Data Engineer

HAVI België; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Medical/dental/vision benefits

401(k) with company match

Job summary

HAVI is seeking a data-focused architect to design and maintain scalable, secure cloud-ready data solutions supporting predictive analytics across supply chain domains. You will partner with analytics, product, and security teams to deliver end-to-end data products from prototype to production, continuously improving data platforms and performance.

The role emphasizes strong SQL, Spark on cloud, and Azure Databricks expertise, with a hybrid work setup in Chicago and relocation not offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 3+ years building production data pipelines (batch/streaming) with Spark on cloud.
• 2+ years hands-on Azure Databricks (PySpark/Scala, Spark SQL, Delta Lake) experience.
• Experience with Delta Lake operations and Unity Catalog RBAC and lineage.
• Azure Data Factory for orchestration and integration with ADLS Gen2.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with data management, data science, decision science, and tech teams to address supply chain data needs.
• Design and optimize data pipelines including ETL/ELT, data models, metadata, and access control.
• Integrate analytics outputs into business processes and workflows.
• Move data flows from development to production; ensure reliability and observability.
• Apply DevOps and DataOps practices to improve automation and collaboration.
• Implement Agentic AI capabilities to drive efficiency and opportunity.

Skills

Data engineering

Spark on cloud

Azure Databricks

SQL

DevOps / DataOps

CI/CD

Terraform / IaC

Cross-functional collaboration

Observability / cost control

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS / data management / information systems

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

Databricks Jobs/Workflows

Delta Live Tables

Azure Data Factory

ADLS Gen2

Key Vault

GitHub Actions

Job description

HAVI is a global, privately owned company focused on innovating, optimizing and managing the supply chains of leading brands. Offering services in marketing analytics, packaging, supply chain management and logistics, HAVI partners with companies to address challenges big and small across the supply chain, from commodity to customer. Founded in 1974, HAVI employs more than 10,000 people and serves customers in more than 100 countries. For more information, please visit HAVI.com .

Architect, design, implement, enhance, and maintain highly scalable, available, secure, and elastic cloud-ready data solutions using cutting-edge technologies to support our predictive and prescriptive analytics needs. Be an expert in our data domains, act as a trusted partner and advisor to solutions architects and data scientists and become a crucial part of the analytics solution lifecycle – from prototype to production and operations of our data science and advanced analytics solutions in areas such as promotions, supply and demand planning, item/menu level analytics, supply chain simulations, and optimization, competitive benchmarking, and root cause analysis. Continuously improve and advance our data solutions.

This is a hybrid role based at 345 N Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60607. Candidates must reside in the Chicago metropolitan area. Relocation assistance is not offered at this time.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for working with the data management, data science, decision science, and technology teams to address supply chain data needs in demand and supply planning, replenishment, pricing, and optimization
• Develop/refine the data requirements, design/develop data deliverables, and optimize data pipelines in non-production and production environments
• Design, build, and manage/monitor data pipelines for data structures encompassing data transformation, data models, schemas, metadata, and workload management. The ability to work with both IT and business
• Integrate analytics and data science output into business processes and workflows
• Build and optimize data pipelines, pipeline architectures, and integrated datasets. These should include ETL/ELT, data replication/CI-CD, API design, and access
• Work with and optimize existing ETL processes and data integration and preparation flows and help move them to production
• Work with popular data discovery, analytics, and BI and AI tools in semantic-layer data discovery
• Adept in agile methodologies and capable of applying DevOps and DataOps principles to data pipelines to improve communication, integration, reuse, and automation of data flows between data managers and data consumers across the organization
• Implement Agentic AI capability to drive efficiency and opportunity

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, data management, information systems, information science or a related field; advanced degree in computer science, data management, information systems, information science or a related field preferred.
• 3+ years in data engineering building production data pipelines (batch and/or streaming) with Spark on cloud.
• 2+ years hands‑on Azure Databricks (PySpark/Scala, Spark SQL, Delta Lake) including:
  • Delta Lake operations (MERGE/CDC, OPTIMIZE/Z-ORDER, VACUUM, partitioning, schema evolution).
  • Unity Catalog (RBAC, permissions, lineage, data masking/row-level access).
  • Databricks Jobs/Workflows or Delta Live Tables.
• Azure Data Factory for orchestration (pipelines, triggers, parameterization, IRs) and integration with ADLS Gen2, Key Vault.
• Strong SQL across large datasets; performance tuning (joins, partitions, file sizing).
• Data quality at scale (e.g., Great Expectations/Deequ), monitoring and alerting; debug/backfill playbooks.
• DevOps for data: Git branching, code reviews, unit/integration testing (pytest/dbx), CI/CD (Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions).
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or Bicep) for Databricks workspaces, cluster policies, ADF, storage.
• Observability & cost control: Azure Monitor/Log Analytics; cluster sizing, autoscaling, Photon; cost/perf trade-offs.
• Proven experience collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders (analytics, data governance, product, security) to ship and support data products.

Dimensions & Stakholders:

• Content scope: Data engineering, data modeling, Agentic AI and automation, and data solution operationalization
• Geographical Scope: Global
• Stakeholders & Networks: Analytics and Insights, DevOps, Product Management, Technology
• Working model: Individual contributor, collaborates with cross‑functional team within global planning and analytics

*Starting Salary is $100,000-$115,000 with a 5% targeted bonus

Our total rewards philosophy integrates programs for compensation, benefits, recognition, learning and development, corporate culture, corporate citizenship and work-life balance. While individual program components may differ by country, some things remain constant:

• Our commitment to rewarding results
• Opportunities to work with talented and driven individuals at every level of our company who respect each other, treat each other fairly and hold one another accountable for our customers’—and our company’s—success

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Inclusive employee resource groups

Generous medical, dental, vision and other great benefits

Paid parental and medical leave programs

401(k) with a company match component and profit sharing

15 days of paid time off plus company holidays

Hybrid work model with flexibility

Tuition reimbursement and student loan repayment assistance

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

We are an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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