General Mills

Minneapolis, MN
10,000+ employees
A U.S.-based food company. We serve the world by making food people love, providing quality brands in more than 100 countries on six continents.

Advanced Data Engineer - US

Advanced Data Engineer - US

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OVERVIEW

Technology at General Mills accelerates process transformation and business growth around the globe. To achieve business success, the Digital & Technology team uses leading edge technology, innovative thinking and agile processes. One of our General Mills’ key technology priorities is driving business action through connected data.

The General Mills Digital & Technology organization is currently in the process of building a cloud data platform to advance the data-driven decision making capabilities of our enterprise.  If you are an agile learner, have strong problem solving skills and are able to function as part of a highly technical, cross functional team, we would like to hear from you.

General Mills is seeking an Advanced Data Engineer to act as a key technical leader in our organization.


KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 

  • Act as a key technical leader within General Mills
  • Design, create, code, and support a variety of ETL solutions (potentially including but not limited to: Talend Studio, Python, Scala, Kafka, Google Big Query, or others)
  • Generate and implement your own ideas on how to improve the operational and strategic health of big data ecosystem
  • Participate in the evaluation, implementation and deployment of emerging tools & process in the big data space.
  • Partner with business analysts and solutions architects to deliver business initiatives.
  • Collaboratively troubleshoot technical and performance issues in the big data ecosystem

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

  • Bachelor’s Degree; Computer Science, MIS, or Engineering preferred
  • Minimum 2 years of IT experience, 3+ preferred
    Cloud data experience
  • Database development experience
  • Job Scheduling experience
  • Process mindset with experience creating, documenting and implementing standard processes
  • Development experience using Python and/or Spark
  • Effective verbal and written communication and influencing skills.
  • Effective analytical and technical skills.
  • Ability to work in a team environment
  • Ability to research, plan, organize, lead, and implement new processes or technology

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Scala or Java development experience
  • Familiarity with Kafka 
  • Familiarity with the Linux operating system
  • Experience with agile techniques or methods

ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION

  • Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. General Mills will not sponsor applicants for a U.S. work visa.
  • Relocation support will not be offered to applicants within the United States.
  • International relocation or international remote working arrangements (outside of the US) will not be considered.
  • The location for this position is Minneapolis, MN - remote work applications will be considered.


COMPANY OVERVIEW

We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best — bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one other and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what’s next.

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