Data Engineer II, Data Products

. Crane Worldwide Logistics . • Houston, TX

3d • Onsite

About The Position

This role focuses on building and maintaining data pipelines and infrastructure to support data products. The Data Engineer II will be responsible for ensuring data reliability, consistency, and governance across the platform. They will also own CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and documentation, and participate in design reviews and incident response.

Requirements

• Expertise in Kafka, streaming systems, Python (or similar), SQL, and cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure).
• Bachelor’s degree in computer/software engineering, computer science, Maths or Physics is required
• 5+ years prior experience in a data engineering or data-heavy backend software engineering role
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time, ongoing basis without the need for current or future employer sponsorship

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain streaming and replication pipelines (CDC, Kafka, Materialize) that move data reliably from source systems into the platform.
• Manage schemas, topics, and data contracts (Schema Registry, Protobuf/Avro) to keep producers and consumers consistent and governed.
• Provision and manage infrastructure as code (Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker) across shared environments.
• Configure clusters, access controls, and role-based permissions for shared platform resources.
• Own CI/CD pipelines and deployment tooling (GitHub Actions) so teams can ship safely and quickly.
• Build monitoring, alerting, and observability (Prometheus, Grafana, PagerDuty) to catch problems before users do.
• Participate in on-call rotations, investigate incidents, and drive durable (not band-aid) fixes with clear post-incident follow-through.
• Write and maintain runbooks, architecture docs, and platform guides so teams can self-serve.
• Participate in design reviews and RFCs to align platform solutions with business and engineering requirements.

Benefits

• Quarterly Incentive Plan
• 136 hours of Paid Time Off which equals 17 days for the year, that can be used for Sick Time or for Personal Use
• Excellent Medical, Dental and Vision benefits
• Tuition Reimbursement for education related to your job
• Employee Referral Bonuses
• Employee Recognition and Rewards Program
• Paid Volunteer Time to support a cause that is close to your heart and contributes to our communities
• Employee Discounts
• Wellness Incentives that can go up to $100 per year for completing challenges, in addition to a discount on contribution rates

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level