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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Data Engineer - West Region - **Company:** Slalom, LLC - **Location:** Austin, TX, United States - **Salary:** $100,000.0 - $125,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Unity 3d, Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Airflow, Amazon Web Services, Data Analysis, Automation of Tests, Microsoft Azure, BigQuery, Cloud Computing, Code Review, Computer Programming, Continuous Integration, Information Engineering, Data Infrastructure, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Distributed Computing Environment, Data Flow Control, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Metadata, Operational Databases, Cloud Services, Secure Coding, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Data Streaming, Google Cloud, Azure Data Factory, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Snowflake, Apache Spark, Generative AI, Data Layers, Microsoft Fabric, Data Lakes, AI Platforms, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Apache Kafka, Data Management, Machine Learning Operations, Virtual Agents, Terraform, Azure Synapse Analytics, Software Version Control, Amazon Redshift, Databricks - **Published:** September 2, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.jofdav.com/jobs/59504332-data-engineer-west-region ## About the Role * Hands-on experience designing, building, testing, deploying, or supporting production data engineering solutions. * Experience with at least one major cloud or data platform, such as AWS, Azure, GCP, Databricks, or Snowflake. Experience across multiple platforms is valued but not required. * Proficiency in programming languages such as SQL, Python, Java and or Scala. * Experience with several modern data engineering capabilities, such as data modeling, ETL/ELT, distributed processing, lakehouse architectures, streaming, APIs, orchestration, or data platform modernization. * Familiarity with relevant technologies, which may include Spark, Kafka, Airflow, dbt, Dagster, Azure Data Factory, BigQuery, Redshift, Synapse, Microsoft Fabric, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Dataplex, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, Kinesis, Kubernetes, Terraform, or comparable tools. * Understanding of how high-quality, secure, governed, and observable data foundations support AI, ML, Generative AI, retrieval-augmented generation, and agentic solutions. * Experience with AI-enabled or agentic engineering practices, including using AI-assisted development tools and designing data workflows or platforms that can support intelligent agents and automated decision workflows. * A commitment to responsible engineering, including privacy, security, transparency, testing, monitoring, and appropriate human oversight for AI-enabled solutions. * Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills, with an ability to explain technical concepts to different audiences. * A curious, growth-oriented mindset and willingness to learn new platforms, tools, and delivery approaches. Additional Experience That May Be Helpful * Cloud, Databricks, or Snowflake certifications. * Experience in consulting or in client-facing, cross-functional delivery teams. * Experience with MLOps, LLMOps, vector databases, model or prompt monitoring, feature stores, semantic layers, or AI platform operations. * Experience modernizing legacy data environments or migrating workloads to cloud platforms. * Experience mentoring others or contributing to technical communities and reusable assets. ## Description As a Data Engineer at Slalom, you will collaborate with clients, architects, and multidisciplinary delivery teams to design, build, and operationalize scalable data solutions. Your work may include: * Designing and implementing cloud-native data platforms, data lakes, lakehouses, warehouses, and data products. * Building reliable batch and streaming data pipelines, integrations, and orchestration workflows. * Translating business and technical requirements into maintainable engineering solutions and actionable development tasks. * Developing solutions across AWS, Azure, GCP, Databricks, and Snowflake ecosystems based on client needs and your areas of expertise. * Applying software engineering practices such as version control, automated testing, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, observability, documentation, and secure development. * Using AI-enabled engineering approaches and tools to improve delivery speed, quality, testing, documentation, and maintainability, with appropriate human review and responsible use. * Designing, building, and operationalizing governed data platforms that support analytics, AI, machine learning, Generative AI, and agentic workloads. * Enabling data quality, metadata, lineage, security, privacy, governance, performance, reliability, and cost-effective operations. * Participating in technical discovery, design sessions, code reviews, demonstrations, and knowledge sharing with clients and colleagues. * Contributing to reusable patterns, accelerators, and engineering communities within Slalom. What You'll Bring We welcome candidates with different combinations of experience. You do not need every skill listed below to be successful in this role. 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