Dick's Sporting Goods

Senior Data Engineer - Athlete (REMOTE)

United States

Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Retail, Sports & RecreationIndustries

Position Overview

  • Location Type: [Not specified]
  • Job Type: Full time
  • Salary: [Not specified]

At DICK’S Sporting Goods, we believe in how positively sports can change lives. On our team, everyone plays a critical role in creating confidence and excitement by personally equipping all athletes to achieve their dreams. We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce, reflecting the communities we serve. If you are ready to make a difference as part of the world’s greatest sports team, apply to join our team today!

The Senior Data Engineer on the Athlete team will support a wide array of data sources, inbound and outbound. They collaborate with vendors to build and maintain ingress and egress data flows. This data supports marketing functions that do not necessarily relate to others, so the ability to go deep and broad quickly is crucial to this role.

The Senior Data Engineer should be able to break down ambiguously defined goals into stories and sprints so they can collaborate with, and coordinate others, in execution of the work. Experience with PII data security and handling, Identity Resolution, and conforming disparate datasets into logically uniform datasets, as well as giving others guidance and feedback to achieve team goals is highly preferred.

Experience with Python, Databricks, SQL, data modeling, refactoring codebase, cataloging/data governance, and agile development are a plus. Time partnering with data scientists, sales/marketing teams, software engineering teams, and analysts are additionally a bonus.

Responsibilities

  • Lead in data modeling and pipeline development, leveraging established patterns.
  • Partner with Data Analysts to determine data requirements to support the organization's business needs.
  • Perform business/data analysis.
  • May coordinate solutions within a product team.
  • Determine database structural requirements to support the organization's business needs.
  • Support solutions that ensure enterprise systems remain best-in-class.
  • Learn to lead teams and solutions.

Data Movement:

  • Drive the design distribution of basic data infrastructure resources and create physical modeling and design services to tune database applications for optimum performance.

Data Architecture:

  • Drive the modeling of highly complex data structures that allow for easy consumption and analysis.
  • Select the appropriate technology for the implementation of solutions, leveraging a clear understanding of industry best practices and trends.

Data Set Exploration and Documentation:

  • Drive the analysis, documentation and articulation of complex datasets while establishing quality and the lineage of the data.

Functional/Technical Requirements:

  • Support the collection functional requirements using document analysis and workflow analysis to express the requirements in terms of target user roles and goals.

Program/Portfolio Management Support:

  • Contribute to work within an established program management plan to achieve specific goals.

Analysis of Current vs. Future State:

  • Support and contribute to the documentation of Current vs. Future state processes and describe the changes required to migrate to the future capability to record accurately the change required.

Infrastructure and Network Development and Maintenance:

  • Design and select data platforms to design solutions in line with industry best practice.

Information Security and Compliance:

  • Create and implement best practices for safely and securely moving data.
  • Configure infrastructure utilizing department standards for access controls, firewall rules and storage.

Technical Developments Recommendation:

  • Research and suggest ways to optimize solutions to better meet user and/or business, performance, quality needs.

Operational Compliance:

  • Identify, within the team, instances of non-compliance with the organization's policies and procedures and/or relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct, reporting these and escalating issues as appropriate.

Ongoing Learning and Development:

  • Develop own and more junior team member capabilities.

Requirements

  • Experience with PII data security and handling.
  • Experience with Identity Resolution.
  • Experience conforming disparate datasets into logically uniform datasets.
  • Ability to give others guidance and feedback to achieve team goals.
  • Experience with Python, Databricks, SQL, data modeling, refactoring codebase, cataloging/data governance, and agile development are a plus.
  • Experience partnering with data scientists, sales/marketing teams, software engineering teams, and analysts are a bonus.

Company Information

At DICK’S Sporting Goods, we believe in how positively sports can change lives. On our team, everyone plays a critical role in creating confidence and excitement by personally equipping all athletes to achieve their dreams. We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce, reflecting the communities we serve. If you are ready to make a difference as part of the world’s greatest sports team, apply to join our team today!

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Skills

Python
Databricks
SQL
Data Modeling
Data Governance
Agile Development
Data Pipeline Development
Data Security
Identity Resolution
Data Refactoring

Dick's Sporting Goods

Retailer of sporting goods and apparel

About Dick's Sporting Goods

DICK'S Sporting Goods is a retailer specializing in sporting goods, offering a variety of products such as sports equipment, apparel, and footwear. The company operates both physical stores and an online platform, allowing customers to shop in a way that suits them best. Customers can take advantage of financing options, such as 0% APR for larger purchases, making it easier to buy what they need. DICK'S Sporting Goods also has a loyalty program called ScoreCard, which rewards customers for their purchases, encouraging them to return. What sets DICK'S apart from competitors is its commitment to customer satisfaction, highlighted by its Best Price Guarantee, and its focus on social responsibility, believing in the positive impact of sports on lives. The goal of DICK'S Sporting Goods is to provide quality sporting goods while giving back to the community and promoting ethical business practices.

Coraopolis, PennsylvaniaHeadquarters
1948Year Founded
IPOCompany Stage
Consumer GoodsIndustries
10,001+Employees

Benefits

Flexible Work Hours
Remote Work Options

Risks

Increased competition from digital-first retailers could erode market share.
Closure of 35 stores in California may impact regional sales and brand presence.
Geopolitical tensions and elevated interest rates pose risks to supply chain stability.

Differentiation

DICK'S Sporting Goods offers exclusive brands and experiential retail strategies.
The company has a strong omnichannel presence, integrating online and physical stores.
DICK'S loyalty program, ScoreCard, enhances customer retention and repeat business.

Upsides

Experiential retail strategies are gaining traction, boosting customer engagement and sales.
The rise of 'athleisure' fashion aligns with DICK'S product offerings.
DICK'S Sporting Goods' strategic investments in House of Sport and Field House concepts fuel growth.

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