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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Data Engineer - **Company:** Evolve Vacation Rental - **Location:** Denver, CO, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $155,000.0 - $165,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Airflow, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Apache HTTP Server, Automation of Tests, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Code Review, Continuous Integration, Data Architecture, Information Engineering, Data Infrastructure, Data Systems, DevOps, Dimensional Modeling, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, SQL Databases, Cloud Platform System, Snowflake, Git, Data Management, Functional Programming, Software Version Control, Data Pipelines - **Published:** August 26, 2026 - **Apply:** https://jobs.localjobnetwork.com/apply/add/88150508/1 ## About the Role * 8+ years in data engineering, architecture, or related technical roles working with large-scale data systems. * Deep experience with SQL and Python for data transformation and automation. * Hands-on experience with modern data stack tools such as dbt, Airbyte, Fivetran, and Snowflake. * Strong understanding of cloud technologies, particularly AWS (e.g., S3, Lambda, EC2, IAM). * Familiarity with open data formats and scalable data lakehouse principles (e.g., Iceberg or similar). * Experience building and operating workflow orchestration tools such as Airflow. * Knowledge of observability and monitoring frameworks to support data platform health and alerting. * Comfortable working in Git-based environments with strong CI/CD practices. * Ability to communicate technical concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences. * Demonstrated ability to mentor, coach, and collaborate across a multidisciplinary data team. ## Description At Evolve, we're on a mission to make vacation rental easy for everyone. Our high-performing, customer-obsessed team runs on curiosity, communication, and accountability-working together to create exceptional experiences for our owners and guests. Whether solving big challenges, delivering outstanding results, or celebrating wins, we approach every day with purpose and passion. If you're ready to join a mission-driven company where every teammate has the opportunity to thrive, Evolve might just be the place for you. Why This Role At Evolve, data powers every aspect of how we transform the vacation rental industry. From optimizing guest experiences to enabling smarter homeowner engagement, our data platform supports scalable decision-making, operational excellence, and future-forward innovation. As a Senior Data Engineer, you'll be a key technical leader responsible for building and evolving our data ecosystem. You'll help design and optimize pipelines and architecture that support core reporting, analytics, and machine learning workloads, while also leading initiatives focused on cost efficiency, performance, and data accessibility. This role is ideal for an engineer who is passionate about modern data architecture, cloud-native infrastructure, and mentoring others while delivering high-impact systems that make data a true asset. What You'll Do * Serve as a senior technical contributor helping shape the design of scalable, modular, and performant data systems. * Partner with cross-functional teams to design and deliver reliable data pipelines for analytics, reporting, and data science use cases. * Develop and optimize ELT workflows using modern tools such as Airbyte, Fivetran, dbt, and Python. * Design and maintain performant data models in Snowflake, including star schemas and other dimensional modeling techniques that support clean, well-structured, and easily consumable datasets - including those optimized for AI tools and text-to-SQL interfaces. * Lead efforts to improve data observability, including proactive alerting, monitoring, and incident response capabilities. * Explore and implement open table formats (e.g., Apache Iceberg) to enable flexibility, scalability, and interoperability across data systems. * Collaborate with DevOps and Cloud teams to ensure our AWS-based infrastructure is optimized for performance, cost, and reliability. * Establish and maintain engineering best practices, including version control, code reviews, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing. * Act as a mentor to other engineers and analytics professionals, fostering knowledge sharing and high standards for quality and consistency. * Stay current on emerging technologies and bring forward recommendations for improving platform capabilities, performance, or efficiency. ## Related Videos - [From Messy Queries to Scalable Systems - How Data Engineering actually works](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100203-from-messy-queries-to-scalable-systems-how-data-engineering-actually-works) - [From DevOps to Scaled DevOps: How We’re Rebuilding Continuous Delivery as a Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100018-from-devops-to-scaled-devops-how-we-re-rebuilding-continuous-delivery-as-a-platform) - [How a Small Team Shrank a Microsoft Monorepo by 94%](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1236-how-a-small-team-shrank-a-microsoft-monorepo-by-94) - [Modern Data Architectures need Software Engineering](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1030-modern-data-architectures-need-software-engineering) - [Enjoying SQL data pipelines with dbt](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/823-enjoying-sql-data-pipelines-with-dbt) - [AI Model Management Life Circles: ML Ops For Generative AI Models From Research to Deployment](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1152-ai-model-management-life-circles-ml-ops-for-generative-ai-models-from-research-to-deployment) ## Related Articles - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again)