Senior Data Engineer - Contractor Pool

Midwestern Interactive is looking to add additional Senior Data Engineers to our contractor pool. MWI is one of the fastest-growing embedded teams providers in the US. Our team works hard so we can play even harder. Our culture landed us a spot on Inc.'s List of Best Workplaces in 2022 and it keeps our team member retention rate over 90%. We are relationally driven; this is a huge part of why brands like Lyft, Meetup, Coca-Cola, and plenty more trust us to embed into their team, culture, and success. We have an amazing clientele and now we just need you to join the incredible talent who serve them! We're looking for candidates who embody our mission: Serve Each Other, Serve Our Clients. 

Details: 

• Work remote 
• Contract opportunities can vary in a number of ways, including: 
  • Hours: Full-time, part-time, or project-specific hours
  • Length: small projects to long-term evergreen needs
  • Type: typically contracts, the occasional contract-to-hire or full-time staffing opportunity
  • Industry: Saas products in a wide range of verticals

Responsibilities:

• Manage inbound and outbound data pipelines that ingest client data and produce results in realtime; requires flexible inbound and outbound configurations and flexible data mapping within a distributed system.
• Working with Java, Kafka, and event driven systems.
• Designing data structures and modeling and mapping data.
• Working with, or a willingness to dive into Neo4j.
• Working with, or a willingness to dive into serverless architecture.
• Writing unit and integration tests.
• Releasing software into production and validating functionality.
• Contributing to deployment automation.
• Identifying the need for, and building internal tools to help the developer experience.

Personal Skills

• Peer and client conversationalist
• Advanced ability to communicate with humans of all types 
• Writing and editing skills for quality control purposes
• Excellent organizational skills/time management
• Ability and desire to continually learn and grow and to help others
• Must be able to communicate effectively written and verbally in English

Education

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science or related field preferred

Our hiring process

We use a 4-step process.

• Application: Complete our questionnaire and attach your resume.
• Zoom Screen: We’ll get to know each other during a 10-15 minute call with our Talent Acquisition team.
• Technical Interview: Meet with our team lead to talk through your technical experiences (no algorithm quizzes or tech gotchas, strictly conversational!)
• Meet the Client: They'll already know all the tea and just want to meet you themselves once we've picked out the perfect role for you. 

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

It is the continuing policy of Midwestern Interactive to provide equal opportunity employment to all employees and applicants, without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected status. This policy applies to all employment decisions, including those in connection with recruitment, hiring, placement, training, promotion, compensation, benefits, termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment.