Data Engineer

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is a leading developer, publisher, and marketer of interactive entertainment for consumers around the globe. The Company develops and publishes products principally through Rockstar Games, 2K, Private Division, and Zynga. Our products are currently designed for console gaming systems, PC, and Mobile, including smartphones and tablets, and are delivered through physical retail, digital download, online platforms, and cloud streaming services. The Company’s common stock is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol TTWO.

While our offices (physical and virtual) are casual and inviting, we are deeply committed to our core tenets of creativity, innovation and efficiency, and individual and team development opportunities. Our industry and business are continually evolving and fast-paced, providing numerous opportunities to learn and hone your skills. We work hard, but we also like to have fun, and believe that we provide a great place to come to work each day to pursue your passions.

The Challenge

We are looking for a dynamic Data Engineer to join a team involved in designing, building, and maintaining reliable and scalable data solutions.
The ideal candidate is a strong Python developer who has some experience in front-end technologies like JavaScript, CSS3 and/or HTML5. He/she/they are a self-starter, comfortable with ambiguity, able to think big (while paying careful attention to detail) and enjoys working in a fast-paced environment.

What You’ll Take On

•    Develop and maintain scalable data pipelines and build out new API integrations to support continuing increases in data volume and complexity.
•    Work with business teams and analysts to understand complex business rules and implement these for deriving insights.
•    Implement processes and systems to monitor data quality, ensuring production data is always accurate and available for key stakeholders and business processes that depend on it.
•    Performs data analysis required to troubleshoot data related issues and assist in the resolution of data issues.
•    Provide thought leadership and collaborate with other team members to continue to scale our architecture to evolve for the needs of tomorrow.
•    Develop and support continuous integrations build and deployment processes using Jenkins, Docker, Git, etc.
•    Define and implement monitoring and alerting policies for data solutions.

What You Bring

•    2+ years of hands-on experience in Python.
•    2+ years of hands-on experience in using advanced SQL queries and writing/optimizing highly efficient SQL queries.
•    2+ years of working in AWS environment.
•    Experience integrating with 3rd party APIs is highly desirable.
•    Expertise in front-end technologies, including JavaScript, CSS3 and/or HTML5 and frameworks such as React Js, Node, Angular, Vue.js and/or jQuery is highly desirable.
•    Comfortable working with business customers to collect requirements and gain a deep understanding of varied business domains.
•    Knowledge of software coding practices across the development lifecycle, including agile methodologies, coding standards, code reviews, source management, build processes, testing, and operations.
•    Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in an engineering or technical field such as Computer Science, Information Systems, Statistics, Engineering, or similar.

•    Python (required)
•    SQL (required)
•    Git (required)
•    Developing solutions using Docker (required)

Great to Have:

•    Javacript/CSS3/HTML5 (highly desirable)
•    React Js/Angular/jQuery (highly desirable)
•    Experience with Maven or Gradle (nice to have)

What We Offer You:

• Great Company Culture. We pride ourselves as being one of the most creative and innovative places to work, creativity, innovation, efficiency, diversity and philanthropy are among the core tenets of our organization and are integral drivers of our continued success.
• Growth: As a global entertainment company, we pride ourselves on creating environments where employees are encouraged to be themselves, inquisitive, collaborative and to grow within and around the company.
• Work Hard, Play Hard. Our employees’ bond, blow-off steam, and flex some creative muscles – through corporate boot camp classes, our onsite Gym, company parties, our Office bar, game release events, monthly socials, and team challenges.
• Benefits. Benefits include, but are not limited to Private healthcare, Private dental, A double matching pension policy where the employer will double match up to a 4% contribution from the employee, Employee stock purchase scheme with a 15% discount, Eye tests and vouchers towards glasses, Cycle to work scheme, Flu vouchers, Annual health, 4X death in service insurance, Income protection (66% salary), Workplace Savings, 26 days holiday, Enhanced Family friendly policies + other great perks and great office facilities!
• Perks. Fitness reimbursement up to £50 per month, an onsite Gym, an Office bar, employee discount programs, free games & events, stocked pantries and a dog friendly workplace.

Please be aware that Take-Two does not conduct job interviews or make job offers over third-party messaging apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp, or others. Take-Two also does not engage in any financial exchanges during the recruitment or onboarding process, and the Company will never ask a candidate for their personal or financial information over an app or other unofficial chat channel. Any attempt to do so may be the result of a scam or phishing exercise. Take-Two’s in-house recruitment team will only contact individuals through their official Company email addresses (i.e., via a take2games.com email domain). If you need to report an issue or otherwise have questions, please contact Careers@take2games.com.

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (“T2”) is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, which means we are committed to creating and celebrating diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds throughout our organization. Employment at T2 is based on substantive ability, objective qualifications, and work ethic – not an individual’s race, creed, color, religion, sex or gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, status as a victim of domestic violence or sex offenses, reproductive health decision, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law.

This is a hybrid position from our London offices, with in-office required Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.