Senior Data Engineer
Jersey City, NJ

Job Description

Forbes is currently seeking an enthusiastic and passionate Senior Data Engineer to join our Digital team. This role requires more than an academic approach to Data Science. It requires the next step of conceptualizing and creating data products.

In addition to joining a high performing team, you would be joining a passionate and engaged culture that celebrates:

* Entrepreneurship: Freedom to innovate, identify new opportunities and take on responsibilities.
* Career Development: Formal mentorship program, industry conference attendance and speaking opportunities.
* Work/life Balance: Flexible work schedule, regular group outings, celebration of passion projects and side hustles, optional mindfulness sessions twice a month.
* Positivity: Emphasis on positive communication, transparency and team building

If you're looking for challenges and opportunities similar to those of a startup, with the benefits of a seasoned, successful company, read on.

What you will be doing:

* Participate in agile development of unique and innovative products
* Develop predictive models using multiple statistical techniques
* Participate in development and architecture of complex systems
* Establish best practices for data collection and analysis
* Work closely with the product owners and stakeholders to discover, design, architect and prototype new features
* Write high quality code that adheres to coding standards
* Constantly learn new technologies, approaches and languages
* Work with cross functional teams including Dev, Product, DevOps and QA
* Participate in code reviews
* Advocate Unit and Integration Testing
* Create maintainable projects with documentation

REQUIREMENTS

* Strong conceptual knowledge and background in probability, statistics, and machine learning
* Strong knowledge of Python - 4+ years
* Proficiency in data science and analytical modeling - 4+ years
* Experience with NoSQL databases. MongoDB is a plus
* Experience with real-time and streaming data processing
* Experience with queuing platforms like Kafka
* Knowledge of BigQuery
* Familiarity with GCP/AWS cloud services
* Familiarity with TensorFlow
* Comfortable with CI/CD Pipelines
* Experience with Git version control

About Forbes

The defining voice of entrepreneurial capitalism, Forbes champions success by celebrating those who have made it, and those who aspire to make it. Forbes convenes and curates the most-influential leaders and entrepreneurs who are driving change, transforming business and making a significant impact on the world. The Forbes brand today reaches more than 120 million people worldwide through its trusted journalism, signature LIVE events, custom marketing programs and 40 licensed local editions in 70 countries. Forbes Media's brand extensions include real estate, education and financial services license agreements. For more information, visit: www.forbes.com/forbes-media/

Forbes is an equal opportunity employer.