Data Engineer - Our World in Data

Data Engineer - Our World in Data 02/12/21, 11:18 PM
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Summary
Description:
We’re looking
for a highly
capable Data
Engineer to join
our small dev
team and help
us with our
pipeline for
importing data
and sharing it
with the public.
Our mission is
to make the
world’s data
understandable
and accessible;
this means we
cover an
immense
variety of
topics, and
collect an
immense
variety of data.
This role’s
focus is to
organise this
wealth of data
and make it as
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useful as
possible to us
and to others.
Contract type:
Contractor
(full-time,
flexible hours)
Location:
Remote (US
East &
EU/African
timezones
preferred)
Deadline: Sun
5th December.
Applications
are evaluated
on a rolling
basis. Earlier
applications
will be
reviewed first,
so please apply
as soon as
possible.
Interview
process: We
will review
applications as
they come in
and contact
candidates for
intro calls.
Shortlisted
candidates will
then be
contacted for
interviews and
assessment,
involving one
or more live
coding tests and
an in-depth
discussion of a
past project. We
aim to respond
to applications
within 7 days
and to conclude
all interviews
within 30 days,
subject to your
availability.
You will have
the opportunity
to ask questions
and assess us
too as you go.
Compensation:
We will
consider
candidates at
different
experience
levels.
Compensation
will be
discussed early
in the selection
process and will
depend on your
profile and
experience.
Key responsibilities
Develop and
evolve the
data pipeline
that powers
our charts &
analyses
Develop a
data model
that can
handle the
immense
variety of
the world’s
data
Help us
publish our
data in
whatever
formats and
places
promote
reuse
Develop,
extend and
demonstrate
open APIs
for our data
in core
analytics
languages
Act as a
bridge
between the
data
management
team and the
dev team
Support our
data
managers as
expert users
of our data
pipeline
Manage and
operate
small-scale
cloud
services as
needed
Encourage
and nurture
open source
contributions
to our
projects
Skills and experience
3+ years in
a data
engineering,
data science
or similar
role
Strong
proficiency
in the
Python
scientific
computing
stack and in
SQL
Prior
experience
with one or
more cloud
computing
providers
and their
core
offerings
Extremely
comfortable
on the
command-
line and
with unix
shell
Prior
experience
designing
ETLs or
data flows a
bonus
Traits
Mission
driven:
motivated above
all by our
mission to
unlock the
world’s data and
help the world
tackle its big
problems
Economic:
considers which
changes will
bring the team
the most benefit
when weighed
against the time
and effort
involved
Independent:
self-driven and
capable of
pushing through
projects to
completion
Communicator:
excellent and
proactive written
communication,
important in our
full-remote
setting
Gardener:
routinely makes
the small
changes,
improvements
and bugfixes
that keep
projects at a
high level of
quality
What’s not important

Machine
learning
skills or
experience
is not
especially
relevant to
our work
Large-
scale data
systems
experience
is not
especially
relevant to
our work
How we work
We currently
work in 6-week
cycles with 2-
week cooldowns
You will
have the
focus time
to do your
best work
You will
have
flexibility
around
your exact
hours,
within a
full-time
loading
Our stack
The Our
World In
Data site is
a Jamstack
project
using
Typescript,
React and
Netlify,
with
WordPress
& MySQL
as CMS
Our data
pipeline is
a custom
ETL
written
using the
Python
data
science
stack
Our
current
data
catalog
lives in
MySQL,
our
prototype
one lives
on S3
All our work is
open source
You might work on
Migrating
our data
pipeline for
large
institutional
data into our
new
compute
graph
Parallelising
aspects of
our compute
graph such
as
dependency
checks,
compute
steps, or
post-run
publishing
Backfilling
our new data
catalog from
MySQL
Identifying
and setting
up a
notebook
environment
for the team
to share
analyses
Harmonising
the metadata
kept in our
data catalog
to the needs
of data
visualisation
A team for humans
We’re
interested in
team members
from diverse
backgrounds,
and strive to
use fair criteria
in hiring. Our
team hours are
also flexible
enough to
ensure that
those of us
with children
can manage
pick-up, drop-
off,
sicknesses,
and the regular
responsibilities
that come with
everyday life.
Come join us!
How to apply
Email us at
jobs@ourworldindata.org
with:
Your CV, resume, or

LinkedIn profile.
A cover letter
describing why
working at Our
World in Data is
appealing to you and
how you can
contribute
Likewise, feel free to send

us an email if you have any
questions about this role.
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Skills and experience

What’s not important

You might work on

A team for humans

Your CV, resume, or

Likewise, feel free to send

Our World in Data is free and accessible for everyone.

About Latest publications License: All the material produced by Our

Please consult our full legal disclaimer.

Our World In Data is a project of

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