Vitol · 4 months ago
Python Data Engineer
Houston, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
7+ years expVitol is a leader in energy and commodities, producing and delivering energy and commodities globally. They are seeking a Python Data Engineer to expand their data assets and support analytical capabilities by collaborating with traders, analysts, and data scientists to fulfill a range of data-related needs.
MarketingTrading Platform
Responsibilities
Write modular, reusable components to liaise between external sources of data, internal tools and databases
Work with our business sponsors to drive out requirements for data ingestion and access
Translate business requirements into technical deliveries
Maintain the cleanliness and centrality of the Vitol Python codebase, while adhering to existing designs and coding conventions as much as possible
Contribute to our developer tools and Python ETL toolkit, including standardization and consolidation of core functionality
Efficiently coordinate with the rest of our global team
Participate in Vitol’s Python development community and act as a liaison for our growing business development efforts
Qualification
Required
7+ years of enterprise-level coding experience with Python
Computer Science, MIS or related degree
Experience with Data Engineering and building data pipelines
Experience scraping websites with Requests, Beautiful Soup, Selenium, etc
Oracle / PL SQL development experience including stored procedures
Strong understanding of object-oriented design, design patterns, SOA architectures
Past experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment
Proficient understanding of peer-reviewing, code versioning, and bug/issue tracking tools
Familiarity with Pandas and NumPy packages
Strong communication skills (written and verbal)
Preferred
Commodities/Energy Industry experience desired
Familiarity with containerization solutions like Docker and Kubernetes is a plus
Company
Vitol
The Vitol Group is an energy and commodity trading company involved in exploration, production, refining, terminals, trading, marketing.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
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COO
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