Data Engineer (Champaign, IL) – Dow

About Dow

Dow believes in putting people first and is passionate about delivering integrity, respect and safety to its customers, employees and the planet. The company is a community of relentless problem solvers that offers the daily opportunity to contribute with your perspective, transform industries and shape the future. Its purpose is simple – to deliver a sustainable future for the world through science and collaboration. If you’re looking for a challenge and meaningful role, Dow is the right place for you.

About the Role

Dow has an exciting opportunity for a Data Engineer on the Data & Analytics Platforms team within its Enterprise Data & Analytics organization. This position is located full-time on site at the University of Illinois Research Park in Champaign, IL.

As a Data Engineer specializing in data and analytics solutions, you will work with a diverse cross-functional team whose objective is to deliver solutions that drive business value for Dow. Recent solutions include carbon visibility, plastics circularity, and sales opportunities utilizing our enterprise data ecosystem. In this role, you will focus on ingestion, persistence, and curation of data as defined by specific projects. As this is a Research Park role, part of the expectation of this role will be to manage the onboarding process and provide ongoing coaching of college interns.  You will work closely with a global, multi-disciplinary team to:

• Create data pipelines for projects in the Azure environment.
• Design, develop, test, and implement analytic and reporting solutions. This includes the curation and ingestion of data from different source systems, driving end-to-end data flow for multiple solutions.
• Identify opportunities for innovating with digital capabilities aiming to accelerate Dow’s digital transformation.

Responsibilities

• Owns the development and deployment of solutions enabling data ingestion, storage, and consumption across Dow’s enterprise data platforms (Azure-based) .
• Develops and deploys scalable and efficient data processing pipelines using Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, and other relevant technologies.
• Collaborates with data scientists and data analysts to support their data needs.
• Continuously monitors, tests, and improves data architecture and performance .
• Deploys Azure services using Infrastructure as Code and Azure DevOps.
• Manage the onboarding process and ongoing coaching of college interns.

Qualifications

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree, or 5 years relevant experience, or relevant military experience at or above a U.S. E6 or Canadian Petty Officer 2nd Class or Sergeant ranking.
• A minimum of 2 years of professional data platform experience (data ingestion, pipeline orchestration).
• A minimum of 2 years of professional experience in Databricks technology.
• Experience in Microsoft Azure’s Environment setting up Azure Databricks data processing workloads, experience with deploying Machine Learning models for predictive analytics, setting up containerized applications, and utilizing various authentication methods for application consumption.
• A minimum requirement for this U.S. based position is the ability to work legally in the United States. No visa sponsorship/support is available for this position, including for any type of U.S. permanent residency (green card) process.

Preferred Skills

Having some of the following skills will be beneficial, but they can be learned on the job:

• A degree discipline in Computer Science, Information Technology, or other Engineering disciplines.
• Ability to thrive in challenging situations and solve complex problems .
• Manage own work effort in multiple projects with little supervision.
• Interested about emerging technologies with the ability to quickly learn and exploit cutting edge offerings to achieve business objectives.
• Data Management and Storage: Proficiency with Azure SQL Database, Azure Data Lake Storage, Azure Cosmos DB, and Azure Blob Storage.
• Data Integration and ETL: Experience with Azure Data Factory for developing and implementing ETL processes.
• Big Data and Analytics: Knowledge of Azure Databricks, Apache Spark, and other big data technologies.
• Programming Languages: Familiarity with Python, Scala, and SQL.
• SQL Database Development: Strong background in SQL database development, data modeling, and data warehousing.
• Data Processing: Hands-on experience with data processing languages and tools like T-SQL, Python, and Scala.
• Data Visualization: Proficiency in tools like Microsoft Power BI for data visualization.
• Strong problem-solving abilities, effective communication skills, and the ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.

Additional notes

• This position does not offer relocation assistance.​
• While this position does not have direct people leadership responsibility, your independent contributions will have the opportunity to build leadership as a coach and mentor to junior resources.

Benefits

Dow invests in total rewards programs to help you manage all aspects of you: your pay, your health, your life, your future, and your career. You bring your background, talent, and perspective to work every day. Dow rewards that commitment by investing in your total well-being.

Here are just a few highlights of what you would be offered as a Dow employee:

• Equitable and market-competitive base pay and bonus opportunity across our global markets, along with locally relevant incentives.
• Benefits and programs to support your physical, mental, financial, and social well-being, to help you get the care you need…when you need it.
• Competitive retirement program that may include company-provided benefits, savings opportunities, financial planning, and educational resources to help you achieve your long term financial-goals.
  • Employee stock purchase programs (availability varies depending on location).
• Student Debt Retirement Savings Match Program (U.S. only).
  • Dow will take the value of monthly student debt payments and apply them as if they are contributions to the Employees’ Savings Plan (401(k)), helping employees reach the Company match.
• Robust medical and life insurance packages that offer a variety of coverage options to meet your individual needs. Travel insurance is also available in certain countries/locations.
• Opportunities to learn and grow through training and mentoring, work experiences, community involvement and team building.
• Workplace culture empowering role-based flexibility to maximize personal productivity and balance personal needs.
• Competitive yearly vacation allowance.
• Paid time off for new parents (birthing and non-birthing, including adoptive and foster parents).
• Paid time off to care for family members who are sick or injured.
• Paid time off to support volunteering and Employee Resource Group’s (ERG) participation.
• Wellbeing Portal for all Dow employees, our one-stop shop to promote wellbeing, empowering employees to take ownership of their entire wellbeing journey.
• On-site fitness facilities to help stay healthy and active (availability varies depending on location).
• Employee discounts for online shopping, cinema tickets, gym memberships and more.
• Additionally, some of our locations might offer:
  • Transportation allowance (availability varies depending on location)
  • Meal subsidiaries/vouchers (availability varies depending on location)
  • Carbon-neutral transportation incentives e.g. bike to work (availability varies depending on location)

Apply now on the Dow Website