Data Engineer
Paramount (NASDAQ: PARA; PARAA) is a leading global media and entertainment company that creates premium content and experiences for audiences worldwide. Driven by iconic studios, networks and streaming services, its portfolio of consumer brands includes CBS, Showtime Networks, Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, BET, Paramount+, Pluto TV and Simon & Schuster, among others. The company delivers the largest share of the U.S. television audience and boasts one of the industry's most important and extensive libraries of TV and film titles. In addition to offering innovative streaming services and digital video products, Paramount provides powerful capabilities in production, distribution and advertising solutions.
Overview:
We are seeking a curious and motivated Data Engineer to join our Data Strategy & Operations team at Paramount. This position supports the data ingestion needs within Corporate Research. The role services Brands across the Paramount portfolio and works across data from Streaming, Social, Digital and external platforms. This person will develop and support data pipelines to pull data through various ingestion methods (API, feed, S3, Snowflake, etc.) based on business needs. They will also work closely with datasets which are then used as inputs into downstreaming data flows and dashboarding/reporting.
Day-to-Day Responsibilities:
- Maintain pre-existing data pipelines
- Develop & support new ingestion pipelines
- Expand upon existing processes to pull in new metrics/data needs based on business requirements
- Troubleshoot failures, data delays, and data anomalies to ensure data accuracy.
- Monitor jobs and find opportunities for efficiency in scheduling, dependencies, and functionality.
- Optimize data processes to ensure data timeliness and completeness.
Qualifications:
- Undergraduate degree
- 2+ years’ of working experience with Python - strong internship and project experience will be considered
- Demonstrated ability to import, clean, transform, and aggregate data with the purpose of translating large data sources into meaningful datasets for decision making purposes.
- Familiarity with data transfer methods/protocols required (including but not limited to APIs, feeds, S3, S/FTP, Google Cloud Storage, querying data out of data warehouses, snowflake, etc.)
- AWS or GCP knowledge
- Familiar with ETL tools
- Demonstrated usage of engineering best practices.
- Curiosity about all things data related
Nice to have:
- Experience in Linux/UNIX environments, SQL & R
- Experience contributing and collaborating via Git.
- A broad understanding of datasets from streaming, social, and digital platforms including but not limited to Adobe Analytics, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, etc.
- Familiar with SVOD & AVOD datasets.
- Experience with RESTful services
- Familiar with Domo or other BI tools.
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