Data Engineer II: Build Scalable Pipelines & Data Products

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

Job summary

Gilbane Building Company seeks a Data Engineer II to design, build, test, deploy, and support scalable data pipelines and models across our data platform. You will translate business requirements into secure, reliable data solutions and partner with data, technology, and business teams to improve accessibility and quality.

Ideal candidates have a BS in a related field and 3–5 years of data engineering experience, strong SQL and programming skills (Python/Scala/Java), and experience with cloud

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

Data pipelines

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

Cloud data platform

Orchestration tool

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Gilbane Building Company seeks a Data Engineer II to design, build, test, deploy, and support scalable data pipelines and models across our data platform. You will translate business requirements into secure, reliable data solutions and partner with data, technology, and business teams to improve accessibility and quality.

Ideal candidates have a BS in a related field and 3–5 years of data engineering experience, strong SQL and programming skills (Python/Scala/Java), and experience with cloud