Data Engineer - Principal

Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) is a family-owned business with roots extending before Prohibition that has evolved into one of the nation's largest wine and spirits wholesalers. Our success is grounded in our core values of Family, Service, Accountability, Honesty, and Professionalism. We offer a vibrant, inclusive culture and workplace experience for individuals who want a career that makes them feel accomplished and engaged. RNDC values the health and well-being of our associates, inside and outside the office, offering dynamic health and wellness benefits that supply exceptional care and value. RNDC is geared toward growing our footprint and our people. Join our team of energetic professionals who believe in many happy hours and are experts in our craft.

Summary

The Principal Data Engineer will play a crucial role in expanding and optimizing our data and data pipeline architecture, while also enhancing data flow and collection for cross-functional teams within the Engineering Organization. They will collaborate closely with software engineers and product management teams on data initiatives, ensuring that the optimal data delivery architecture is consistently maintained across ongoing projects.

In this role, you will

Serves as a technical expert across all RNDC data technologies and able to provide technical leadership to team members.
Understands, articulates, interprets, and applies the principles of the defined strategy to business problems that may span one or many functions or domains.
Defines and identifies the most suitable sources for required data that is fit for purpose, referring to external sources as required.
Acts as key technical contact point for all database design decisions within a given project and ensures that appropriate level of architecture reviews is conducted.
Advises project teams of standard requirements, security standards, methodology and processes. Reviews the deliverables of data engineers and provides guidance.
Assists in defining data modeling standards and foundational best practices.
Acts as SME in the plan and design of new solutions and provides support on all the stages of data implementation and/or related deployments. Evaluates impacts of data issues and risks at an early stage.
Influences business stakeholder decision making and challenge business assumptions on topics related to one's domain expertise.
Follows best practices in support of large, complex, enterprise projects and can estimate required work effort.
Identifies and defines the appropriate techniques for exposing data to other systems.

What you bring to RNDC

Bachelor's/Tech School degree in Computer Science, MIS or Engineering or relevant technical field and/or commensurate years of real-world experience in software engineering.
10+ years of relevant experience in data management and data engineering with detailed knowledge of data warehouse technical architectures, infrastructure components, ETL/ ELT
Technical expertise with data models, data mining, and segmentation techniques
Experience in data acquisition, transformation and storage design using design principles, patterns and best practices
Experience with performance analysis and optimization
Experience with relational SQL and NoSQL databases, including Postgres and Cassandra
Experience with data pipeline and workflow management tools
Experience with AWS cloud services: EC2, EMR, RDS, Redshift
Experience with stream-processing systems: Kafka, Storm, Spark-Streaming, etc.

What's in it for you

401(k) with company matching
Medical, dental and vision benefits*
Paid Time Off Program – work your way up to 5 weeks of PTO a year with the ability to carryover unused PTO
Paid volunteer time
Paid parental leave
Paid caregivers leave
Fertility benefits
Paid training
Company paid life insurance, short-term disability, and company-paid holidays
Associate resource groups, and diversity, equity, and inclusion programs available for all associates
Participation in these programs is subject to applicable wait periods and all plan and program terms and eligibility

COVID-19 Considerations

We follow CDC Guidelines and have a fun and safe environment for our teams.

Bonus if you bring

Previous experience in the Wine and Spirits industry
Data engineering certification is a plus

Republic National Distributing Company and National Distributing Company are Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employers. It is our policy not to discriminate against any Employee or Applicant. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability. This policy of nondiscrimination in employment includes but is not limited to: recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, employment advertising or solicitations, compensation, layoff or termination of employment.

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