Data Engineer III

Adusa; Quincy (MA); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 188,000; Full time

Job summary

Ahold Delhaize USA is seeking a Data Engineer III to design and implement reusable data patterns, automate quality checks, and strengthen pipeline reliability. The role supports hybrid work with 3 in-person days at core locations and 2 remote days, with Salisbury, NC or Quincy, MA as core offices. You must be authorized to work in the U.S.

full-time. Responsibilities include building modular data pipelines, implementing tests, and contributing to CI/CD workflows.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of data engineering or closely related roles.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience required.
• Experience with orchestration, distributed processing, and storage.
• Proficient in scripting/automation and version control.
• Clear problem solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design modular ingestion and transformation components for reuse.
• Build automated data tests, quality rules, and data lineage into pipelines.
• Operate monitoring, logging, and alerting; tune observability signals.
• Contribute to CI/CD workflows for safe deployment of changes.
• Support cloud service integration and container/orchestration patterns.
• Collaborate with consumers to align data models with needs.
• Maintain infrastructure as code and update environment configs.
• Document standards, runbooks, and troubleshooting guides.
• Participate in Agile planning and continuous improvement.
• Be available for urgent IT incident escalations when needed.

Skills

Data engineering

Orchestration

Distributed processing

Scripting

Version control

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Equivalent years of experience

Tools

CI/CD

DataDog

Job description

Introduction

Ahold Delhaize USA, a division of global food retailer Ahold Delhaize, is part of the U.S. family of brands, which also includes five leading omnichannel grocery brands – Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop & Shop. Ahold Delhaize USA associates support the brands with a wide range of services, including Finance, Legal, Sustainability, Commercial, Digital and E-commerce, Technology and more.

Overview

The Data Engineer III designs and implements reusable data patterns, automates quality and governance checks, and strengthens pipeline reliability and observability.

Our flexible/hybrid work schedule includes 3 in-person days at one of our core locations and 2 remote days. Our core office location for this role is Salisbury, NC or Quincy, MA.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Responsibilities

• Design modular ingestion and transformation components for common use cases, emphasizing reuse and maintainability.


• Build automated data tests, quality rules, and lineage capture into pipelines; contribute to CI/CD workflows that validate and deploy changes safely.


• Operate monitoring, logging, and alerting; tune signals to reduce noise and speed triage (including observability tooling such as DataDog where used).


• Execute upgrades and changes using low-risk deployment practices, contributing automation scripts and repeatable release steps.


• Support cloud service integration and container/orchestration patterns as needed to improve scalability and runtime performance.


• Partner with consumers to align data models with user needs and usability principles; provide reusable datasets and components.


• Maintain infrastructure as code and update environment configurations using approved tools and templates.


• Document standards, runbooks, and troubleshooting guides; contribute to internal enablement materials for platform usage.


• Contribute to Agile planning and continuous improvement; support operational needs that keep platform services running.


• May be called upon to support critical escalations and must be available during urgent IT incidents as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of work experience.


• 5+ years in data engineering or closely related roles.


• Hands-on experience with orchestration, distributed processing, and storage.


• Proficiency in scripting/automation and version control.


• Clear problem solving and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to streaming and change data capture patterns.


• Awareness of privacy/security controls for data.

Salary Range: $125,040 - $187,560

Actual compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on their unique qualifications and experience, internal equity, and market conditions. Final compensation decisions will be made in accordance with company policies and applicable laws.