Data Engineer II: Build Scalable Data Pipelines

Gilbane Building Company; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit-sharing/401k plan

Health and welfare benefits

Pre-employment substance abuse test

Job summary

Gilbane Building Company is hiring a Data Engineer II in Columbus, OH. You will independently design, build, test, deploy, and support scalable data pipelines, models, and reusable platform components to improve data accessibility and quality.

You will collaborate across data, technology, analytics, and business teams, translating business rules into secure technical designs and resilient data solutions. The role emphasizes reliable, cost-efficient data processing and mentoring junior engineers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, mathematics, statistics or 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 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

ETL/ELT pipelines

Education

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

Tools

Cloud data platform

CI/CD

Orchestration tool

Job description

Gilbane Building Company is hiring a Data Engineer II in Columbus, OH. You will independently design, build, test, deploy, and support scalable data pipelines, models, and reusable platform components to improve data accessibility and quality.

You will collaborate across data, technology, analytics, and business teams, translating business rules into secure technical designs and resilient data solutions. The role emphasizes reliable, cost-efficient data processing and mentoring junior engineers.