Application Developer, Lead (Remote)

ARE YOU A CURRENT US FOODS EMPLOYEE? PLEASE APPLY DIRECTLY THROUGH OUR INTERNAL WORKDAY CAREER SITE

Join Our Community of Food People!

At US Foods®, innovation and technology is our superpower. By expanding our digital ecosystem and leading with a customer-first mindset, we’re delivering technology that empowers our customers and simplifies business. As we transform the digital landscape of the foodservice industry, we’re outpacing our competitors faster than ever before. ​

We believe diversity is the cornerstone of creativity and innovation—and we foster an open, inclusive, flexible work environment that supports our transformation.

The Lead Data Engineer is responsible for the development and implementation of data pipeline solutions to support the organization’s reporting, analytics, and other data needs. The developer will work closely with stakeholders across functional areas to deliver well-structured data in a reliable, efficient, and timely way.

Flexible Work Policy: The work for the Lead Data Engineer position is completely 100% remote anywhere in the United States except Hawaii or United States Territories.  This position may have the potential to travel up to 20% dependent on business needs.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Review project objectives and determine best technology to apply;

• Design and build large scale datasets for a wide range of consumer needs;

• Build, test and implement highly efficient data pipelines using a variety of technologies;

• Develop best practice standards for solution design and data structures;

• Analyze new data sources to understand quality, availability and content;

• Write technical design documentation;

• Conducts peer code reviews;

• Create and executes unit tests;

• Supports QA team during testing;

• Mentor less experienced members of the development team.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education/Training:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field required;

• AWS certification preferred

Related Experience:

• 6+ years of professional IT experience;

• 4+ years of data engineering related experience.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:  

• Experience overseeing other developers;

• Proven ability to model data for reporting and analytics needs;

• Proven ability to analyze and understand existing processes and code;

• Works and communicates effectively with all levels of management;

• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills;

• Must work well within team-oriented environments. 

Familiarity with:

• Use of CI/CD tools (Chef, Jenkins, Bamboo, Git/Bitbucket);

• Supporting self-service reporting and analytics;

• Working with semi-structured data.

Proficiency in one or more of the following:

• SQL

• Oracle, MySQL, other relational databases

• Python

• AWS (ERM, Lambda, IAM, S3)

• Linux

Nice to have:

• Snowflake

• Airflow

• R or Pandas

• API development (Mulesoft)

• Machine Learning

• Tableau

• Alteryx

• Kinesis or Kafka

Universal Pay Language:

Compensation depends on relevant experience and/or education, specific skills, function, geographic location, and other factors as applicable by law.  The expected base rate for this role is between $85,000 - $140,000.

This role will also receive annual incentive plan bonus.

​Benefits for this role may include health insurance, pre-tax spending accounts, retirement benefits, paid time off, short-term and long-term disability, employee stock purchase plan, and life insurance. To review available benefits, please click here: https://www.usfoods.com/careers/benefits.html.

***EOE Race/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Protected Veteran/Disability Status***