Data Engineer II - Fandango

Company Description

We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

Here you can be your authentic self. As a company uniquely positioned to educate, entertain and empower through our platforms, Comcast NBCUniversal stands for including everyone. Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives, coupled with our Corporate Social Responsibility work, is informed by our employees, audiences, park guests and the communities in which we live. We strive to foster a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where our employees feel supported, embraced and heard. Together, we’ll continue to create and deliver content that reflects the current and ever-changing face of the world.

At Fandango, we love movies. From showtimes and ticketing, to engaging content and innovations in movie going- we strive to deliver the perfect movie going experience—anytime, anywhere. And to be the go-to destination for moviegoers, we think it’s all about collaboration. Anyone can build a website or app, but it takes a special group across many disciplines to create an experience that can live across multiple platforms and connected devices. Thanks to an exceptional team, we’re working hard to make Fandango a little bit better every day. Our 30 million (and growing!) online and mobile monthly visitors can now buy movie tickets at over 25,000 screens nationwide and stay for exclusive trailers, our award-winning original video series, movie reviews, celebrity interviews and more. So, if you’re looking to inspire, be inspired and work at the intersection of entertainment and technology look no further than Fandango. Fandango is an NBCUniversal Company.

Job Description

Fandango is looking for Data Engineer II. As a Data Engineer II, working on our data systems and services, you will work other data engineers to deliver projects and systems critical to Fandango's business. We expect our data engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic about taking on new problems across our businesses as we continue to build great things for fellow movie fans.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to and help team in design, build, testing, scaling, and maintaining data pipelines from a variety of source systems and streams (Internal, third party, cloud based, etc.), according to business and technical requirements.
• Continually work on improving the codebase and have active participation and oversight in all aspects of the team, including agile ceremonies.
• Collaborate with engineers and product managers to understand data needs.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies (standups, retros, sprint planning, etc.)
• Troubleshoot and fix production issues as they occur.

Qualifications

Qualifications/Requirements:

• BA/BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of applied experience in Data Engineering, including but not limited to building Data Pipelines, Orchestration, Data Modeling & Data Lake.
• Programming skills in one or more of the following: Python, Java, Scala, SQL, and experience in writing reusable/efficient code to automate analysis and data processes.
• Experience in Data Warehousing (Relational and dimensional data modeling).
• Strong working experience with variety of data sources such as APIs, real-time feeds, structured and semi structured file formats.
• Experience with processing large datasets and building code using Glue, Apache Airflow / Amazon MWAA, SQL, Python, pySpark.
• Experience of near Real Time & Batch Data Pipeline development.
• Experience with AWS data management (S3, Redshift, DynamoDB) and related tools (Athena, EMR, Glue, Lambda).
• Experience working in an agile/scrum environment.

Desired Characteristics:

• Familiar with software build, release, deployment and monitoring tools and practices.
• Experience with Talend, Informatica, or other off-the-shelf ETL tools.
• Experience working with Terraform.
• Strong Test-Driven Development background, with understanding of levels of testing required to continuously deliver value to production.
• Team-oriented and collaborative approach with a demonstrated aptitude, enthusiasm, and willingness to learn new methods, tools, practices, and skills.
• Ability to work effectively across functions, disciplines, and levels

This position has been designated as fully remote, meaning that the position is expected to contribute from a non-NBCUniversal worksite, most commonly an employee’s residence

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