Data Engineer

ARLINGTON COMMUNITY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION; Falls Church (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & dental

Vision

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) & profit sharing

Paid holidays & PTO

Pet insurance

Job summary

Arlington Community Federal Credit Union is seeking a Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable data infrastructure, integration processes, and production-grade data pipelines. You will support enterprise reporting, advanced analytics, and future AI use cases with strong data quality and governance practices.

The role sits at the intersection of data architecture, platform engineering, and cross-functional collaboration, requiring clear communication to non-technical stakeholders and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field; Master’s preferred.
• 5–7 years data engineering and scalable pipelines experience.
• Strong Python and SQL; Spark and orchestration tools favored.
• Experience with distributed data processing and cloud platforms.
• Data governance, access controls, lineage, monitoring.
• Platform certifications are a plus.
• Experience in financial services/banking preferred.
• Ability to translate complex concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Collaborative, team-oriented with cross-functional partnership.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and integration processes.
• Support enterprise reporting, analytics, and AI use cases.
• Establish modern data platform capabilities and governance.
• Collaborate with analysts, business stakeholders, IT teams.
• Ensure data quality and reliable downstream data.

Skills

Python

SQL

Apache Spark

Databricks

Data governance

Data quality

Cloud platforms

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Databricks

Airflow

Job description

Position Overview

We are actively recruiting for a Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable data infrastructure, integration processes, and production-grade data pipelines. In this role, you will support enterprise reporting, advanced analytics, and future AI use cases while establishing and evolving modern data platform capabilities. This is a highly technical role that sits at the intersection of data architecture, platform engineering, and cross-functional collaboration. There will be a strong emphasis on data quality, governance, and delivering reliable, well-governed data to downstream consumers.

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Data Science, or a related technical field required; Master’s degree preferred. Equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.


• Minimum 5–7 years of progressively responsible data engineering experience, including designing and supporting scalable data pipelines, transformation workflows, and modern cloud-based data platforms.


• Strong proficiency in Python and SQL required; experience with Apache Spark and other data ingestion and orchestration tools strongly preferred.


• Experience with distributed data processing frameworks and cloud-based data platforms; Databricks strongly preferred.


• Solid understanding of data integration patterns, batch and near-real-time processing, change data capture, and data quality controls.


• Experience implementing data governance frameworks including access controls, lineage tracking, validation, and monitoring practices.


• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, storage, and deployment concepts; platform-specific certification (e.g., Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional, Microsoft Certified: Fabric Data Engineer Associate) a plus.


• Experience in financial services, banking, or credit union environments strongly preferred.


• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear communication for non-technical stakeholders.


• Collaborative, team-oriented mindset with the ability to partner closely with analysts, business stakeholders, and IT teams.

What You Can Expect From COFCU

• A fun work environment! The Credit Union (CU) helps build relationships by providing remarkable service, celebrating internal and external opportunities, acting with integrity, and loving the communities we serve.


• Highly competitive compensation and benefits package to include medical, dental, vision, life, short-term and long-term disability insurance, 401(k) plan, profit sharing, paid holidays, and paid time off. We also offer pet insurance!


• Employee PERKS to include: a culture day, birthday off with pay, volunteer leave, tuition reimbursement, business casual dress environment, discounted gym membership, discounted loans, employee referral bonus program, exciting employee engagement events, and more!

Join the COFCU team! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or state as an individual with a disability.