Data Engineer (Two Positions)

Data EngineerThe United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund is seeking two Data Engineers to join their Business Intelligence Team within the Data and AI Unit. The role involves designing and developing solutions for data-related technical problems, building and improving production data pipelines, and ensuring compliance with data governance and security requirements. Candidates will work under the technical direction of a senior Data Engineer and contribute to the organization's data strategy and analytics infrastructure. This is a temporary position based in New York, requiring collaboration with various stakeholders to support investment and risk management decision-making.Candidate Requirements:Master's degree in relevant field or Bachelor's with additional experienceMinimum five years of experience in data engineeringAdvanced SQL and Python skillsExperience with cloud data platforms like Snowflake or DatabricksKnowledge of software development lifecycle and DevOps practicesAbility to create technical documentationExperience in data modeling and governanceFluency in EnglishResponsibilities:Within delegated authority, the Data Engineers may be responsible for the following duties:Design and develop solutions for data-related technical problems and data infrastructure needs identified in partnership with business, investment, risk, analytics and technology stakeholders.Build, test, deploy, operate and improve production data pipelines and platform components that integrate structured and unstructured data from multiple sources into the enterprise data platform and lakehouse.Develop data management tools for analytics, quantitative and data science teams to better build and optimize data products.Apply software development lifecycle and DevOps practices, including version control, code review, automated testing, continuous integration and deployment, monitoring, incident response and root-cause analysis, to deliver reliable and maintainable data products.Develop and implement changes to data systems to ensure compliance with data governance, protection, privacy, and security requirements, in collaboration with key stakeholders.Create and maintain clear technical and business documentation alongside the code, including requirements, data models, data contracts, lineage, metadata, testing evidence, operating procedures and decision records, so that data products can be understood, governed, maintained and extended.Use AI-assisted engineering tools and specialized agents, where appropriate, to accelerate and standardize activities across the data product lifecycle, while applying appropriate human review, testing, security and governance controls to ensure reliable delivery.Performs other assigned duties.Languages:English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this job opening, English is required.