Data Engineer

At Garmin we create products that are designed indoors for outdoor activities. We do this to enable our customers to make the most of their time spent pursuing their passions.

We are seeking a Data Engineer who designs, builds, and maintains the systems and pipelines that reliably collect, transform, and deliver data so it’s usable for analytics, machine learning, and business decisions.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical input to feature development plans and concept documents.
• Configure and administer data servers and Hadoop components.
• Develop scalable, extensible solution architectures leveraging contemporary big-data technologies in an evolving operational framework.
• Analyze existing data structures and recommend improvements.
• Partner with team lead to identify technical requirements and alternatives to accomplish projects, lead major incident troubleshooting involving multiple disciplines and develop reliable solutions to complex problems which require ingenuity and creativity.
• Participate in design, code, test, maintenance, enhance and decommission phases throughout software life cycle to contribute technical expertise and to identify issues.
• Participate in and help guide research POCs, including design, coding, and performance and efficacy measurement.
• Provide significant contributions to defining team roadmap and priorities, facilitate team discussions and plans, and offer innovative suggestions within area of discipline.
• Research new technologies, propose cost effective solutions and contribute input to broader technology solutions outside of discipline.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Business or related field AND a minimum of 5 years relevant experience.
• Experience with Java, Hadoop and various components.
• Demonstrated ability to implement new technologies effectively.
• Demonstrated strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Consistently demonstrates quality and effectiveness in work documentation/organization.

Benefits to enhance your experience:

• 24 days off each year plus extra vacation days based on years at Garmin and compensation for legal holidays.
• Health package subscription and yearly budget for glasses.
• Monthly budget for sports and wellbeing activities.
• Local and global career development programs (training, mentorship, technical and leadership development, and more).
• Access to e-learning platforms and support for technical conferences attendance.
• Loyalty bonus within the company, plus other special bonuses (for holidays and personal life events).
• Meal tickets.

Yours exclusively when part of our team:

• Significant discount for Garmin products.
• Employee stock purchase plan.
• Contribution to the retirement plan (Pillar 3).
• Garmin products available for testing and borrowing.
• A comprehensive event series championing wellbeing, sports, and community tailored to foster holistic health (featuring sports events, classes, hackathons, parties, and more).
• Other benefits which we invite you to discover along the recruitment process.

Garmin Cluj is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, national origin, sex, age or disability.