Data Engineer

On-Site – SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA (Little Italy)

About Us

Motionworks is the trusted population intelligence expert that empowers customers with privacy-compliant, innovative data solutions to help them make smarter, more confident decisions. Motionworks uses observations from the real-world to develop travel, population, and customer insights. Our client portfolio spans advertising, government planning, tourism, transportation engineering, and retail. Powered by geospatial technology and exceptional data scientists, engineers, and UX experts, Motionworks delivers a wide range of high-value mobility insights that provide historical, real-time, normative, and predictive intelligence about how people move around the globe.

Job Summary

As a fast-growing startup, Motionworks is looking for new or recent graduates at the intersection of data engineering and data science with demonstrated interest in urban planning or transport analytics. We want people with a passion for data modeling, software development, and applying your trade to make the world a better place. You will be tasked with:

• Implementing data pipelines built in Apache Airflow on the Google Cloud Platform (Google Composer)
• Building mathematical/machine learning models that sit on top of our primary products
• Improving data processes to reduce pipeline processing costs and increase efficiency of existing workflows
• Identifying and implementing data structures, storage, and indexing to optimize existing pipelines and/or reduce pipeline processing costs
• Working with product leads to operationalize research and development concepts into repeatable and efficient data pipelines
• Implementing quality control checks in the data pipeline
• Designing, prototyping, and developing innovative data solutions for geospatial problems
• Analyzing transportation data patterns to ensure our products accurately reflect current conditions
• Improving, validating, documenting, and performing analytics work on our current data solutions

An ideal candidate for this position will be a solid developer who thinks about the physical world in which people move. These attributes are combined to critically analyze a problem at hand, do research on viable and effective solutions, perform modeling work, implement solutions, and analytically assess the results. You will need to communicate complex concepts and solutions to technical and nontechnical audiences through effective visualizations, statistical analysis, and documentation.

We expect you to be organized yet scrappy, thoughtful, and most importantly, have a strong desire to learn.

Required Qualifications and Skills

• Masters in Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, analytical City Planning, or Geography (or equivalent degree) or Bachelors in similar with 2+ years of experience in quantitative analytics, data science, or data engineering.
• Demonstrated development in Python
• Understanding of cloud computing (preferably AWS or GCP)
• Demonstrated SQL experience in at least one of the following: BigQuery, RedShift, or Snowflake
• Proven experience working with geospatial data (e.g., geojson, shapefiles)
• Experience with version control (preferably Git/GitHub)
• Experience with Linux/Unix command line
• Ability to build/test statistical and/or machine learning model
• Ability to create effective visualizations in at least one of the following: Tableau, Matplotlib, or ggplot
• Solid critical thinking, problem-solving, and communication skills

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• Experience building data pipelines and automating processes with Apache Airflow
• Experience with Docker containers
• Transportation modeling consulting or public sector service

Salary Range

$70K – $100K

Location

San Diego, California

(This position will be expected to be in the office most days with ample flexibility for modified hours to support family or other personal commitments. We are located one block from Santa Fe Depot.)

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents

First year of employment gives two weeks of PTO, four weeks thereafter

14 holidays and flex holidays

401(k) plan

Employee equity

Motionworks does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, gender identity, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.