Data Engineer: AWS Platform & Data Pipelines

Highway; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Highway is seeking a Data Engineer to scale its platform on AWS, reporting to the Director of Platform Engineering. You will architect end-to-end data pipelines, optimize data flows between microservices and BI tools, and drive enterprise data warehousing strategies.

The role requires strong AWS experience, data governance, and a focus on security and resilience. Join a fast-growing freight tech provider serving major brokers, with emphasis on DevOps practices, CI/CD workflows, and scalable,

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Data Engineering or Backend Platform Engineering.
• Strong AWS cloud experience, especially Aurora/RDS, data architecture, and high-availability systems.
• Deep knowledge of database optimization, indexing, partitioning, and query tuning.

Responsibilities

• Architect and optimize end-to-end data pipelines across product ecosystems.
• Design and maintain scalable data flow between microservices, databases, APIs, events, and BI tools.
• Lead performance tuning, retention policies, and monitoring for high-volume systems.
• Define enterprise data warehousing strategies to support analytics and executive decision-making.
• Support BC/DR strategies to minimize downtime and ensure data resilience.
• Implement security, encryption, access control, auditing, and governance aligned with regulatory requirements.

Tools

Aurora/RDS

ETL

CI/CD

Job description

Highway is seeking a Data Engineer to scale its platform on AWS, reporting to the Director of Platform Engineering. You will architect end-to-end data pipelines, optimize data flows between microservices and BI tools, and drive enterprise data warehousing strategies.

The role requires strong AWS experience, data governance, and a focus on security and resilience. Join a fast-growing freight tech provider serving major brokers, with emphasis on DevOps practices, CI/CD workflows, and scalable,