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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Director ETL and Data Engineering - **Company:** Church Pension Group Services Corporation - **Location:** New York, NY, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $136,000.0 - $180,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Component-Based Software Engineering, Business Logic, Automation of Tests, Unit Testing, Code Review, Databases, Information Engineering, Data Integration, Data Integrity, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Systems, Data Warehousing, Software Design Patterns, Disaster Recovery, Shell Script, Software Engineering, Workflow Management Systems, Enterprise Integration, Data Management, Data Pipelines, Programming Languages - **Published:** August 20, 2026 - **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/main/sendform/8/8/28176/1/18012857?backUrl=%2Fcareer%2F18012857%2FDirector-Etl-Data-Engineering-New-York-New-York ## About the Role QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. * Expert knowledge of database and data warehouse design principles, including when to build new structures versus reusing existing ones, optimization strategies, and balancing solution complexity with business needs. * Strong experience designing and implementing ETL/ELT pipelines using modern data integration tools and frameworks. * Proficiency with data orchestration and workflow management tools. * Experience with data warehousing concepts, data modeling, and analytics platform design. * Strong full-lifecycle application development experience from requirements gathering through deployment and maintenance. * Deep understanding of coding best practices and design patterns with a focus on performance and scalability. * Demonstrated experience with Scrum and Agile methodologies, including experience leading agile teams. * Expert-level proficiency in one or more programming languages and ability to quickly become productive in new technical environments. * Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders., * Bachelor's and/or Master's degree in software engineering, science, technology, engineering or mathematics or combination of equivalent education and experience. * 7+ years of professional software development experience. * 3+ years of experience in a technical leadership or senior engineering role. * 5+ years hands-on experience with ETL, shell scripting, and process orchestration tools. PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. * Extensive use of computer keyboard and mouse. * Use of telephone for extended meetings with remotely located colleagues. * Some travel. If remotely located, must be prepared to travel several times per year. * Ability to maintain standard New York (EST) business hours on a regular schedule, and work outside ordinary business hours in the event of production emergencies (i.e., critical applications becoming unavailable), and/or to participate in scheduled and unscheduled Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity exercises occasionally. ## Description The Director of ETL and Data Engineering leads a team of software engineers in designing, building, and maintaining enterprise data integration solutions, ETL pipelines, and data platforms across The Church Pension Group's business and corporate units. This role ensures data integrity, consistency, and availability across systems while supporting business process automation, integration, and analytics. The role ensures data quality, security, and operational excellence, collaborating closely with stakeholders to develop consistent data processes and technical solutions. The Director provides hands-on technical leadership and drives adoption of modern data engineering and software development practices. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned. * Drive project initiatives to deliver robust and scalable solutions that advance CPG's data engineering capabilities, incorporating new technologies as appropriate. * Architect and design ETL pipelines, data platforms, and application solutions that are scalable, maintainable, reusable and well-tested. * Lead a team of Software Engineers while maintaining hands-on development responsibilities for critical applications and data solutions. * Manage and maintain a portfolio of applications and data integration processes, identifying opportunities to standardize and streamline workflows. * Collaborate with Business Analysts, technical teams, and business owners to identify requirements and design new products or extensions to existing products. * Provide technical oversight to the development process including code reviews and mentoring of the technical team. * Deliver solutions end-to-end, ensuring delivery milestones are met and stakeholder expectations are managed. * Lead agile development practices and continuous improvement initiatives across the team. * Design and oversee automated testing strategies including unit tests to ensure application logic is fully exercised for each application component. * Ensure all solutions comply with enterprise security and privacy guidelines and maintain data governance standards. * Utilize the hybrid work schedule to maintain regular in-person, on-site presence that fosters team collaboration, relationship building, and effective technical leadership. * Effective performance of the essential functions of this position requires regular in-person, on-site interaction with colleagues, both for purposes of relationship building and meaningful collaboration. ## Related Videos - [Kubernetes and Microservices with Multi-Model Databases](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/382-kubernetes-and-microservices-with-multi-model-databases) - [Are Code Reviews Worth It? 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