CAREERS: DATA ENGINEER

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Human Capital Research Corporation (HCRC), a Chicago-based research consultancy specializing in higher education enrollment, finance, and market development is seeking individuals with outstanding technical and creative talents to join us as a full time Data Engineer. Working with HCRC’s development team, this position will work in a collaborative environment building ETL pipelines and converting locally hosted workstreams to a cloud framework.

Working in close concert with HCRC’s other developers, analysts, and senior consultants, responsibilities for the position include:

Technical needs assessment of the design and performance of HCRC’s existing suite of analytic products and identification of new product opportunities
Designing and developing new software to tools automate data conditioning, data display related to HCRC’s analytics
Maintenance, quality-control management, error correction and enhancements related to the performance and user-interface of existing applications
Managing concept, design, production and implementation of new applications over the course of the entire development life cycle
Providing on-going communication and consultation with internal stakeholders concerning status of existing projects and prospective new projects
Provide end-user support and related training to ensure programs are utilized properly and smoothly, and deficiencies and requisite improvements are resolved on a timely basis

The ideal candidate will have:

Experience working on a multidisciplinary team to solve data engineering problems including analytics and business intelligence
Understanding of building data pipelines and ETL strategies
Knowledge of python, javascript, typescript, HTML, and CSS required
Proficiency with a database system such as SQL, DynamoDB, or equivalent
Hands-on experience with AWS cloud technologies including Glue, Lambda, and S3
Working knowledge of React, PySpark
Preferred experience with NoSql and typescript
Demonstrated experience of data warehousing concepts and approaches
Full software development life cycle experience
Demonstrated experience in Service Orientated Architecture
Experience with GIT or related source control
Self-Starter - Inquisitive, motivated and creative
Capability to work independently and collaboratively
Knowledge of data visualization a plus
Experience working in higher education administration or research a plus

Application

US citizens and those authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor H1b candidates at this time. Interested parties should forward a resume to HRresume@humancapital.com.

About Human Capital Research

Established in 1991, HCRC is among the nation’s preeminent education research consultancies. Using a wide array of econometric and statistical research methods and rubrics, HCRC provides colleges and universities with a wide range of strategic information services concerning all aspects of the college enrollment process and student experience from first contact on through to graduation and beyond.