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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Data Engineer - **Company:** Contentful Inc. - **Location:** United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $119,000.0 - $161,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Airflow, BigQuery, Cloud Database, Code Review, Continuous Integration, Information Engineering, Data Governance, Data Infrastructure, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Security, Data Structures, Data Systems, Database Queries, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Tableau (Software), Datadog, Scripting, Data Storage Technologies, Snowflake, Git, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Data Management, Terraform, Looker Analytics, Software Version Control, Data Pipelines, Amazon Redshift - **Published:** June 2, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/786987b1-b73c-4295-a512-55e2df2d565a ## About the Role * 3-6+ years of experience in Data Engineering or a similar technical role. * Strong SQL skills and experience working with cloud data warehouses (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery). * Experience building and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines using tools such as dbt, Airflow, or similar frameworks. * Proficiency in Python or another scripting language. * Strong understanding of data modeling, data structures, and modern data architecture patterns. * Experience with CI/CD workflows, version control (Git), and Infrastructure-as-Code tools (Terraform a plus). * Familiarity with data governance, quality, lineage, and cataloging concepts and tools. * Demonstrated ability to collaborate with analysts, engineers, and business partners in a cross-functional environment. * Excellent communication skills and a product-focused mindset. Preferred * Experience with monitoring/observability tools (e.g., Monte Carlo, Datadog). * Experience with BI tools such as Tableau or Looker. * Background in distributed systems, APIs, or event-based architectures. * Exposure to data security, compliance, or privacy frameworks. * Experience utilizing AI for development. What we're looking for * A builder who enjoys solving complex data challenges with clean, reliable, scalable solutions. * A collaborator who thrives in cross-functional environments and communicates clearly. * A problem-solver who cares about quality, consistency, and long-term maintainability. * Someone who wants to make a measurable impact by empowering data-driven decision-making across the company. ## Description We are seeking a Data Engineer to help design, build, and scale modern data solutions that power analytics, operational reporting, and business decision-making across the company. You will work closely with our data, analytics, and business teams to develop high-quality data pipelines, models, and integrations that deliver clean, reliable, and actionable data. You will join a small, cross-geography engineering team operating with a product mindset - delivering iterative value, partnering closely with business and analytics stakeholders, and owning both build and run responsibilities of a mission-critical platform. What to expect? * Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and transformations across multiple systems and sources. * Develop high-quality data models that support analytics, reporting, and operational use cases. * Partner with analytics, product, and business stakeholders to understand data needs and translate them into technical solutions. * Implement strong data quality, validation, and monitoring processes to ensure reliability and trust in the data. * Optimize data storage, processing, and performance within cloud data warehousing environments. * Contribute to the development and evolution of our modern data platform, including tooling, standards, and best practices. * Support data platform operations-troubleshooting issues, improving reliability, and ensuring SLAs are met. * Collaborate with cross-functional partners on governance, documentation, definitions, and data stewardship. * Implement CI/CD practices and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) to automate deployment, testing, and environment management. * Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and operational on-call rotations as needed. ## 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) - [The OpenTelemetry mistakes I keep seeing (and how to stop making them)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100158-the-opentelemetry-mistakes-i-keep-seeing-and-how-to-stop-making-them) - [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) - [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) - [Accelerating Authentication Architecture: Taking Passwordless to the Next Level](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/733-accelerating-authentication-architecture-taking-passwordless-to-the-next-level) ## Related Articles - [Making Data Warehouses Fast: A Developer’s Story](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/107-making-data-warehouses-fast-a-developer-s-story) - [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) - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [The 12 Best Jobs for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/401-the-12-best-jobs-for-software-engineers) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs)