Associate Director, Data Engineering

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About The Role

Monks is a digital-first marketing and advertising services company connecting the dots across content, data digital media and technology services. Monks’ single-P L model offers brands seamless access to a nearly 6,000-strong team of digital talent organized across 57 talent hubs in 33 countries. With us, you'll find a diverse group of colleagues with different backgrounds and perspectives.

We believe everyone has something of value to offer, and that sustaining a truly diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace begins with fostering an environment where people can be themselves, authentically, every day. We want to build something with the potential to change the heart of our industry, and we’d love to include your unique perspective. Monks continues to expand our Global Enterprise Analytics capabilities, we are looking for a forward-deployed data engineer to serve as a high-exposure individual contributor embedded directly within our client's business.

In this role, your primary responsibility will be building, maintaining, and scaling production-level data pipelines and infrastructure within the client's ecosystem. You will architect robust data engineering solutions and write production-level code to ensure data integrity and scalability. While this is an engineering-first role, you will also work with the Data Science team to assist in their application of statistical modeling and machine learning to help turn raw data into actionable business decisions.

This position requires a unique combination of deep technical engineering expertise and the business acumen to drive services development from within the client's business.

Responsibilities

: Design, build, and maintain scalable, reliable, and automated data pipelines using SQL, Python, and Databricks to support enterprise analytics. Architect and optimize robust data models and infrastructure to ensure high data quality, integrity, and accessibility across the client's ecosystem. Partner closely with the Data Science team to operationalize their work, deploying statistical and machine learning models into production environments using DataOps best practices.

Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements, including automating manual data processes and optimizing data delivery for scalability.

Requirements

, identify data sources, and provide data-driven solutions. The Ideal Candidate You are a Data Engineer who approaches data engineering as a software engineering discipline. You have experience building reliable, scalable, and maintainable data platforms using modern cloud-native technologies and engineering best practices.

You are a proactive problem-solver who thrives in ambiguity. You take ownership of the full development lifecycle, are driven to understand the broader environment you work in, and actively identify and solve technical challenges (such as data inconsistencies or pipeline optimizations) without being prompted. You are a strong communicator and effectively kick-start your projects, seeking in-process guidance rather than waiting for project deadlines.

: We are looking for someone who is experienced and familiar with the following tools: Strong experience designing and building scalable data pipelines using modern cloud data platforms.