[Remote] CD Excellence Data Engineering Associate

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Unilever is looking for a CD Excellence Associate Data Engineer to enhance their B2B sales team through AI-based selling capabilities. The role involves designing and maintaining data pipelines, optimizing workflows, and collaborating with various teams to unlock actionable insights from data.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and solutions on Microsoft Azure or similar cloud platforms
• Develop and optimize ETL/ELT workflows to support high-volume, high-velocity data ingestion
• Implement robust data models and structures that support analytics, reporting, and machine learning workloads
• Integrate new data sources—internal and external—into the enterprise data ecosystem to expand data availability and unlock new business insights
• Partner with product, engineering, business and global teams to identify opportunities for new datasets and ensure seamless onboarding
• Establish scalable frameworks for data discovery, cataloging, and lineage to support enterprise wide data growth
• Automate data workflows, quality checks, and monitoring using Cloud native tools and Databricks capabilities
• Collaborate with data scientists to operationalize AI models using Databricks, Azure Machine Learning, or similar platforms
• Ensure data readiness, reliability, and accessibility to accelerate AI adoption and experimentation
• Contribute to the development of an enterprise AI strategy by identifying data gaps, opportunities, and scalable patterns
• Work closely with cross functional teams to translate business requirements into scalable data solutions
• Provide technical guidance and best practices on Azure and Databricks to engineering and analytics teams
• Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Assist in identifying & defining new systems functionality within the Go To Market technology stack
• Improve processes/workflows within the Sales organization in regard to Sales applications and system support
• User support - troubleshooting, identifying problems and working with Local & Global IT to resolve technical issues and work with users to provide proper training
• Assist in the analysis of underlying system issues arising from investigations into requirements and problems, and identify available solutions for consideration

Skills

• Technical aptitude and the ability to drive business value through focused technology solutions
• Deep hands-on experience with cloud services such as Azure data services (e.g., Data Factory, Databricks, ADLS, Synapse, Azure SQL)
• Strong proficiency in building scalable ETL/ELT pipelines using Databricks (APIs, PySpark, Spark SQL, Delta Lake)
• Solid understanding of distributed computing, data lakehouse architecture, Unity Catalog and modern data engineering patterns
• Ability to design and optimize data models that support analytics, reporting, and machine learning workloads
• Strong SQL and Python skills, with the ability to write clean, efficient, production ready code
• Proven ability to onboard new data sources, integrate APIs, and work with structured, semi-structured data
• Experience designing frameworks for data ingestion, metadata management, and data lineage
• Comfort working with large-scale datasets and evolving data ecosystems
• Experience automating data workflows, quality checks, and monitoring using Azure-native tools
• Familiarity with CI/CD practices for data engineering (e.g., GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps)
• Ability to build resilient, self-healing pipelines that minimize manual intervention
• Strong focus on performance tuning, cost optimization, and operational reliability
• Ability to build and maintain feature pipelines that support ML and AI initiatives
• Experience collaborating with data scientists to operationalize models in Databricks or Azure ML
• Understanding of how data quality, structure, and availability impact AI outcomes
• Curiosity and initiative to identify new data opportunities that unlock AI use cases
• Strong ability to turning data into insights and communicate actionable business narratives
• Ability to quickly adapt new AI technologies around LLMs, MCPs, prompt engineering and advanced data modelling
• Interest in developing a deep understanding of the Foodservice industry and its go to market use cases
• Ability to lead and execute multiple projects simultaneously
• Strong business partnering and communication skills

Benefits

• Health insurance (including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage)
• Retirement savings benefits
• Life insurance and disability benefits
• Parental leave
• Sick leave
• Paid vacation and holidays
• Access to numerous voluntary benefits

Company Overview

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