Data Engineer (Sanderling)

Who We Are – MassMutual Romania

MassMutual Romania is a technology partner of MassMutual, a leading financial services company in the U.S., with a more than 170-year legacy. Established in 2020, the Romanian company is building an in-house team passionate about technology and innovation. We have expertise in software development, data science, and a wide range of technologies. With offices in Bucharest and Cluj, and team members across the country, MassMutual Romania develops technological solutions that help MassMutual deepen its digital capabilities and accelerate its growth in a digital-first world.

Job Description

Reporting to: Director of Product

Location: Romania: Cluj-Napoca (primary), Bucharest (secondary)

Key Goal: Facilitate seamless data transfer between systems, ensuring uninterrupted business operations in Sanderling, a fintech focused on data and policy migrations.

Job Description

The ideal candidate is a hands-on person, who would be able to work independently or within a team of other data engineers and various project stakeholders. In addition, the Data Engineer should be able to analyze existing applications and recommend modifications which will enhance our operating capacity and meet business requirements.

The extended team under the Data Services & Platform Engineering is a combination of three squads responsible for two main applications: one is a policy migration system and the other a historical data repository platform. The full team includes scrum masters, business system analysts, software engineers, data engineers, developers, and QA/testers.

If this vision excites you, come join us! This is a great opportunity to be a part of the transformational journey at MassMutual Romania. As we continue to grow our business and look for new ways to engage with customers, technology will be paramount, and you can be a part of this important work.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate seamless data transfer between systems, ensuring uninterrupted business operations.

• Implement efficient migration processes to minimize downtime and reduce costs.

• Plan and execute assigned transformations tasks within deadlines.

• Create and maintain the import/export configuration files based on the mapping requirements.

• Investigate, analyze and document reported configuration defects.

• Fine tune the transformations/configurations.

• Write clean and well-structured transformations.

• Review and recommend changes to existing transformations processes.

• Configure various modules to meet specific business requirements.

• Monitor and troubleshoot common and daily tasks and events as well as changes.

• Provide post configuration implementation support.

• Ensure the transformations are according to the business requirements.

• Work directly with business analysts and the development team to identify needs and resolve software configuration problems.

• Prepare the setup and deployment of newly implemented transformations.

• Deploy on non-production environments for testing purposes.

Requirements

• Experience with a programming language - preferably Python with PySpark.

• Experience in working with relational databases.

• Experience in working with different types of files.

• Experience with using API tools like Postman, SoapUI.

• Experience with using AWS.

• Ability to express clearly the thought process into pseudo-code.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to identify and resolve data migration/transformation issues.

• Experience with scripting language is a plus.

• Experience in working with large data sets is a plus.

Competencies:

• Ability to work effectively in a team and collaborate with various team members including developers, business analysts, technical support, project managers, database administrators.

• High sense of urgency and ability to take end to end ownership of tasks.

• Ability to analyze and resolve configuration issues in a timely manner.

• Provide system configuration/transformation support based on changing business needs.

• Assist in system analysis, design, development, and testing activities.

• Develop and maintain configuration/transformation policies and procedures.

• Import/Export data with CSV files and scripts.

• Independent and self-starter, with familiarity in an agile/adaptable environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2+ years working in Python with PySpark.

• 3+ years working with relational databases.

• 3+ years of working on a data engineer role.

Who We Are – MassMutual Romania

MassMutual Romania is a technology partner of MassMutual, a leading financial services company in the U.S., with a more than 170-year legacy. Established in 2020, the Romanian company is building an in-house team passionate about technology and innovation. We have expertise in software development, data science, and a wide range of technologies. With offices in Bucharest and Cluj, and team members across the country, MassMutual Romania develops technological solutions that help MassMutual deepen its digital capabilities and accelerate its growth in a digital-first world.

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