Data Engineer

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About UsVisa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid. At Visa, you'll have the opportunity to create impact at scale — tackling meaningful challenges, growing your skills and seeing your contributions impact lives around the world. Join Visa and do work that matters – to you, to your community, and to the world. Progress starts with you. Job Description Data Engineer role for Asia Pacific Region is based out of Bangalore.  We are looking for an expert Data Engineer (Analyst level) with deep expertise in big data/data warehousing and can build large-scale data processing systems by using the latest database and data processing technologies.  This is a Pan-regional position and plays a critical role in enabling the data platforms through which Data Scientists, Analysts, and BI Users drive solutions for our Visa clients.     The Data Engineer takes responsibility for building and running data pipelines, designing our local data warehouse, data marts and data frameworks, and catering for different data presentation techniques. We are looking for a talented, technical, proactive, energetic, and passionate person who embraces challenges and is a proven problem solver.    He/she will bring in deep expertise in data pipeline design and development with a strong background in developing and enhancing data Pipelines at scale to unlock business value.   Principal Responsibilities  • Create and maintain optimal data pipelines, data marts and architecture(s), based on our Global Technology Stack  • Collaborate with the global data engineering team to adopt global engineering standards in AP region.   • Develop custom-built packages to support the needs of Data Scientists across the region  • Provide technical and business support for development of new platforms, tools for data science using both on-prem and cloud technologies.  • Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements to provide greater scalability to our existing client solutions  • Work with broader business stakeholders to assist clients and consultants with their data and infrastructure needs  • Partner with Technology on quarterly planning cycle and support management with relevant metrics to evaluate performance, stability, and reliability of various tools.  • Continuous focus on improving Infrastructure efficiency by analyzing logs of queries, tuning settings, translating queries if required.   • Review scripts for best practices, educating user base and building training assets for beginner and intermediate users.  • Increase consistency of tool usage by developing guidance for specific data science applications and sharing with user community  Why this is important to Visa  As payments consulting arm of Visa, VCA is growing a team of highly specialized experts who can provide best-in-class payment expertise and data-driven strategies to clients. We’re building a high-performing team of data scientists, data analysts and statisticians helping major organizations adapt and evolve to meet the changes taking place in technology, finance, and commerce with cutting-edge, creative, and advanced analytic solutions. The purpose of the team is to help Visa’s clients grow their business and solve problems by providing consulting services using data.    Visa requires at least 3 days in office, expectations of these days will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager. Qualifications Basic Qualifications: • 5&#43; years’ experience plus a bachelor’s degree in computer science, information science, mathematics, or similar/related streams. Graduate master’s degree is a plus.  • Skill Level: Hands on experience in a data engineering with </span