Cloud Data Engineer

Napkyn is a fully accredited Google Marketing Platform (GMP) sales partner. We help brands build stronger digital connections with consumers through nimble and strategic engagement models, providing advertising and data strategy, training, technology design and hands-on campaign management.
As a Kepler Group company, Napkyn draws from Kepler's strategic, technology-and data-driven marketing expertise to provide world-class Google marketing support.

Napkyn Summary:
Data and technology have revolutionized the way businesses go to market, harvest insights, and drive ongoing innovation. Napkyn’s team of data scientists, marketing experts and systems engineers are at the forefront of that revolution, and we are seeking new colleagues that possess a desire to bring thoughtful, strategic, technology-driven solutions to the world’s leading marketers.

The Napkyn offering is based on 14+ years’ experience as a thought leader in digital analytics and data-driven marketing. And it is anchored by the Google Marketing and Cloud Platforms, based on our belief that Google has built the most effective, interconnected, data-rich toolkit for brands and their agencies. Our engagements include everything from installing and integrating Google Analytics into clients’ business structures – and implementing pervasive data-activation practices across every client function, to assisting brands and agencies take full advantage of the Google Marketing Platform’s powerful media capabilities.
Put simply, our desire is to fundamentally change the way our clients harness data to do business. We’d love to hear whether you’d like to help us do it.

Corporate Overview:
Napkyn is an entrepreneurial, autonomous business that can draw on the full support of parent company Kepler Group, a member of the kyu Collective alongside IDEO, SYPartners, BEworks, Sid Lee and others. kyu is a strategic unit within Hakuhodo DY, a top 10 marketing services group with over 25,000 employees worldwide. Kepler and Napkyn are committed to delivering world class perks & benefits, offering dynamic career opportunities across our network of offices, and maintaining constant focus on creating a diverse, supportive and inclusive workplace environment.

Role Description:

The Cloud Data Engineer is a key contributor to the Data Solutions team, focused on
building, optimizing, and maintaining scalable data infrastructure and pipelines, primarily
within Google Cloud.

This role is centered on leveraging data technologies and programming/scripting
(typically in Python) to handle the entire ETL/ELT process—from extraction and
transformation to loading data from diverse sources.

The engineer will automate processes, improve data delivery, and ensure the scalability,
performance, and security of data solutions.

Furthermore, this position involves close collaboration with Napkyn’s team to prototype,
pilot, and document potential GCP-based use cases that address specific client needs
and market opportunities, ensuring robust data quality and adherence to security and
privacy best practices.

Primary Responsibilities:

● Develop data integration solutions for customer private cloud environments (most
often Google Cloud), leveraging available tools in that platform, REST APIs, and
scripting (typically in Python)
● Build the infrastructure required for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading
of data from a wide variety of data sources
● Implement pipelines and data warehousing based on specifications provided by
customers or Napkyn team members
● Assess existing customer pipelines and offer improvements for efficiency, security
and capabilities
● Participate in prototyping efforts to proof technologies against a client’s objectives
● Participate and engage in pilot exercises with selected customers
Skills & Experience
Required
● Proficiency building ETL/ELT pipelines in private cloud environments (Google
Cloud, AWS, Azure)
● Strong Computer Science (CS) fundamentals, problem-solving skills and software
engineering skills
● Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders to define requirements
● A strong ability to understand and organize data from various sources
● Strong expertise in a programming language (preferably Python)
● Proficiency writing queries with SQL
● Experience with Google Cloud, especially BigQuery
● Experience building solutions via API integration, especially RESTful APIs
● Knowledge of OAuth protocols for API authentication
● Experience with quality assurance and devops processes
● Ability to effectively communicate with developers internally and in client
organizations
● Strong understanding of security implications in data pipelines
● Ability to identify and resolve performance and data quality in data pipelines
● Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
● Strong writing and communication skills
● Ability to prioritize projects and handle multiple tasks efficiently
● A degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Information Systems, or other
quantitative fields, or comparable industry experience.

Preferred:

● Experience in additional Google Cloud products for data pipelines, such as Cloud
Dataflow, Google Dataproc
● Experience with Google APIs and SDKs, especially those for Google Marketing
Platform products
● Experience with data privacy concerns and requirements
● Experience with Kotlin/JVM or JavaScript in addition to Python is an asset
● Google Cloud Professional certifications, particularly the Data Engineer, Cloud
Database Engineer or ML Engineer certifications, are an asset

Napkyn welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are
available upon request for applicants in all aspects of the selection process. We are committed to
diversity of background, thought and experience, and we work to create an environment in which
all our employees thrive by bringing their authentic self to work.

MORE ABOUT KEPLER

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive health and dental benefits
• Tuition reimbursement and training stipend
• Hybrid Office/WFH Schedules: office supplies, internet, and phone stipend
• “Work from Anywhere” 4 weeks per year
• Stocked kitchen, and other team outings
• Collaborative and friendly work space, easily commutable location
• Volunteering & altruism opportunities
• Team building lunches and events, and company celebrations: Summer, Halloween, Holidays, and many multicultural holidays recognized/celebrated
• If something is important to you that’s not listed here, let us know!

Career & Development Focus

• Ongoing learning and development for education opportunities such as webinars, books, classes, relevant conferences and events
• Opportunities to pursue business related side projects and Hackathons
• Environment of learning from peers, including 30+ class training program, Kepler University, powered by Center of Excellence and Tiger Team subject matter expert groups
• Opportunity to work with cutting edge technology and industry thought leaders
• Kepler Rocket Mentorship Program: beneficial for the development of both mentors and mentees

**All applications must include a Resume & Cover Letter in English to be considered. 

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