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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Data Engineer - **Company:** DriveTime Sales and Finance Company, LLC - **Location:** Tempe, AZ, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Temporary contract - **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, Agile Methodology, Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Azure, Continuous Integration, Data Architecture, Data Validation, Information Engineering, Data Structures, Data Systems, Dimensional Modeling, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Github, Python (Programming Language), Performance Tuning, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Systems Integration, Workflow Management Systems, Data Processing, Sql Optimization, Snowflake, Git, Information Technology, Real Time Data, Apache Kafka, Data Management, Software Version Control, Data Pipelines, Confluent - **Published:** July 29, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=2c3f08d70fed55ec ## About the Role * You thrive in collaborative environments and enjoy partnering with both technical and non-technical teams. * You have a passion for solving complex business problems through scalable and elegant data solutions. * You embrace an AI-first mindset and actively seek opportunities to improve processes through automation and emerging technologies. * You are naturally curious, continuously learning, and excited about modern data engineering practices. * You take ownership of outcomes and approach challenges with a solutions-oriented mindset. * You enjoy mentoring others and helping elevate the capabilities of those around you. * You communicate clearly and effectively with stakeholders at all levels of the organization. * You balance technical excellence with business value and understand how data drives organizational success. * You are adaptable, proactive, and comfortable operating in a fast-growing and evolving environment., * 4+ years of experience in data engineering, analytics engineering, or a related data discipline. * Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience. * Advanced SQL expertise supporting both transactional and analytical/reporting workloads. * Experience working with SQL Server and modern cloud data platforms, particularly Snowflake. * Proven experience building end-to-end data pipelines and supporting near real-time data integration using technologies such as Kafka, Confluent, CDC, and Snowflake. * Strong understanding of dimensional modeling, star schemas, normalized design, and enterprise data architecture principles. * Proficiency in Python for automation, data processing, data validation, and integrations. * Experience with dbt and modern ELT development methodologies. * Hands-on experience with Argo or similar workflow orchestration platforms. * Experience utilizing Git-based version control and CI/CD workflows through GitHub or Azure DevOps. * Demonstrated success leveraging AI and machine learning concepts for automation, predictive insights, anomaly detection, or intelligent workflow improvements. * Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills. * Proven ability to mentor teammates and contribute to team growth and continuous improvement. Nice to Have * Experience working in an AI-first engineering environment. * Experience with agentic programming practices and AI-assisted software development workflows. * Background supporting both operational applications and enterprise analytics platforms. * Experience in high-growth organizations where scalability, performance, and rapid delivery are key success factors. * Exposure to vendor integrations, external data exchange frameworks, and partner-facing data solutions ## Description In short, we are seeking a Senior Data Engineer to support the development, modeling, optimization, and governance of our data processes: growth of our agentic programming practices, transactional support for applications, and consumption and generation of external data to and from our key partners. This role is pivotal in enabling business teams, analytics, and our vendor partners with performant, high-quality, bleeding-edge solutions to all the challenges that a rapidly growing company faces. In long, as a member of SilverRock Data, you will contribute to the delivery and design of scalable processes and data models using Snowflake, SQL, Python, and Kafka; all while integrating best practices in performance optimization, data quality, and CI/CD workflows via GitHub or Azure DevOps. 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