Big Data Developer

WHO WE ARE?

Being the daughter company of Swisscom - leading telecommunications company and one of the most sustainable and innovative companies in Switzerland - we share the same values, vision and goals. 

As a trustworthy and efficient Swisscom IT service partner, we create valuable customer experiences. We work in a strong collaboration with our Partners in Switzerland and attract and retain high performers.

We're expanding our footprint in Riga and actively seeking 50+ DevOps Engineers to join our growing teams within this year.  

We invite driven professionals to join us, grow with us, and help shape the future.

The product and team:

You will be part of the Polaris team that creates value by transforming Swisscom raw network data into mobility and network insights at the scale of the country. You blend in with our team of software engineers, data engineers and data scientists, who are passionate about building data and machine learning products. We invent and implement algorithms; we design and build systems while leveraging knowledge from domains like machine learning, graph theory, distributed systems, data mining, privacy engineering, etc. 

As a Big Data DevOps Engineer you will:

• Oversee smooth operation of data pipelines
• Fixing pipelines when there are failures
• Checking the accuracy of data sources and impact on produced datasets and communicating with source teams for changes
• Constantly improving the pipelines, improving data observability, regular security updates in the codebase, infrastructure stability and performance monitoring.

What we offer:

• Salary from 2500 EUR monthly gross
• 80 EUR monthly cell phone and internet allowance
• Flexible schedule and possibility to work in hybrid mode
• Ergonomic home office allowance in value of 500 EUR
• Possibility to work abroad for 4 weeks each year
• Premium health insurance after 1 month (with included consultations with psychologist and/or physiotherapist)
• Optics (200 EUR every 2 years)
• 24 working days of annual paid holiday per year
• 5 dedicated paid learning day’s annually
• Gym membership or swimming pool/water aerobics membership
• Day off on your birthday or names day
• 1 day off for social activities (voluntary project, adopting an animal)​
• Collaborative, friendly and driven work environment
• Work on innovations, cutting-edge technologies and in autonomous high-performance teams
• Parking options
• Continuous development environment that fosters your growth (conferences, cross-department experience sharing, learning platforms etc.)
• Annual salary review.

Job requirements

• Highly curious and motivated to learn and experiment with new technologies, data and tools
• Python development skills
• Knowledge and hands-on experience of CI/CD and bash scripting
• Experience in Docker and Kubernetes
• Solid understanding of data structures and algorithms
• Collaborating with an international and geographically distributed team, embracing cultural diversity, and engaging with different stakeholders
• Good English

Nice to have:

• Knowledge of Big Data technologies (e.g. Spark, Kafka, etc)
• Knowledge of relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL, MySQL) or NoSQL (e.g. MongoDB, Elasticsearch)
• Familiarity with Apache Airflow
• Knowledge of web front-end development and frameworks or data science
• Knowledge or interest in computer security
• Experience in building scalable and robust REST APIs

Apply now for a new professional adventure and work with motivated colleagues from all over the world!

Join our DevOps team in Riga, backed by Swisscom - one of the leading Swiss IT providers.

NB! This position requires living or relocation to Latvia.