Data Engineer, DaaS

PayPay Minato-ku, Tokyo
  • 💴 No salary range given
  • 🏡 Fully remote (within Japan)
  • 🧪 5+ years experience required
  • 💬 No Japanese required
  • 🌏 Apply from abroad
  • 🧳 Relocate to Japan
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About PayPay

PayPay Minato-ku, Tokyo

With over 65M million registered users (as of August 2024), PayPay is the country’s most popular mobile wallet used by approximately one out of every two smartphone users in Japan.

Key benefits

  • International engineering team
  • Japanese lessons on company time
  • Incredible scale

About the position

PayPay’s growth is driving a rapid expansion of PayPay product teams and the need for a robust Data Engineering Platform to support our growing business needs is more critical than ever. We are looking for a Data Engineer for the DaaS team. The DaaS team’s responsibility is to design, implement, and operate this platform by using cutting edge technologies such as Spark, Hudi, Delta Lake, Scala, and AWS suite of data tools.

We are looking for talented Data Engineers to join our team and help us scale our platform across the organizations.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain scalable data ingestion pipelines using AWS Glue, Step Functions, Lambda, and Terraform
  • Optimize and manage large scale data pipelines to ensure high performance, reliability, and efficiency
  • Implement data processing workflows using Hudi, Delta Lake, Spark, and Scala
  • Maintain and enhance Lakeformation and Glue Data Catalog for effective data management and discovery
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless data flow and integration across the organization
  • Implement best practices for observability, data governance, security, and compliance

Requirements

  • 5+ years experience as a Data Engineer or in a similar role
  • Hands-on experience with Apache Hudi, Delta Lake, Spark, and Scala
  • Experience designing, building, and operating a DataLake or Data Warehouse
  • Knowledge of Data Orchestration tools such as Airflow, Dagster, Prefect
  • Strong expertise in AWS services, including Glue, Step Functions, Lambda, and EMR
  • Familiarity with change data capture tools like Canal, Debezium, and Maxwell
  • Experience with data warehousing tools like AWS Athena, BigQuery, Databricks
  • Experience in at least one primary language (e.g. Scala, Python, Java) and SQL (any variant)
  • Experience with data cataloging and metadata management using AWS Glue Data Catalog, Lakeformation, or Unity Catalog
  • Proficiency in Terraform for infrastructure as code (IaC)
  • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex data issues
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
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