Cloud Data Engineer: Cost-Aware ELT/ETL Specialist

AgileEngine; Baltimore (MD); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional growth

Competitive USD-based compensation

A selection of exciting projects

Flextime

Job summary

AgileEngine is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design and maintain data pipelines and automation systems powering cloud cost visibility, attribution, and performance insights for a Cloud Economics team. You will build scalable ELT/ETL workflows across AWS services including Glue, Athena, and Aurora alongside Snowflake, optimizing for performance, reliability, and cost efficiency.

The role partners with Engineering and Finance stakeholders to support cost optimization initiatives and

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in Data Engineering roles.
• Proven experience building end-to-end ELT/ETL pipelines in cloud environments.
• Strong SQL and Python skills.
• Experience with orchestration tools such as dbt, Airflow, or Dagster.
• AWS data ecosystem experience including AWS Glue, Athena, and Aurora.
• Experience with Snowflake and data modeling for large datasets.
• CI/CD, version control, Terraform, and REST API integrations.
• Ability to optimize data pipelines for performance and cost.
• Strong analytical skills for data validation, auditing, and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain the Cloud Economics team's data pipelines and automation systems.
• Build scalable data pipelines and datasets for cloud cost visibility, attribution, and performance insights.
• Design data models and ingestion frameworks for telemetry and usage data at scale.
• Develop tooling enabling cost-aware decisions across Product, Engineering, and Finance.
• Optimize data systems for performance, reliability, and cost efficiency.
• Collaborate with Engineering and Finance to support cost optimization initiatives.
• Ensure data quality, validation, and auditability across end-to-end workflows.

Skills

Data Engineering

ELT/ETL pipelines

SQL

Python

Airflow

dbt

Dagster

AWS Glue

Amazon Athena

Amazon Aurora

Snowflake

Terraform

CI/CD

REST API

Data modeling

Data validation

English (Upper-intermediate)

Tools

dbt

Airflow

Dagster

Job description

AgileEngine is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design and maintain data pipelines and automation systems powering cloud cost visibility, attribution, and performance insights for a Cloud Economics team. You will build scalable ELT/ETL workflows across AWS services including Glue, Athena, and Aurora alongside Snowflake, optimizing for performance, reliability, and cost efficiency.

The role partners with Engineering and Finance stakeholders to support cost optimization initiatives and