Data Engineer

🏫: PPC Romania

👥: Digital Solutions

📍: Bucharest  

📝: Unlimited period

#YourCareer starts with doing what you love 😊 

The main purpose of the role is to build and optimize scalable data solutions that enable reliable analytics and support business needs across the organization.

Together with us, you have the chance to grow every day, contributing to energy transition, being responsible to: 

• Design, develop, and maintain robust data pipelines and architectures to support business intelligence, analytics, and machine learning models;

• Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and other engineers to ensure seamless integration of data across platforms;

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand their data needs, translating business requirements into scalable and efficient data solutions;

• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders, ensuring alignment between engineering and business teams;

• Implement efficient data processing solutions, ensuring high performance and scalability;

• Optimize data storage, retrieval, and ETL processes to ensure data availability and integrity;

• Lead the design and development of cloud-based data solutions;

• Maintain version control and collaborate using GitLab to manage code and deployment pipelines;

• Develop and optimize SQL queries and integrate data from a variety of sources into central repositories (e.g., data lakes, data warehouses).

• Automate and streamline data pipeline processes with shell scripting and other relevant tools.

• Provide mentorship to junior data engineers, guiding them through technical challenges and helping them grow in their roles.

• Lead code reviews and ensure best practices are followed across the engineering team.

• Collaborate with data scientists / ML Engineers to ensure seamless integration of ML models into production environments.

• Collaborate with data analysts to confirm data validity.

• Implement best practices for model versioning, monitoring, and continuous deployment.

What you'll need to succeed:

• 4+ years in Data Engineer role or similar role with proven track record of providing large-scale data solutions;

• Strong experience in SQL, including complex queries;

• Strong programming experience with Python for data engineering tasks, including building custom data processing solutions and automation;

• In-depth experience with Apache Spark and Apache Kafka for distributed data processing and batch processing;

• Hands-on experience with Apache Airflow for orchestration of data flows;

• Solid experience in AWS (or another Cloud provider);

• Proficiency in using GitLab for version control and CI/CD processes;

• Hands-on experience Docker and Kubernetes for containerization;

• Bachelor degree in STEM subjects;

• Experience with DBT for data transformation;

• Experience in Shell scripting (e.g. Bash);

• Team player, resistant to stress, communication, critical thinking.

What's in it for you:

✔Professional growth/ Development 

• Opportunities for professional and personal development

• Dynamic work environment and different business lines

• International work environment

• Internal mobility programs

• Courses, coaching sessions, mentoring

💸 Rewards

• Medical subscription/medical insurance

• Meal vouchers, bonuses (Energetician's Day, Easter, Christmas, etc.)

• 13 salary

• Extra free days (Birthday, Energetician's Day, etc.)

• Special offers from our collaborators

• Referral employee program

• Bookster

Way of working

• Hybrid way of working (office & smartworking)

• Short Friday

What else do you need to know?

Confidentiality of the recruitment process

At PPC, we respect the confidentiality of each application. Only selected candidates will be contacted for an interview, and other applications will be kept in our database for one year maximum.

About PPC

We are leaders in energy in South-Eastern Europe, active in the production, distribution and supply of electricity, as well as developing innovative solutions for a sustainable future. With an installed capacity of 10.7 GW, we provide energy for 8.7 million clients and deliver over 35 TWh annually.

In Romania, PPC became a top player with the acquisition of Enel companies in October 2023. With a history that began in 1950, we are listed on the Athens Stock Exchange and are constantly expanding our vision.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion

We believe that energy comes from people. At PPC, every voice counts, and diversity is the engine of our innovation. Regardless of age, ethnicity, gender or disability, it offers an inclusive environment where you can grow and perform.

🔹 #EnergyForAll - for your career, for the future, for everyone

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