Data Engineer - III

Compunnel Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company is seeking a Data Engineer III to design and maintain scalable data pipelines and support enterprise data initiatives. This role requires expertise in cloud-based data technologies, collaboration across teams, and a strong understanding of data quality and operational excellence. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree in a related field and experience with Databricks, SQL, Python, and AWS. Join us and help drive our data engineering processes forward.

Qualifications

• Two or more years of experience with tools such as Databricks, Collibra, and Starburst.
• Three or more years of experience with Python and PySpark.
• Recent experience working with relational and NoSQL data stores.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain robust data pipelines for the Common Data Platform.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and follow Scaled Agile processes.
• Implement monitoring and alerting for data pipelines.

Skills

Databricks (PySpark)

SQL (Starburst is a plus)

GitLab

CI/CD pipelines

Python

Tableau

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field

Tools

Databricks

Collibra

Starburst

Jupyter notebooks

AWS

Spark

Airflow

Redshift

Snowflake

Job description

The Data Engineer III will design, develop, and maintain scalable, secure, and efficient data pipelines in support of enterprise data product initiatives.

This role involves working with modern cloud-based data technologies, building reliable data processing solutions, and supporting a unified data platform.

The engineer will collaborate across cross-functional teams to collect, parse, manage, analyze, and visualize large datasets while ensuring consistency, data quality, and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust data pipelines to ingest, transform, catalog, and deliver high-quality data into the Common Data Platform.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and follow established Scaled Agile (SAFe) processes.
• Deliver high-quality data products and services aligned with program standards and best practices.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve issues with data pipelines and analytical data environments.
• Implement monitoring, alerting, and automated remediation for data pipelines and data stores.
• Apply a security-first approach and follow testing, automation, and data engineering best practices.
• Collaborate with product teams, data scientists, analysts, and business partners to understand data needs and deliver the necessary infrastructure and tooling.
• Stay informed on emerging technologies and recommend improvements to enhance data engineering processes and efficiencies.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Skills across Databricks (PySpark), SQL (Starburst is a plus), GitLab, CI/CD pipelines, Python, and Tableau.
• Two or more years of experience with tools such as Databricks, Collibra, and Starburst.
• Three or more years of experience with Python and PySpark.
• Experience coding and unit testing in Jupyter notebooks.
• Recent experience working with relational and NoSQL data stores, including STAR and dimensional modeling techniques.
• Two or more years of experience with modern data stack components such as S3, Spark, Airflow, lakehouse architectures, and cloud data warehouses such as Redshift or Snowflake.
• Broad data engineering experience across traditional ETL and big data technologies.
• Experience implementing data engineering solutions in AWS environments.
• Experience building end-to-end pipelines for unstructured and semi-structured data using Spark.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with real-time data processing solutions.
• Experience contributing to large-scale enterprise data platform initiatives.
• Familiarity with data governance, metadata management, and data quality principles.
• Experience working in Agile or SAFe environments.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.