Data Engineer

TITLE:Data Engineer

LOCATION:Bellevue, WA

TerraPower is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. At its core, the company is working to raise living standards globally through a more affordable, secure and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy along with innovations in medical isotopes to improve human health. In 2006, TerraPower originated with Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world. They recognized energy access was crucial to the health and economic well-being of communities and decided that the private sector needed to take action and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment.

TerraPower’s mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. As a result, the company’s activities in the fields of nuclear energy and related sciences are yielding significant innovations in the safety and economics of nuclear power, hybrid energy and medical applications – all for significant human health benefits.

TerraPower is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape and bringing forward the critical production of medical isotopes.TerraPower is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, as a federal contractor, TerraPower has instituted an Affirmative Action Plan (AAP) in an effort to proactively recruit, hire, and promote women, minorities, disabled persons and veterans.

Data Engineer

TerraPower is looking for a motivated, detail-oriented, and collaborative Data Engineer to support enterprise data management, business reporting, and AI data modeling to join our growing IT team. A successful candidate is someone who demonstrates integrity, situational awareness and adaptability working in a diverse team with dynamic priorities.

As a Data Engineer, you will play an important role in defining and implementing data pipelines. Your primary responsibilities will include understanding business needs, identifying the data sources to meet those needs, applying best practices in data management, and maintaining accurate documentation.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify and document the business relevance and ownership of data sources
• Build tools to give us visibility into our data to support business processes
• Support the development, delivery and training of BI dashboards and reporting tools to meet compliance objectives and enhance the organization’s program and project management teams
• Work directly with business partners to discuss reporting needs, build requirements, identify sources of data, define security needs and agree on definition of complete
  
  

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in data engineering, with demonstrated capability in distributed computing technologies, ETL, query performance optimization, and modern SDLC methods
• SQL proficiency and mastery of at least one general-purpose programming language
• Passion for building and improving data pipelines that are performant, easy to maintain, and consistently deliver high-quality data products
• Proficiency in various data modeling techniques, such as Entity Relational (ER), Hierarchical, Dimensional or NoSQL modeling.
• Experience working in a cloud infrastructure environment and using various data warehouse and big data systems
• 3+ years experience with orchestration tools such as Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse, AWS Step function, Airflow, Control-m, etc. (preference Azure Data Factory/Synapse)
• Some exposure/experience with data visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau, QuickSight, QlickView, IBM Cognos analytics or Business Objects (preference Power BI)
• Experience owning problems end-to-end and a willingness to pick up whatever knowledge you are missing to get the job done
• Ability to move forward in an environment where requirements are sometimes loosely defined or that may have competing priorities/deadlines.
  
  

Job Functions

Job Functions are physical actions and/or working conditions associated with the position. These functions may also constitute essential functions for the job which the employee must be able to fulfill, with or without accommodation. Information provided below is to help describe the job so that the applicant has a reasonable understanding of the job duties/expectations. An applicant's ability to perform and/or tolerate these actions and conditions will be discussed and workplace accommodations may be made on a case-by-case basis following an individualized assessment of the applicant and other considerations, including but not limited to any governing safety standards.

• Motor Abilities: Sitting and/or standing for extended periods, bending/stooping, grasping/gripping, fine motor control (hands)
• Physical exertion and/or requirements: Minimal, with ability to safely lift up to 25 pounds
• Repetitive work: Occasional
• Special Senses: Visual and audio focused work
• Work Conditions: Stairs, typing/keyboard, standard and/or sitting working environment of >8 hrs./day
• Travel required: 0-5%
  
  

TerraPower’s technology is controlled for export by various agencies of the U.S. Government. TerraPower must evaluate applicants who are foreign nationals (other than asylees, refugees, or lawful permanent residents) in accordance with U.S. Government export control requirements. To facilitate TerraPower’s export control reviews, you will be asked as part of the application process to identify whether you are a U.S. Citizen or national, asylee, refugee, or lawful permanent resident of the United States. Government export authorization approval times vary. Based on the business needs for a particular position, TerraPower may not consider a foreign national from a country if it is impracticable to obtain timely Government export approval.

Job details

Salary Range Level 11: $ 120,671.62 - $ 201,119.37

• Typically, our employee salaries are within .90 – 1.0 of the mid-point of the posted salary bands. Any salary offered within the posted salary band is based on market data and commensurate with the selected candidate’s qualifications and experience. This range is specific to Washington State.
  
  

Benefits

• Competitive Compensation
• Salary, eligible to participate in discretionary short-term incentive payments
• Comprehensive Medical and Wellness Benefits Medical
• Vision
• Dental
• Life
• Life and Disability
• Gender Affirmation Benefits
• Parental Leave
• 401k Plan
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 21 days of annually accrued PTO
• Generous Holiday Schedule
• 10 paid holidays
• Relocation Assistance
• Professional and Educational Support Opportunities
• Flexible Work Schedule
  
  

TerraPower Career and Benefits information: https://www.terrapower.com/contact-us/careers/