Data Engineer

GreenStone Farm Credit Services; East Lansing (MI); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Total Rewards package

Hybrid and remote work options

Vacation 15 days / Sick 12 days / 12+"

Job summary

GreenStone Farm Credit Services is seeking a Data Engineer to design scalable data pipelines, optimize our BI platform, and partner with Finance and IT to turn data into actionable insights. You will lead ETL processes, enhance data quality, and explore cloud-based stream-processing technologies in AWS or Azure.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree and 1+ years of data warehouse experience, with strong SQL and Microsoft BI skills (SSIS/SSAS/SSRS/Power BI).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field is required.
• 1+ years of professional experience developing data warehouses is required.
• Experience working with Microsoft BI tools (SSIS, SSAS, SSRS, Power BI)
• Strong in SQL programming and Kimball data warehouse modeling.
• Master of the Databricks platform and Python programming, certifications preferred
• A team player mindset — you listen, collaborate, and help make others better.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable, secure, and resilient data pipelines from source to insight.
• Own and enhance our enterprise BI platform to be reliable and future-ready.
• Partner with Finance and IT to turn raw data into meaningful stories.
• Lead ETL processes—designing, managing, tuning, and monitoring.
• Optimize queries, tune databases, and prevent bottlenecks.
• Automate reporting workflows, ensure data quality, and innovate data journey steps.
• Explore new technologies and stream-processing systems in cloud environments (AWS or Azure).
• Maintain documentation and follow best practices in data warehousing, security, and compliance.

Job description

Are you passionate about building smart data systems that power big decisions? We’re looking for a Data Engineer who’s ready to roll up their sleeves and help us take our data platform to the next level. If you thrive on solving complex problems, designing clean data flows, and making data work harder (and smarter) — let’s talk.

Get to know GreenStone

Our $16 billion portfolio of customers, ranging from rural homeowners to global agriculture and food businesses, provides our employees with a unique opportunity to maintain a local presence while working for a top workplace. Our diverse business structure provides exciting opportunities for passionate, talented professionals in many areas. Additionally, many of our team members are highly respected in their area of expertise at both the state and national level making GreenStone one of the top Farm Credit associations in the country.

Culture

Core Four values steer everything we do at GreenStone. Customer First, Deliver Quality, Get involved, Do the right thing. Employees work as a team to create a company fueled by the desire to best serve each other and our customers every day. Greenstone culture promotes innovative thinking, professional development, health and wellness, and a relaxed work environment with flexible schedules.

What can we offer you?

GreenStone trusts the people we hire. We empower employees to make the best decisions for the customer and the company.

GreenStone has an outstanding Total Rewards package, which includes, but is not limited to:

• 15 vacation days, 12 sick days, and 12 paid holidays per year
• 16 hours of volunteer time
• Paid parental leave
• 401(k) plan — up to a 9% employer contribution/match
• Medical, Dental, Vision, STD, LTD, Life/AD&D benefits, etc.
• $150/year Logo Wear allowance
• $400/year Wellness Subsidy/Reimbursement & wellness programs
• $6,000 lifetime maximum Student Debt repayment program
• Yearly bonus/incentive opportunity available to all benefit eligible employees

What You’ll Do:

• Design and build scalable, secure, and resilient data pipelines that make data flow smoothly from source to insight.
• Own and enhance our enterprise Business Intelligence platform — making sure it’s optimized, reliable, and future-ready.
• Partner with Finance and IT teams to turn raw data into meaningful stories and actionable insights.
• Lead the charge on ETL processes (designing, managing, tuning, and monitoring) to keep our data world in motion.
• Be a performance guru — optimizing queries, tuning databases, and staying a step ahead of bottlenecks.
• Automate reporting workflows, ensure data quality, and bring fresh thinking to every step of the data journey.
• Keep us on the bleeding edge — exploring new technologies and stream-processing systems in cloud environments (AWS or Azure).
• Maintain top-notch documentation and follow best practices in data warehousing, security, and compliance.

What Experience can you Bring?

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field is required.
• 1+ years of professional experience developing data warehouses is required.
• Experience working with Microsoft BI tools (SSIS, SSAS, SSRS, Power BI)
• Strong in SQL programming and Kimball data warehouse modeling.
• Master of the Databricks platform and Python programming, certifications preferred
• A team player mindset — you listen, collaborate, and help make others better.

Tech You’ll Use:

• Microsoft BI Platform (SSIS, SSAS, SSRS, Power BI)
• Azure / AWS
• Databricks, Delta Lake, Lakehouse, Unity Catalog
• Python programming
• SQL Server, ETL frameworks, Data Lakes
• Agile tools + modern collaboration platforms

Why You’ll Love It Here:

• Impact: Your work directly influences critical business decisions.
• Growth: Learn new tools, explore new ideas, and evolve your career in a supportive environment.
• Culture: Collaborative, inclusive, and innovation-driven.
• Flexibility: Hybrid and remote work options to support your best work style.

GreenStone Farm Credit Services is an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all persons regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. We comply with all federal, state and local equal employment opportunity regulations. We conduct all personnel decisions and processes relating to our employees and job applicants in an environment free of discrimination and harassment.