Data Engineer (in person)

SEP; Westfield (IN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work schedules

Opportunities to learn and develop

Community of friendly peers

Gorgeous facilities

Job summary

SEP in Westfield, Indiana is seeking a data engineer to join their growing data practice. The successful candidate will build, test, and ship data solutions for clients.

Applicants should have a passion for software development, strong SQL skills, and practical experience with data pipelines. The position requires working from the SEP office in Westfield and offers opportunities for learning and professional growth.

Qualifications

• Strong SQL skills with working proficiency in Python.
• Practical experience in data pipeline development, ideally in both batch and streaming.
• Hands-on experience with at least one cloud data platform, preferably Azure.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain data pipelines and transformations.
• Implement data models for analytics use cases.
• Communicate progress, blockers, and risks to the team and stakeholders.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data pipeline development

Data modeling patterns

Cloud data platforms

Data quality checks

Orchestration tools

Infrastructure as code

CI/CD pipelines

Mentoring

Tools

Azure

Databricks

Snowflake

Apache Airflow

Terraform

Job description

SEP is looking for a data engineer to join our growing data practice and deliver data solutions for our clients. We’ve been helping companies build great software products since 1988 in a wide range of industries and technologies, and more and more of these products are powered by data. Our clients want us to apply the same engineering rigor we bring to software development to their data pipelines and data platforms. You’ll spend your days building, testing, and shipping data systems that real clients depend on.

What we have to offer

• Variety on every axis — tools, technologies, market sectors, methodologies
• Flexible, reasonable work schedules
• Extensive opportunities to learn and develop yourself
• A community of friendly, talented, and effective peers
• Opportunities to try out different roles with minimal risk
• Gorgeous facilities

What you’ll be doing

• Build and maintain data pipelines and transformations (batch and streaming)
• Implement data models for analytics use cases
• Write data quality checks and tests for data pipelines
• Configure orchestration and workflow tooling to support delivery
• Implement infrastructure as code for data platforms
• Investigate and resolve pipeline failures and performance issues
• Participate in peer code review and contribute to team documentation
• Communicate progress, blockers, and risks to the team and stakeholders
• Support client meetings in a technical capacity

Key attributes for applicants

• A passion for great products, software development, and learning
• Strong SQL skills with working proficiency in Python; experience with Spark, Scala, R, or C# is a plus
• Practical experience in data pipeline development, ideally in both batch and streaming patterns
• Understanding of data modeling patterns for analytics (dimensional modeling, normalized data models, lakehouse concepts)
• Hands‑On experience with at least one cloud data platform (Azure preferred, AWS and GCP experience also valued)
• Familiarity with modern data platforms such as Databricks, Snowflake, Microsoft Fabric, or Redshift
• Familiarity with orchestration and workflow management (Apache Airflow, Databricks Workflows, Temporal, or similar)
• Experience writing tests and data quality checks for pipelines
• Exposure to infrastructure as code tooling (Terraform, ARM/Bicep) and CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions or similar) is a plus
• Experience with analytics engineering tools like dbt and data catalog tools (Unity Catalog, Microsoft Purview) is a plus
• Applies software engineering best practices to data engineering (source control, automated testing, code review, CI/CD)
• Comfortable with ambiguity; can clarify requirements through conversation
• Interest in mentoring and developing less experienced engineers
• Professional data engineering experience (2+ years desired)
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States
• Must not require visa sponsorship or have work authorization based on OPT or CPT
• Must be able to work from our office in Westfield, IN without relocation financial assistance

We are an equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.