Data Engineer III

Pearson; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Data Engineer III to design, build, and scale enterprise data products on Google Cloud Platform. You will develop modern data pipelines, semantic models, and analytics solutions powering critical reporting, analytics, and AI use cases across Pearson.

The role involves building on DBT, Looker, and Power BI, applying Medallion architecture, and ensuring governance, security, and observability. Collaboration with multiple teams and strong cloud-native practices are essential.

Qualifications

• Strong data engineering background with cloud-native platforms.
• Proven experience on enterprise data products and analytics platforms.
• Experience with GCP and BigQuery is essential.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and scale ELT pipelines on GCP using DBT.
• Develop data products with Bronze/Silver/Gold medallion layers.
• Build dbt models and analytics frameworks for Looker and Power BI.
• Optimize BigQuery models, datasets, and performance.
• Implement data quality, testing, and observability.
• Contribute to governance, security, and deployment processes.
• Collaborate with engineers, analytics teams, and stakeholders.
• Drive platform reliability and scalable engineering practices.
• Mentor engineers and promote best practices.

Skills

BigQuery

dbt Core

Advanced SQL

Python

REST API integration

Git / GitHub

Data modeling

Data quality

Performance tuning

Cloud-native architecture

AI agent frameworks

Looker / LookML

Power BI

Semantic modeling

KPI development

Dashboard optimization

DevOps

IaC

Monitoring & observability

Technical architecture docs

Peer reviews

Education

Bachelor's / Master’s in a relevant field

Job description

Reports To: Senior Data Engineering Manager

Role Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Data Engineer III to help design, build, and scale enterprise data products on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This role is responsible for developing modern data pipelines, transformation frameworks, semantic data models, and analytics solutions that power business-critical reporting, advanced analytics, and AI-enabled use cases across Pearson. The ideal candidate combines strong data engineering practices with deep expertise in cloud-native data platforms, data modeling, analytics engineering, and platform governance. This role will work across Data Products / Data 360s and other strategic data initiatives utilizing BigQuery, dbt, Looker, Power BI, and modern CI/CD practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and ELT workflows on GCP using our DBT platform.
• Develop and support data products using Medallion Architecture (Bronze, Silver, and Gold layers).
• Build and maintain dbt models, reusable transformations, and analytics engineering frameworks.
• Design optimized BigQuery data models, datasets, views, and performance tuning strategies.
• Implement automated data quality, testing, observability, and monitoring solutions.
• Develop and support semantic models for analytics and reporting platforms including Looker and Power BI.
• Partner with analytics engineers, software engineers, QA engineers, architects, and business stakeholders to deliver trusted data products.
• Support CI/CD, release management, automated testing, and deployment processes.
• Implement and maintain data governance, security, privacy, and access control standards.
• Contribute to architecture decisions, platform standards, and engineering best practices.
• Troubleshoot production issues and drive continuous platform improvements focused on reliability, scalability, and operational excellence.

Required Skills & Experience

Technical Skills

• BigQuery
• dbt Core
• Advanced SQL
• Python
• REST API integration
• Git / GitHub
• Data modeling and dimensional modeling
• Data quality and test automation
• Performance optimization and query tuning
• Cloud-native architecture and software engineering practices
• AI Agent Frameworks and Implementations (GCP Gemini)
• Looker / LookML
• Power BI
• Semantic modeling
• KPI and metric development
• Dashboard optimization and analytics enablement
• DevOps and automation practices
• Infrastructure-as-Code concepts
• Monitoring and observability frameworks
• Technical design and architecture documentation
• Peer reviews and collaborative engineering practices

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building enterprise-scale data and analytics platforms.
• Experience supporting Marketing, Digital Analytics, Customer, or Advertising data domains.
• Experience implementing Medallion Architecture and data product operating models.
• Experience with orchestration technologies such as Airflow, Cloud Composer, or Cloud Run.
• Understanding of data governance, GDPR, PII management, and enterprise security controls.
• Experience supporting AI, machine learning, and conversational analytics use cases.
• Experience working in highly collaborative cross-functional environments with product, engineering, governance, and business stakeholders.

What Success Looks Like

• Delivers high-quality, production-ready data solutions with minimal supervision.
• Drives improvements in platform reliability, scalability, performance, and maintainability.
• Establishes reusable engineering patterns, frameworks, and best practices.
• Automates manual processes and improves operational efficiency across the platform.
• Partners effectively with stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Provides technical leadership, mentors fellow engineers, drives engineering best practices, and influences the technical direction of enterprise data products.
• Enables trusted, governed, and scalable data products that accelerate analytics and business decision-making.

Ideal Candidate Profile

A senior-level Data Engineer with strong expertise in GCP, BigQuery, dbt, Python, and analytics engineering who can independently own the end-to-end delivery of enterprise data products while influencing platform architecture, engineering standards, governance practices, and the long-term evolution of Pearson's modern data ecosystem.

Compensation at Pearson is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific location. As required by the California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York State, New York City, Vermont, Washington State, and Washington DC laws, the pay range for this position is as follows:

The minimum full-time salary range is between $80,000 - $100,000

This position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive program, and information on benefits offered is here.

Applications will be accepted through 17th August 2026. This window may be extended depending on business needs.

Who we are:

At Pearson, our purpose is simple: to help people realize the life they imagine through learning. We believe that every learning opportunity is a chance for a personal breakthrough. We are the world's lifelong learning company. For us, learning isn't just what we do. It's who we are. To learn more: We are Pearson.

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