Sr. Data Engineer

Bandwidth-posted 12 days ago

Full-time • Mid Level

Raleigh, NC

1,001-5,000 employees

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This role focuses on designing, building, and optimizing scalable data platforms that enable data ingestion, transformation, and governance for the organization. The Sr. Data Engineer will work closely with cross-functional teams to support both traditional data engineering pipelines and modern data mesh initiatives, balancing infrastructure development, data-ops, and enablement. The role requires a strong understanding of data architecture in Snowflake, along with proficiency in Python, AWS services, and dev-ops practices, to drive efficient data solutions for enterprise-wide data consumption.

Develop and Maintain Scalable Data Platforms : Lead the design and development of scalable, secure, and efficient data platforms using Snowflake and other cloud technologies, ensuring alignment with the organization’s data mesh and platform enablement goals.
Build and Optimize Data Pipelines : Architect, build, and optimize ETL/ELT data pipelines to support various business units, balancing batch and streaming solutions. Leverage tools like AWS DMS, RDS, S3, and Kafka to ensure smooth data flows.
Data Enablement & Ops : Collaborate with cross-functional teams (data engineers, data scientists, analysts, and architects) to create data-as-a-product offerings, ensuring self-service enablement, observability, and data quality.
Automation & CI/CD : Develop, manage, and continuously improve automated data pipelines using Python (Prefect) and cloud-native services (AWS). Ensure CI/CD pipelines are set up for efficient deployment and monitoring.
Snowflake Expertise : Apply deep knowledge of Snowflake SQL to build efficient and performant data models, optimizing storage and query performance.
Cloud Data Integration : Use AWS services and data integration tools (DMS, Prefect) to ingest and manage diverse data sets across the organization.
Data Governance & Compliance : Work closely with solution architects to implement data governance frameworks, ensuring adherence to enterprise data standards and regulatory compliance.
Stakeholder Collaboration : Partner with product owners, business stakeholders, and data teams to translate business requirements into scalable data solutions, aligning roadmaps with organizational objectives.
Agile Practices & Leadership : Participate in Agile ceremonies, mentor junior engineers, and help drive a culture of continuous improvement across the data engineering team.
Metrics and Observability : Implement monitoring and metrics for data pipeline health, performance, and data quality, driving insights to improve product decision-making.

Education: Bachelor's degree (within an engineering or computer science discipline strongly preferred) or equivalent work experience
Experience: 8+ years of experience working in software architecture in the data engineering domain.
Demonstrated track record of operating in highly collaborative, flexible, and productive cross-organization teams.
Proven ability to perform in high-visibility, high-growth environments.
Action and results-oriented, able to communicate strategies and tactics, identify obstacles.
Experience in providing effective leadership to developers/engineers through the creation of Agile backlog assets and ongoing day-to-day guidance, resulting in development outcomes steeped in productivity and fun.
Knowledge: Programming Languages, e.g. Python, Java
SQL Databases, e.g. MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MariaDB
NoSQL Databases, e.g. MongoDB, Cassandra
Data Warehousing Solutions, e.g. Snowflake
Data Processing, e.g. Flink
Stream Process, e.g. Kafka, MSK
Data modeling, ETL/ELT processes, and data quality frameworks.
Other data engineering tools, e.g. Kafka Connect, DMS, Talend, Prefect
Cloud Platforms, e.g. AWS
Containerization/Orchestration, e.g. Kubernetes (k8s)
CI/CD tools, Version control tools: ArgoCD, Github, Github actions
Agile methodologies and frameworks, e.g. Scrum, Kanban
Collaboration tools, e.g. JIRA, Monday
Skills: Demonstrated skills in developing products and/or solutions with a focus on agile principles working with internal delivery teams.
Strong written and verbal communication.

100% company-paid Medical, Vision, & Dental coverage for you and your family with low deductibles and low out-of-pocket expenses.
All new hires receive four weeks of PTO.
PTO Embargo. When you take time off (of any kind!) you’re embargoed from working. Bandmates and managers are not allowed to interrupt your PTO – not even with email.
Additional PTO can be earned throughout the year through volunteer hours and Bandwidth challenges.
“Mahalo moments” program grants additional time off for life’s most important moments like graduations, buying a first home, getting married, wedding anniversaries (every five years), and the birth of a grandchild.
90-Minute Workout Lunches and unlimited meetings with our very own nutritionist.

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