Data Engineer

5 hours, 37 minutes ago
Full-time
Mid Level
Software Development
Meridia

Meridia

Meridia provides geospatial data solutions for smallholder supply chains, focusing on traceability, transparency, living income, and regenerative agriculture to drive industry transformation and compliance.

Diversified Telecommunication Services
51-250
Founded 2015

Description

  • Write Python scripts to acquire and process data from academic, government, and commercial sources for product development.
  • Develop internal tools and automation to process data and scale ETL tasks for geospatial datasets.
  • Maintain accurate metadata on internal datasets using scripts, automation, and selected tooling.
  • Manage the team’s Git repository of ETL scripts and follow version control best practices.
  • Optimize data ingestion processes to support reliable, timely, and scalable downstream products and analytics.
  • Monitor ingestion pipelines using logging, alerting, and metrics to detect failures and data inconsistencies.
  • Contribute to internal data catalogues, manuals, dictionaries, and glossaries across countries, products, and projects.
  • Identify bottlenecks and implement improvements to increase operational efficiency.
  • Work closely with teams in Indonesia, The Netherlands, Lithuania, and Ghana, reporting to the Data Manager in Indonesia.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of experience in a relevant role.
  • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
  • Ability to collect and organize data from multiple sources effectively and efficiently.
  • Understanding of data management and data entry processes.
  • Self-driven, proactive, accountable, and a reliable team player.
  • Full working proficiency in English.
  • Experience building, optimizing, and maintaining scalable ETL/data pipelines, especially for complex geospatial datasets.
  • Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as AWS and Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform.
  • Proficiency in Python and data engineering frameworks such as Pandas, Pydantic, Rasterio, and Tippecanoe.
  • Solid understanding of data governance, version control, documentation, data quality assurance, reproducibility, and cross-functional collaboration.
  • Familiarity with GIS scripting tools such as Python, GeoPandas, and PostGIS, and GIS software like QGIS is an advantage.
  • ETL experience is an advantage.
  • Demonstrated projects or case studies involving forest monitoring or land-use analysis are an advantage.
  • Experience with data version control tools such as DVC is an advantage.
  • Start-up experience is an advantage.

Benefits

  • Market-rate salary commensurate with skills and competencies.
  • Four-day work week.
  • Remote working position.
  • Laptop and external monitor provided for work.
  • Annual employee-led Learning & Development budget.
  • Opportunity to be part of a fast-growing impact venture with an informal, professional culture.
  • Exposure to team members, clients, and users in multiple countries.

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