Data Engineer

Tech Inc
Chicago, United States of America
12 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
$ 160K

Job location

Chicago, United States of America

Tech stack

Airflow
Cloud Database
Continuous Integration
Data Mart
Data Structures
Data Vault Modeling
Data Warehousing
Dimensional Modeling
Distributed Data Store
Python
Standard Sql
SQL Databases
Test Driven Development
Snowflake
Git Flow
Kubernetes
Information Technology
Data Analytics
Data Management
Data Pipelines

Requirements

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Data Engineer to join our Data & Analytics team. This individual will play a critical role in designing, building, and scaling modern data pipelines and architectures to support enterprise analytics, reporting, and data products.

The ideal candidate has deep expertise in ELT development, dimensional modeling, and modern cloud data platforms, with a strong focus on performance, scalability, and data quality. This is a highly technical, hands-on role with significant ownership across the data lifecycle-from ingestion through curated data marts., Required:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years of experience building ELT pipelines in a Data Warehouse environment
  • Strong experience with dimensional data modeling (Kimball, Data Vault, Medallion)
  • Hands-on expertise with:

o dbt o Airflow or Dagster

  • Strong experience with:

o Snowflake or similar cloud data warehouses o Distributed data systems o Kubernetes environments

  • Deep understanding of:

o Append-only data modeling & point-in-time data structures o Column-oriented / analytical SQL modeling

  • Strong proficiency in:

o Python o SQL

  • Experience implementing:

o Test-driven development (TDD) for data pipelines o Git-based workflows and CI/CD best practices

Preferred:

  • Experience working within modern data mesh or data platform architecture
  • Exposure to real-time or streaming pipelines
  • Experience supporting large-scale analytics or BI environments

Benefits & conditions

  • Annual performance bonus
  • Medical, dental, vision coverage
  • 401k with 4% match
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Remote flexibility
  • Competitive compensation packages

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