Data Engineer (Contract)

Requisition Number: 155792

Position Title: Contingent

External Description:

We are EA

Electronic Arts Inc. is a leading global interactive entertainment software company. We build and deliver games, content and online services to millions of people across the globe with the most amazing and immersive interactive software in the industry.

The Challenge Ahead

Your role as part of Global Analytics and Insights Technology (GAIT) will be to build last-mile global analytics and reporting solutions that depict player evolution year-over-year in titles such as Apex Legends, Battlefield, and Star Wars Battlefront.

You will help build a platform to process petabytes of data into pipelines for user-facing environments and collaboratively compete for the industry-leading data program – all while serving needs of teams on the cutting edge of game development using DevOps methodologies.

What a Data Engineer does at EA

• Build and deploy data sets to support reporting analytics and exploratory analysis.
• Contribute to technical design and ongoing development of our core data infrastructure and ETL framework, and help drive continuous improvement thereof.
• Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability, etc.
• Manage testing and bug fixes and participate in code reviews.
• Collaborate with data architects, modelers and other team members on project goals.

What skills does the next great Data Engineer bring

• Solid experience using Python and at least some flavour of SQL.
• Advanced experience with data modelling, relational databases and complex SQL queries.
• Experience building and optimizing data pipelines and dealing with unstructured datasets.
• Familiarity with cloud-based infrastructure such as AWS and GCP.
• Experience performing root cause analysis on internal and external data sources and processes to answer specific questions and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Comfortable debugging problems and issues with little supervisors input.
• Excellent ability to prioritize and carry out multiple tasks without routine supervision.

What additional skills would be an advantage

• Familiarity with cloud-native databases – we use Snowflake.
• Experience with workflow orchestration tools such as Airflow and Oozie.
• Previous working experience with big data tools like HDFS, Hive and Presto.
• Hands on experience building CI/CD pipelines and using Docker.
• Not afraid using the command-line and working with servers.

We appreciate the work contractors provide, so here at EA we like to offer you great facilities while you are working onsite including:

• Free onsite gym
• Two annual parties (Summer & Christmas)
• Onsite cafe
• Our very own barista
• Games Area

We thought you might also want to know more about our location: https://www.ea.com/careers/careers-overview/guildford  

Take your career to the next level – apply today!

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Electronic Arts Inc. ist ein weltweit führender Anbieter interaktiver Unterhaltungssoftware. EA bietet Spiele, Inhalte und Online-Dienste für internetfähige Spielkonsolen, Personalcomputer, Mobiltelefone und Tablets an.

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Days Open: 36

Can this position be remote?:

EEO Employer Verbiage:

EA engagiert sich für Chancengleichheit und Gleichstellung. Alle Personalentscheidungen werden unabhängig von Ethnie, Hautfarbe, Herkunft, Abstammung, Geschlecht, Geschlechtsidentität oder ausgelebtem Geschlecht, sexueller Orientierung, Alter, genetischer Information, Religion, Behinderung, Krankheit, Schwangerschaft, Familienstand oder Veteranenstatus getroffen. EA sorgt außerdem für die durch geltendes Gesetz vorgeschriebenen Anpassungen am Arbeitsplatz für Individuen mit anerkannten Behinderungen.