Overview
The Senior Full Stack Developer will be responsible for the management and development of end-to-end data projects, supporting IFRC's operations. The role involves leading a team of full stack developers and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Analyze and understand business process and data models, business logics, modelling logics, and ways to identify missing data
- Liaise with business contacts or business analysts to understand their needs, and translate these into specifications of requirements
- Identify data requirements and data elements and ingest them in the data platform if missing
- Design and implement complex dashboards and reports in Power BI to provide actionable information
- Follow through on UAT identified issues and their resolution
- Publish data and reports to production
- Maintain dashboards and reports over time
- Develop database schemas, define relationships, and optimize performance based on the specific requirements of the data solution
- Develop data products using SQL and PySpark
- Implement data quality checks and processes to ensure data accuracy, consistency, and completeness
- Implement security measures to protect sensitive data and ensure compliance with relevant regulations and standards
- Optimize solutions for performance and scalability
- Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, optimize SQL queries, and fine-tune data processing workflows
- Document data engineering processes, system architecture, and data flow diagrams for knowledge sharing and future reference
- Oversee the operation of the full stack developers, managing priorities, interactions, and workload
- Track and document the progress of the team through tools like devops boards
- Propose improvements to processes and technologies, bringing efficiency to the team
- Mentor the development of the team, including the development and refinement of skills
- Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams, including architects, data scientists, data analysts, and business stakeholders.
- Act as authority across the organisation in area of data engineering and report development, and as a mentor and guidance for colleagues to encourage the adoption of self-service analytics across the organisation.
- Provide technical guidance and training to colleagues on data management best practices and Microsoft data technologies
- Support the Manager of the Data unit with regular progress reports on results against objectives and responsibilities
- Work in close consultation and develop partnerships with colleagues with data roles across the secretariat in Geneva and in the regions
Required Experience
7+ years of progressively responsible experience in data engineering with a focus on data modelling and 4+ years in data engineering (Microsoft Fabric or Azure Synapse ) and report development (Power BI ). Proven track record as a Data Engineer or similar role, and in Power BI development, including Paginated or SSRS reports. Proven experience in leadership of a data science (or similar) team, with management of direct reports. Experience in management and delivery of technical projects.
Qualifications
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
