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CD Excellence Data Engineering Associate
Location
United States
Posted
77 days ago
Salary
$71.4K - $107.2K / year
Seniority
Mid Level
Job Description
CD Excellence Data Engineering Associate
Unilever
• Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and solutions on Microsoft Azure or similar cloud platforms. • Develop and optimize ETL/ELT workflows to support high-volume, high-velocity data ingestion. • Implement robust data models and structures that support analytics, reporting, and machine learning workloads. • Integrate new data sources—internal and external—into the enterprise data ecosystem to expand data availability and unlock new business insights. • Partner with product, engineering, business and global teams to identify opportunities for new datasets and ensure seamless onboarding. • Establish scalable frameworks for data discovery, cataloging, and lineage to support enterprise wide data growth. • Automate data workflows, quality checks, and monitoring using Cloud native tools and Databricks capabilities. • Collaborate with data scientists to operationalize AI models using Databricks, Azure Machine Learning, or similar platforms. • Ensure data readiness, reliability, and accessibility to accelerate AI adoption and experimentation. • Contribute to the development of an enterprise AI strategy by identifying data gaps, opportunities, and scalable patterns. • Work closely with cross functional teams to translate business requirements into scalable data solutions. • Provide technical guidance and best practices on Azure and Databricks to engineering and analytics teams. • Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and continuous improvement initiatives. • Assist in identifying & defining new systems functionality within the Go To Market technology stack. • Improve processes/workflows within the Sales organization in regard to Sales applications and system support. • User support - troubleshooting, identifying problems and working with Local & Global IT to resolve technical issues and work with users to provide proper training. • Assist in the analysis of underlying system issues arising from investigations into requirements and problems, and identify available solutions for consideration.
Job Requirements
- Technical aptitude and the ability to drive business value through focused technology solutions.
- Deep hands-on experience with cloud services such as Azure data services (e.g., Data Factory, Databricks, ADLS, Synapse, Azure SQL).
- Strong proficiency in building scalable ETL/ELT pipelines using Databricks (APIs, PySpark, Spark SQL, Delta Lake).
- Solid understanding of distributed computing, data lakehouse architecture, Unity Catalog and modern data engineering patterns.
- Ability to design and optimize data models that support analytics, reporting, and machine learning workloads.
- Strong SQL and Python skills, with the ability to write clean, efficient, production ready code.
- Proven ability to onboard new data sources, integrate APIs, and work with structured, semi-structured data.
- Experience designing frameworks for data ingestion, metadata management, and data lineage.
- Comfort working with large-scale datasets and evolving data ecosystems.
- Experience automating data workflows, quality checks, and monitoring using Azure-native tools.
- Familiarity with CI/CD practices for data engineering (e.g., GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps).
- Ability to build resilient, self-healing pipelines that minimize manual intervention.
- Strong focus on performance tuning, cost optimization, and operational reliability.
- Ability to build and maintain feature pipelines that support ML and AI initiatives.
- Experience collaborating with data scientists to operationalize models in Databricks or Azure ML.
- Understanding of how data quality, structure, and availability impact AI outcomes.
- Curiosity and initiative to identify new data opportunities that unlock AI use cases.
- Strong ability to turning data into insights and communicate actionable business narratives.
- Ability to quickly adapt new AI technologies around LLMs, MCPs, prompt engineering and advanced data modelling.
- Interest in developing a deep understanding of the Foodservice industry and its go to market use cases.
- Ability to lead and execute multiple projects simultaneously.
- Strong business partnering and communication skills.
Benefits
- Health insurance (including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage)
- Retirement savings benefits
- Life insurance and disability benefits
- Parental leave
- Sick leave
- Paid vacation and holidays
- Access to numerous voluntary benefits
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