Senior Data Engineer

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North Carolina / $125000 - $200000 annum

INFO

Salary

SALARY:

$125000 - $200000

Location

LOCATION

North Carolina

Job Type
JOB TYPE

Permanent

About the Role

We are seeking a hands-on Senior Data Engineer to help design, build, and scale a modern cloud-based data platform that will serve as the foundation for analytics, reporting, operational insights, and future data initiatives across the organization.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys operating at the intersection of data engineering, cloud architecture, data warehousing, and platform development. You'll work closely with technical leadership to design and implement scalable data solutions, establish engineering best practices, and help shape the future direction of a growing data ecosystem.

This is not a maintenance-focused role. We are looking for builders who thrive in highly collaborative environments, enjoy ownership, and want the opportunity to influence architecture decisions in a greenfield setting.

What You'll Do

  • Design and build scalable cloud-native data pipelines and data integration frameworks.
  • Develop and maintain ETL/ELT workflows supporting analytics and reporting needs across the business.
  • Help architect and evolve a modern data warehouse environment.
  • Build orchestration frameworks and workflow automation using Airflow.
  • Develop robust data models supporting business intelligence, analytics, and downstream applications.
  • Partner with stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into scalable technical solutions.
  • Improve data quality, observability, governance, monitoring, and platform reliability.
  • Contribute to architecture decisions, engineering standards, and platform strategy.
  • Support the implementation of modern cloud infrastructure and automated deployment practices.

Key Responsibilities

Data Engineering

  • ETL/ELT pipeline development
  • Workflow orchestration and scheduling
  • Data modeling and warehouse design
  • Batch and near real-time data processing
  • Data quality and validation frameworks
  • Data governance and security
  • Performance optimization and scalability

Cloud & Platform Architecture

  • AWS-based data platform development
  • Cloud-native architecture design
  • Infrastructure automation
  • Monitoring and observability
  • CI/CD and engineering best practices
  • Data warehouse modernization
  • Platform reliability and operational excellence

Analytics & Business Enablement

  • Support enterprise reporting and analytics initiatives
  • Build trusted datasets and semantic data models
  • Partner with business stakeholders and analysts
  • Enable self-service data consumption
  • Improve accessibility and reliability of business-critical data

Desired Technical Experience

Data Engineering

  • Python
  • SQL
  • Apache Airflow
  • dbt
  • ETL / ELT development
  • Data modeling
  • Data warehousing

Cloud & Infrastructure

  • AWS
  • S3
  • Glue
  • Redshift
  • Lambda
  • EMR
  • Infrastructure as Code
  • Terraform (preferred)

Data Platforms

  • Snowflake
  • Data lakes
  • Data lakehouse architectures
  • Data quality frameworks
  • Workflow orchestration
  • Monitoring and observability platforms

CONTACT

Joshua Bayer

Recruitment Consultant

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