Data Engineer II — Build Reliable, Scalable Data Pipelines

Gilbane Building; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and welfare benefits

Profit-sharing/401k plan

Gilbane University training and growth

Job summary

Gilbane Building is seeking a Data Engineer II to design, build, test, deploy and support scalable data pipelines and platform components. You will translate business needs into secure, reliable solutions and collaborate across data, technology and business teams to improve data accessibility and quality.

Responsibilities include owning data engineering solutions end-to-end, building ETL/ELT pipelines, data models and APIs, implementing testing and observability, and mentoring junior engineers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, mathematics, statistics, or a related field.
• 3-5 years of relevant experience in data engineering, software engineering, BI, analytics engineering, or data platform development.
• Experience building and supporting production ETL/ELT pipelines, data models, warehouses, lakes, or lakehouses.
• Strong SQL and proficiency in Python, Scala, Java, or a similar language.
• Experience with a cloud data platform, orchestration tool, and automated testing or CI/CD preferred.
• Or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

• Own defined data engineering solutions from requirements and design through deployment, monitoring, and support.
• Build and optimize ETL/ELT pipelines, integrations, data models, APIs, and batch or near-real-time workflows.
• Translate business rules and source-system behavior into maintainable technical designs and mappings.
• Implement automated testing, reconciliation, observability, alerting, metadata, and lineage for assigned solutions.
• Tune data pipelines, storage, and queries for reliability, scalability, performance, and cost effectiveness.
• Troubleshoot production incidents, perform root-cause analysis, remediate defects, and prevent recurrence.
• Apply CI/CD, version control, code review, documentation, security, privacy, and governance standards.
• Partner with analytics, BI, data science, architecture, product, and business teams to deliver usable data products.
• Identify opportunities to automate manual flows and create reusable engineering patterns.
• Mentor junior engineers through technical guidance, code review, and knowledge sharing.

Skills

SQL

Python/Scala/Java

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Engineering/Math/Stats

Tools

Cloud data platform

Orchestration tool

CI/CD

Job description

Gilbane Building is seeking a Data Engineer II to design, build, test, deploy and support scalable data pipelines and platform components. You will translate business needs into secure, reliable solutions and collaborate across data, technology and business teams to improve data accessibility and quality.

Responsibilities include owning data engineering solutions end-to-end, building ETL/ELT pipelines, data models and APIs, implementing testing and observability, and mentoring junior engineers.