Data Engineer

Forbes Advisor; New Jersey; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Forbes Advisor is seeking a senior data engineer in New Jersey to design and maintain robust data pipelines. The role requires 6+ years in data engineering, expert Python and SQL skills, and hands-on API ingestion experience with rate limits, pagination, and retries.

Proficiency in Airflow or similar orchestration tools is preferred. Ideal candidates will have experience with BigQuery, and a strong understanding of data quality, scalability, and performance in large-scale marketing analytics

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional experience in Data Engineering.
• Strong proficiency in Python for building data pipelines.
• Advanced SQL skills for large-scale data processing.
• Hands-on experience with API data ingestion, including handling rate limits, pagination, and retries.
• Experience with data orchestration tools such as Airflow or equivalent.

Skills

Python for data pipelines

Advanced SQL

API data ingestion

Data orchestration concepts

Tools

Airflow

BigQuery

Job description

Requirements

• 6+ years of professional experience in Data Engineering.
• Strong proficiency in Python for building data pipelines.
• Advanced SQL skills for large-scale data processing.
• Hands-on experience with API data ingestion, including handling rate limits, pagination, and retries.
• Experience with data orchestration tools such as Airflow or equivalent.

Preferred skills

• Hands-on experience with cloud data platforms like BigQuery.
• Understanding of Meta Ads platform fundamentals and marketing metrics including CTR, CPC, CPA, and ROAS.
• Exposure to event tracking systems such as GA4 or Snowplough.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with microservices-style or modular data systems.
• Knowledge of lead generation workflows and funnel metrics.

Background and domain

• Experience in AdTech, Marketing Analytics, or Lead Generation domains is highly valued.
• Previous experience at product-focused companies with high-scale data needs.