
Experience deploying, securing and supporting cloud infrastructure platforms
Understanding of security frameworks / standards
Understanding of data streaming and messaging frameworks (Kafka, Spark, etc.) and modern database technologies (Cockroach etc.)
Understanding of distributed tracing and monitoring (Zipkin, OpenTracing, Prometheus, ELK stack, Micrometer metrics, etc.)
Experience with containers (Docker, Kubernetes, EKS, GKE etc.)
Experience in the all stages of software development lifecycle (requirements, design, architecture, development, testing, deployment, release and support)
A solid approach to writing unit level tests using mocking frameworks, as well as automating component, integration and end-to-end tests
Your soft skills should include:
Ability to work in a collaborative environment and coach other team members on coding practices, design principles, and implementation patterns that lead to high-quality maintainable solutions.
Ability to work in a dynamic, agile environment within a geographically distributed team
Ability to focus on promptly addressing customer needs
Ability to work within a diverse and inclusive team
Technically curious, versatile and solution oriented
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English