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# Data Engineer - Senior Level

- **Company:** USAA
- **Location:** Plano, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $127,310 - $243,340
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Business Analytics Applications, Data Analysis, Cloud Computing, Code Review, Information Engineering, Data Infrastructure, Data Mart, Data Transformation, Data Structures, Data Systems, Relational Databases, Python (Programming Language), Standard Sql, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Cloud Platform System, Snowflake, Git, Data Lakes, Apache Kafka, Data Management, Software Version Control, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** October 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/9F299A8842B241B18A8E27677D415330/job/

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree; OR 4 years of relevant education and/or experience.
 * 6 years of data engineering, data analysis or software development experience implementing data solutions with at least 2 years of data engineering or data management experience.
 * Proven experience with end to end delivering of data solutions that includes building, managing, and optimizing data pipelines across cloud environments; curating and modeling the data for various types of consumers/products and their pattern of usage to include data marts, data lake, and operational analytic applications.
 * Strong understanding of the agile principles and ability to apply them.
 * Extensive knowledge and experience in SQL and Relational Databases.
 * Proficient in working with Cloud technologies and tools.

What sets you apart:

 * Snowflake
 * dbt
 * SQL
 * Kafka
 * APIs
 * Python
 * Data Modeling
 * Fivetran
 * Git/version control

## Description

At USAA, our mission is to empower our members to achieve financial security through highly competitive products, exceptional service and trusted advice. We seek to be the #1 choice for the military community and their families.

Embrace a fulfilling career at USAA, where our core values - honesty, integrity, loyalty and service - define how we treat each other and our members. Be part of what truly makes us special and impactful.

We are proud to support active-duty military spouses. USAA roles may offer remote or hybrid flexibility for active-duty military spouses consistent with applicable policy and business needs.

The Opportunity

As a dedicated Data Engineer - Senior , you will be engaged in all phases of the data management lifecycle. This includes gathering and analyzing requirements, collecting, processing, storing, securing, and archiving data. Develop and maintain technical systems for data reporting and technical solutions utilizing emerging technologies. You will partner with the business to ensure data management solutions aligned to business objectives.

What you will do:

 * Leads and/or engineers the full cycle of data solutions from analysis, solution design, data pipeline engineering, testing, deployment, scheduling, and production support.
 * Designs and implements highly-complex technical solutions for data engineering and analytic systems using new methodologies and emerging technologies.
 * Designs, builds, manages and optimizes data pipelines for data structures encompassing data transformation, data models, schemas, metadata, data quality, and workload management.
 * Leads design reviews for the team and provides recommendations using innovative architectural concepts and principals.
 * Breakdowns business features into technical stories and approaches. Presents to leadership and influences on technical solutions.
 * Creates proof of concepts and prototypes on highly complex solutions and presents to leadership to deliver on vision for solution.
 * Collaborates with cross-functional partners and stakeholders to lead technical solutions.
 * Implements efficient defect management, root cause analysis, and resolution processes.
 * Helps develop, maintain, and enforce the company's data development tools and standards. Conduct code reviews on a regular basis to improve quality and ensure compliance.
 * Creates the development of data pipelines, extracting data from our various applications (internal & external sources) into the Data Platform.
 * Assists in setting technical direction for the team and serves a mentor to team members.
 * Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.