Senior Data Engineer

Title: Senior Data Engineer Location: Remote - United States

Position Summary

We are growing our Platform Engineering team and are looking to add a Senior Data Engineer who will be able to help build our internal data platform. This data platform is central to ensuring that our software development and data analytics teams have governed access to the data they need. As a Senior Data Engineer on the Platform Team, you will be a part of driving the design, development, and implementation of our data platforms. Your responsibilities include partnering with the architect and engineering teams in developing our platform, as well as providing best practices and approaches to ensure security, resiliency, and availability of solutions. You will be challenged to create strategies that ensure the secure consumption of the platform through continuous innovation, simplification, and self-service automation.

Location: This position is either hybrid out of our Denver, CO office or a fully remote position from within the Continental United States.

If the candidate selected lives within a 20-mile radius of our downtown Denver office, they will be classified as a hybrid employee and beginning September 8, 2026, working one day per week in office is expected. Beginning February 1, 2027, two days per week in the office will be expected. 

If the candidate selected lives outside a 20-mile radius the Denver office, they will be classified as a fully remote employee and in-person onsite visits to the Denver headquarters will be required on average three times per year.

Compensation: The salary range for this position is between $145k and $160k, depending on experience level.

Primary Responsibilities  

• Participate in all initiatives keeping all compliance, security and regulatory needs satisfied
• Be a thought leader by staying abreast of current and emerging technologies and industry trends.
• Work with your peers to design and build data platform capabilities and incorporate the necessary automations and tool configurations that ensure agile delivery and secure consumption
• Design and implement processes and tools that enable product engineering and BI/Analytics teams to consume an extensible and scalable data platform, which enforces all needed governance and consistent operational models
• Be a trusted advisor for initiatives by providing objective, practical, and relevant ideas, insights, and advice while also building organizational partnerships and networks to ensure comprehensive capabilities are developed with input from appropriate business and Engineering resources
• Directly support the use and delivery of data platform services in the organization
• Ensure that all data platform solutions follow established security and compliance controls
• Maintain existing and future software services code and configuration
• Make recommendations for improvements to existing architecture
• Help implement new technologies for future deployment
• Provide technical guidance, knowledge transfers, and mentorship to clients on their data platform adoption
• Help implement and improve the development of data pipelines
• Other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications & Skills

• B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience, 6+ years of experience with and strong working knowledge of SQL required, and understanding of data models is preferred
• 6+ years of experience with or strong knowledge of Postgresql, MySQL, or other relational database design and programming: stored procedures, functions, PL/pgSQL
• Experience with or working knowledge of managing AWS Data Infrastructure: S3, RDS, Managed Streaming Kafka, Lake Formation, Glue, Glue Data Catalog, Athena, Quicksight, DataZone
• Experience with systems engineering and/or software development: Java, Javascript, Python
• Experience with modern API platform design, security practices, and data architectures: event-driven architecture, change data capture, pub/sub

Preferred Qualifications & Skills

• Experience with cloud solution design patterns: CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, containers, microservices, distributed caching
• Experience with Terraform scripting
• Experience with data integrations from third-party platforms: NetSuite, Salesforce, Workday, Pendo
• Experience with reporting and analytic tools: Grafana, Kibana, Elasticsearch, Open Telemetry
• Experience with ETL processes, projects, and tooling: Boomi
• Understanding of systems hardening and secure systems configuration
• Experience with regulatory compliance standards: HIPAA, PCI, SEC, FINRA
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences
• Understanding of Agile/Kanban methodologies

Desired Characteristics 

• Self-motivated
• Intellectually curious
• Collaborative
• Amiable
• Operates with the highest integrity and attention to detail
• Passionate about efficient, scalable business processes
• Ability to prioritize and multitask across many projects
  

Physical Requirements/Special Demands 

•  Must be available to work standard business hours and occasional nights/weekends.
• Travel is required up to three times per year
  

** We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future visa sponsorship to move forward in the hiring process. **

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