Data Engineer

The duties listed below are the essential functions of this position, and they may change as the needs of the company demand. All associates are expected to do what is necessary to get the work done and to cooperate fully with their supervisor's requests for additional or altered duties.

• Design, implement, and evolve M3's cloud-native data platform architecture through direct, hands-on development.
• Define and enforce standards for medallion architecture (Bronze, Silver, Gold layers).
• Lead scalable data modeling efforts across financial, customer, and product domains using domain-oriented design principles and treating data assets as durable, well-defined data products.
• Architect and optimize ingestion and activation pipelines (API, CDC, batch, and event-based patterns), enabling reliable bi-directional data movement between the platform and operational systems.
• Implement CI/CD processes, deployment automation, and testing standards for data workflows.
• Establish monitoring, observability, and performance optimization practices.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Engineering, Product, Analytics, and Business Systems teams to ensure the platform supports both analytical use cases and operational data activation back into core systems.
• Define data platform architecture standards, domain boundaries, and reusable design patterns that reinforce a data-as-a-product mindset across all new development.
• Establish and enforce code quality standards, conduct regular PR reviews, and implement engineering best practices across the data team.
• Mentor and guide data engineers through pairing, design reviews, and structured feedback to elevate engineering quality, consistency, and architectural thinking.
• Partner with external vendors when applicable and ensure knowledge transfer into internal teams.
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• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• 8+ years of experience in data engineering or data platform development.
• 3+ years of experience designing and building cloud-based data platforms (Azure preferred; AWS or GCP acceptable; Databricks strongly preferred).
• Strong expertise in SQL, data modeling, and ELT/ETL frameworks.
• Experience implementing CI/CD and DevOps practices for data engineering.
• Hands-on experience with data governance, metadata management, or catalog tools preferred.
• Demonstrated experience building scalable, production-grade, cloud-native data systems.
• Experience designing and managing data products with clear ownership, SLAs, and domain-oriented architecture principles is strongly preferred.
• Must have strong written and verbal skills in English and the ability to communicate effectively.
• Must be able to build and maintain positive business relationships with co-workers and other business contacts.
• This position requires regular attendance, punctuality, and the ability to work a full-time position during normal office hours as well as some time on weekends and evenings as project needs or scheduling requirements dictate.
• This position requires the ability to work in an office setting, sitting at a computer workstation, with the ability to work most of the day using the computer, telephone, and basic office equipment.