Data Engineer (Poland Remote)

<p><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">At First Advantage (Nasdaq: FA), people are at the heart of everything we do. From our customers and partners to our greatest advantage — our team members. Operating with empathy and compassion, First Advantage fosters a global inclusive workforce devoted to the diverse voices that make up our talent and products. Our team members empower each other to be their authentic selves and treat all with respect, integrity, and fairness.&nbsp;</span></span></span><br><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Say hello to a rewarding career and come join a leading provider of mission-critical background screening solutions to some of the most recognized Fortune 100 and Global 500 brands.&nbsp;</span></span></span><br><br><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;"><b>What We Do:&nbsp;</b></span></span></span><br><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">We are on the frontline of recruitment enabling organizations to Hire Smarter. Onboard Faster™ First Advantage is an HR Tech company delivering innovative solutions and insights to enable our clients to manage risk and hire the best talent. Leveraging an advanced technology platform, First Advantage builds fully scalable, configurable screening programs that meet the unique needs of over 30,000 clients. Headquartered in Atlanta, GA and with an internationally distributed workforce spanning 17 countries with about 5,000 employees, First Advantage performs over 100 million screens in over 200 countries and territories annually.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><br><br><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;"><b>Who You Are:&nbsp;</b></span></span></span><br><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">You are self-motivated and ready to “roll up your sleeves." While you are an independent contributor, you are also collaborative. You can spearhead a project and see it through from start to completion.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><br><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">As a team player, you navigate cross-functional teams and work well with team members in other business units and departments toward a common goal.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><br><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">An Innovator — you see gaps in current processes or workflows as an opportunity to improve and try something new.&nbsp;</span></span></span><br><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">A lifelong learner and always seeking out opportunities to learn and upskill, you understand the importance of thorough and secure screenings and are interested in the Human Capital sector and the confluence of people, process, and technology.&nbsp;</span></span></span><br><br><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;"><b>What You'll Do:&nbsp; &nbsp;</b></span></span></span><br><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">We are seeking a Data Engineer with solid Python/PySpark programming skills to join the Data Engineering Team and help us build the Data Analytics Platform in Azure cloud.</span></span></span><br><br><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;"><b>Responsibilities:&nbsp;</b></span></span></span></p><ul><li style="margin-bottom:11px;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Develop&nbsp;reusable, metadata-driven data pipelines</span></span></span></span></li><li style="margin-bottom:11px;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Automate&nbsp;and optimize&nbsp;any data platform related processes</span></span></span></span></li><li style="margin-bottom:11px;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Build&nbsp;integrations with data sources and data consumers</span></span></span></span></li><li style="margin-bottom:11px;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Add&nbsp;data transformation methods to shared ETL libraries</span></span></span></span></li><li style="margin-bottom:11px;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Write&nbsp;unit tests</span></span></span></span></li><li style="margin-bottom:11px;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Develop&nbsp;solutions for the Databricks data platform monitoring</span></span></span></span></li><li style="margin-bottom:11px;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Proactively resolve&nbsp;any performance or quality issues in ETL processes</span></span></span></span></li><li style="margin-bottom:11px;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Cooperate&nbsp;with infrastructure engineering team to set up cloud resources</span></span></span></span></li><li style="margin-bottom:11px;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Contribute&nbsp;to data platform wiki / documentation</span></span></span></span></li><li style="margin-bottom:11px;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Perform&nbsp;code reviews and ensures code quality</span></span></span></span></li><li style="margin-bottom:11px;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Initiate&nbsp;and implements improvements to the data platform architecture</span></span></span></span></li></ul><div style="margin-bottom:11px;"></div><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;"><b>What You Need to be Successful:&nbsp;</b></span></span></span><ul><li style="margin-bottom:11px;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Programming: Python/PySpark, SQL</span></span></span></span></li><li style="margin-bottom:11px;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Proficient in building robust data pipelines using Databricks Spark</span></span></span></span></li><li style="margin-bottom:11px;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Experienced in dealing with large and complex datasets</span></span></span></span></li><li style="margin-bottom:11px;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Knowledgeable about building data transformations modules organized as libraries (Python packages)</span></span></span></span></li><li style="margin-bottom:11px;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Familiar with Databricks Delta optimization techniques (partitioning, z-ordering, compaction, etc.)</span></span></span></span></li><li style="margin-bottom:11px;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Experienced in developing CI/CD pipelines</span></span></span></span></li><li style="margin-bottom:11px;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Experienced in leveraging event brokers (Kafka /Event Hubs / Kinesis) to integrate with data sources and data consumers </span></span></span></span></li><li style="margin-bottom:11px;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Understanding of basic networking concepts</span></span></span></span></li><li style="margin-bottom:11px;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Familiar with Agile Software Development methodologies (Scrum)</span></span></span></span></li></ul><div style="margin-bottom:11px;"></div><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;"><strong>Nice to Have Skills:</strong>&nbsp;</span></span></span><ul><li style="margin-bottom:11px;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Understanding of &nbsp;stream processing challenges and familiarity with Spark Structured Streaming</span></span></span></span></li><li style="margin-bottom:11px;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Experience with IaC (Terraform, Bicep or other)</span></span></span></span></li><li style="margin-bottom:11px;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Experience running containerized applications (Azure Container Apps, Kubernetes)</span></span></span></span></li><li style="margin-bottom:11px;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Experience building event sourcing solutions</span></span></span></span></li><li style="margin-bottom:11px;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Familiarity with platforms for change data capture (e.g. Debezium)</span></span></span></span></li><li style="margin-bottom:11px;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Knowledge of Azure cloud native solutions (e.g. Azure Data Factory, Azure Function App, Azure Container Instances)</span></span></span></span></li></ul><br><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;"><b>Why First Advantage is Your Next Big Career Move&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></span></span></span><br><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">First Advantage is going through a technology transformation! We are looking for experts who are excited to work with advanced technologies and provide best-in-class user experiences, drive the development and deployment of scalable solutions, and smoothly guide our agile teams and clients through meaningful changes as we continue to expand our impact.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><br><br><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;"><b>Additional benefits offered to our eligible people include:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></span></span></span><ul><li style="margin-bottom:11px;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Competitive benefits package, including health care, life insurance and Multisport,&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></li></ul><ul><li style="margin-bottom:11px;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Challenging projects.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></li><li style="margin-bottom:11px;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Spacious, modern, and fully equipped office space in the heart of Krakow.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></li><li style="margin-bottom:11px;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Flexibility and possibility to work remotely.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></li><li style="margin-bottom:11px;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">Superior co-working and personal development experience.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></li></ul><div style="margin-bottom:11px;"></div><p><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;"><b>What Are You Waiting For? Apply Today!&nbsp;</b></span></span></span><br><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span style="line-height:107%;"><span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;">You have learned a little about us today – we want to learn about you! If you think this position and our company are a great fit for your areas of interest and expertise, tell us about you by applying now!</span></span></span></p><p>United States Equal Opportunity Employment:</p>

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