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Ad Hoc, LLC Senior Data Engineer in Seattle, Washington
Description Senior Data Engineer This is a remote position. Ad Hoc is a digital services company that helps the federal government better serve people. Our teams use modern, agile methods to meet the needs of our users while closing the gap between consumer expectations and government. Work on things that matter Our teams connect Veterans with services designed for their needs, help millions of people access affordable health care, and support important programs like Head Start. As we work with agencies to deliver critical services, we're also changing how the government thinks about and uses technology. Built for a remote life Ad Hoc is remote-first and remote-always. We've designed our culture, communications, and tools to support a nationwide team. Being remote allows Ad Hoc to bring the best people onto our teams and give them the freedom to create a work environment that fits their lives. Maybe you need to adjust your schedule to care for your family or take a bike ride. At Ad Hoc, that's welcomed. Committed to high expectations and a welcoming culture Ad Hoc values acceptance, accountability, and humility. We aren't heroes. We leave our egos at the door to learn from our mistakes and improve the process for the next time.. We build small, inclusive teams to bring the best of consumer technology to the problems of government. The Federal Civilian business unit supports a wide range of customers that span the federal, commercial, and nonprofit space. Our customers include the General Services Administration, Office of Personnel Management, PAN Foundation, Library of Congress, Social Security Administration, Health and Human Services, and the USDA Forest Service. We partner with these agencies to build new capabilities, deliver products, establish data as a strategic asset for informed decision-making, modernize legacy systems, and build the digital service infrastructure necessary to scale their mission impact. Primary Responsibilities: In this role, you will serve as an experienced individual contributor within a team, with the expectation that you will further develop your leadership, guidance and mentoring skills. With minimal oversight from leadership, you will be responsible for supporting the goal of meeting scope, schedule and delivery requirements. A Senior Data Engineer impacts the long-term goals of the program, while contributing to the development of the program's data strategy. You may serve as the discipline's primary lead when working with stakeholders and utilize strong influential skills to drive improvements in data processes and practices. Primary expectations of a Senior Data Engineer include: Strong influential skills to propose and evaluate multiple approaches to technical and process problems Serves as a mentor to individuals within the team May leads small, less critical, or temporary team structures and projects Presents design documents, system diagrams, etc. to clients, stakeholders, partners, and other engineers Fully understands and consistently implements data engineering best practices Generates data architecture recommendations and demonstrates the ability to implement them Diagnoses and effectively resolves issues with the systems they own, using incidents to inform educational opportunities and system improvements Actively mentors and assists more junior engineers in the development of their skills Effectively communicates technical issues and developments with team members and clients Participates in technical interviews with new candidates Basic Qualifications: Bachelor's degree and 7+ years of experience Experience with AWS Redshift Experience with dbt Demonstrates expert-level knowledge in at least one family of data ingestion systems, cloud database services, an