Data Engineer

Kavaliro; Salt Lake City (UT); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Kavaliro is seeking a Data Engineer for a direct hire role to scale data foundations and build scalable pipelines across the organization.

You will partner with Product, Engineering, Analytics, and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality data solutions. The position offers a hybrid work model and a competitive salary range of $100,000–$135,000 yearly.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in data engineering or data-driven software engineering.
• Strong Python and SQL skills.
• Experience with orchestration frameworks (Prefect, Airflow, Dagster).
• Deep knowledge of Snowflake/Databricks and PostgreSQL/MongoDB.
• Experience with cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure).

Responsibilities

• Develop and automate large-scale, high-performance data platform pipelines and infrastructure.
• Design reusable components for ingestion, cleansing, and data quality.
• Ingest data into the Data Lake and Data Warehouse.
• Collaborate with Operations, Sales, and Product Development to drive strategy and profitability.

Skills

Python

SQL

Orchestration

Data modeling

Cloud platforms

Streaming

OOP/FP

Teamwork

Communication

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

dbt

dlthub

Prefect

Airflow

Dagster

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

Job Description Our client is seeking a Data Engineer for a direct hire opportunity. The Data Engineer will help scale the data foundations that power the business. This individual will design, build, and optimize the data pipelines and infrastructure to enable data to be a strategic asset across the organization. This role is highly collaborative and will partner with the Product, Engineering, Analytics teams and business stakeholders to quickly understand evolving challenges and deliver scalable, maintainable, and high quality solutions. Data sits at the core of client operations. The firm relies on clean, reliable, well structured data to drive decision making, enhance client experiences, and support a rapidly growing product suite. This individual will be responsible for moving and transforming data and developing a deep understanding of the business context behind it and help teams act on insights. Pay: $100,000 - $135,000 annually Responsibilities

• Develop and automate large scale, high-performance data platform pipelines and infrastructure to drive business growth and enable data-driven decision making.
• Design and develop reusable components and frameworks for ingestion, cleansing, and data quality.
• Streamline the ingestion of raw data from various sources into our Data Lake and Data Warehouse.
• Design data models for optimal storage and retrieval that represent the tangible business domains across ecosystem.
• Coordinate closely with the Operations, Sales, and Product Development teams daily to push FinTech strategy and improve the overall profitability of the business.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional experience in a data engineering or data-driven software engineering role
• Exceptional Python and SQL skills
• Extensive experience with orchestration frameworks (Prefect, Airflow, Dagster, etc.)
• Deep understanding of OLAP (Snowflake, Databricks) and OLTP (PostgreSQL, MongoDB) databases and ELT frameworks (dbt, dlthub)
• Experience developing and deploying code to Cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Possess a strong grasp of object-oriented and functional programming and an ability to write easy-to-scale, high-quality code
• Experience leveraging stream processing frameworks (Kafka, Flink, Spark)
• Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code frameworks (terraform or cloud formation)
• Detail-oriented and able to multitask and work in a fast-paced environment
• Able to work independently while also being a strong team player
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Passionate about learning and mastering cutting-edge technologies
• Professional experience with JVM based languages such as Scala, Java, and Kotlin is preferred
• Knowledge of financial markets and financial instruments is preferred

Kavaliro provides Equal Employment Opportunities to all employees and applicants. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Kavaliro is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. In keeping with our commitment, Kavaliro will take the steps to assure that people with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. Accordingly, if reasonable accommodation is required to fully participate in the job application or interview process, to perform the essential functions of the position, and/or to receive all other benefits and privileges of employment, please respond to this posting to connect with a company representative. Job Requirements Hybrid