Thinking Machines is a technology consultancy building AI & data platforms to solve high-impact problems for our clients. Our vision is a future where data-driven decision-making is a norm and where AI is used to support humans in making excellent decisions. To do that, we create data cultures, one organization at a time.
We’re a company made up of intellectually curious, civic-minded, forever-learning individuals. We believe that great data science products are built with care for people and that the best way to drive inclusive innovation is to start with a diverse team.
Our field of work is incredibly dynamic, so we want to work with people who are committed to growing with us. We want to hire people who can demonstrate an ability to learn, then provide them with personalized coaching, growth opportunities, and a great working environment to get them to world-class.
In a world of continuous integration, rapid development, and data growth, reliability, and high availability are even more essential. Our Data Operations Team is integral to ensuring that the platforms and services clients use continue to be reliable and relevant to their business needs. We do this by proactively detecting and resolving incidents across our solutions while working with our clients to continuously enhance their platforms.
As a Data Operations Engineer in the Analytics Engineering track, you can expect to:
Work directly with our clients to ensure a successful customer journey by sharing the responsibility in system maintenance, incident management, feature development, and knowledge sharing.
Uncover issues or implement enhancements on existing data models, data transformation scripts, and dashboards.
Keep our platforms across the organization robust by collaborating with our product developers to develop improved systems, such as data accuracy checks, query optimization, and cost optimization.
If you are a “continuous improvement aficionado”, this role allows you to gain insight into the whole production, expand your knowledge, and ultimately, contribute high-value work the rest of the organization can benefit from. Not only this, but we are also constantly making an impact on our customers and their user experience. In fact, if you’re looking for a role designed to help customers the most – then Data Operations is for you!
We are looking for someone who meets the following profile:
Enjoys handling and presenting big data - You must be very comfortable with SQL and presenting data in dashboards. You get energized in data modeling and transformation, and maintaining strong data quality to support cross-functional teams
Enjoys coding - You must be very comfortable with writing and explaining code.
Customer-centric and proactive to client needs - You are motivated to collaborate with clients in building and running sustainable production systems that can evolve and adapt to changes in a global business environment.
Improvement-oriented with a low tolerance for repetitive work - You have an innate drive to improve existing systems and processes, proactively spot problems, areas for improvement, and performance bottlenecks, and take charge in driving new efficiencies that have not been previously tried.
Big picture thinking with a keen eye for quality assurance - Knowing how your work fits into a wider system helps you create better systems that prevent foreseeable problems and solve evolving challenges.
Quick learning agility - You're not expected to know everything, but we expect you to fill in the gaps quickly. Be resourceful by researching and asking questions!
Strong sense of initiative - Sometimes, the team won’t know that they need you. It helps to be aware of the projects people are working on and support when applicable.
We are open to engineers who have strong fundamental, language-agnostic skills. We believe that great engineers do not necessarily perfectly match our tech stack in the beginning, but will be able to pick it up quickly.
Proficiency with SQL (preferably BigQuery)
Working knowledge of data modeling concepts and dashboarding tools (e.g. Tableau, Looker Studio)
Has experience as a data analyst, or built-related projects
Bonus points for experience working on Google Cloud Platform, AWS, or similar cloud providers, and can demonstrate reasonable knowledge of its architecture and moving components.
We offer the following compensation and benefits:
Competitive salary — the compensation amount is positively correlated with the difficulty of the job, relevant experience, fit, and skill factors.
Remote first — due to the global pandemic, we have shifted to a remote-first company for the foreseeable future while we monitor the situation.
Individual professional development budget— an annual budget for conferences, training courses, books, and software is available to sharpen your skills and build new ones to help you grow in your role.
Full health benefits — generous health insurance package upon hiring.
Regular 1:1 meetings with the leadership team to discuss career and personal goals, job progress and any questions and concerns.