Data Engineer - Principal Job Listing at RNDC in Houston, TX (Job ID 1142057000)

Description

Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) is a family-owned business with roots extending before Prohibition that has evolved into one of the nation's largest wine and spirits wholesalers. Our success is grounded in our core values of Family, Service, Accountability, Honesty, and Professionalism. We offer a vibrant, inclusive culture and workplace experience for individuals who want a career that makes them feel accomplished and engaged. RNDC values the health and well-being of our associates, inside and outside the office, offering dynamic health and wellness benefits that supply exceptional care and value. RNDC is geared toward growing our footprint and our people. Join our team of energetic professionals who believe in many happy hours and are experts in our craft.

The Principal Data Engineer will play a crucial role in expanding and optimizing our data and data pipeline architecture, while also enhancing data flow and collection for cross-functional teams within the Engineering Organization. They will collaborate closely with software engineers and product management teams on data initiatives, ensuring that the optimal data delivery architecture is consistently maintained across ongoing projects.

• Serves as a technical expert across all RNDC data technologies and able to provide technical leadership to team members.
• Understands, articulates, interprets, and applies the principles of the defined strategy to business problems that may span one or many functions or domains.
• Defines and identifies the most suitable sources for required data that is fit for purpose, referring to external sources as required. 
• Acts as key technical contact point for all database design decisions within a given project and ensures that appropriate level of architecture reviews is conducted.
• Advises project teams of standard requirements, security standards, methodology and processes. Reviews the deliverables of data engineers and provides guidance.
• Assists in defining data modeling standards and foundational best practices. 
• Acts as SME in the plan and design of new solutions and provides support on all the stages of data implementation and/or related deployments. Evaluates impacts of data issues and risks at an early stage.
• Influences business stakeholder decision making and challenge business assumptions on topics related to one's domain expertise.
• Follows best practices in support of large, complex, enterprise projects and can estimate required work effort.
• Identifies and defines the appropriate techniques for exposing data to other systems.
   

• Bachelor's/Tech School degree in Computer Science, MIS or Engineering or relevant technical field and/or commensurate years of real-world experience in software engineering.
• 10+ years of relevant experience in data management and data engineering with detailed knowledge of data warehouse technical architectures, infrastructure components, ETL/ ELT
• Technical expertise with data models, data mining, and segmentation techniques
• Experience in data acquisition, transformation and storage design using design principles, patterns and best practices
• Experience with performance analysis and optimization
• Experience with relational SQL and NoSQL databases, including Postgres and Cassandra
• Experience with data pipeline and workflow management tools
• Experience with AWS cloud services: EC2, EMR, RDS, Redshift
• Experience with stream-processing systems: Kafka, Storm, Spark-Streaming, etc.
   

• 401(k) with company matching 
• Medical, dental and vision benefits* 
• Paid Time Off Program – work your way up to 5 weeks of PTO a year with the ability to carryover unused PTO 
• Paid volunteer time 
• Paid parental leave 
• Paid caregivers leave 
• Fertility benefits  
• Paid training 
• Company paid life insurance, short-term disability, and company-paid holidays 
• Associate resource groups, and diversity, equity, and inclusion programs available for all associates 

 
*Participation in these programs is subject to applicable wait periods and all plan and program terms and eligibility 
 
COVID-19 considerations: 
We follow CDC Guidelines and have a fun and safe environment for our teams. 
 

• Previous experience in the Wine and Spirits industry 
• Data engineering certification is a plus
   

Republic National Distributing Company and National Distributing Company are Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employers. It is our policy not to discriminate against any Employee or Applicant. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability. This policy of nondiscrimination in employment includes but is not limited to: recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, employment advertising or solicitations, compensation, layoff or termination of employment.
 
RNDC is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to people with disabilities throughout the job application and interview process, to the point of undue hardship. If you require an accommodation during the application or interview process, please click here.