Data Engineer — Production Pipelines & Data Quality (Charlotte)

Realign LLC

Charlotte (NC)

On-site

USD 88,000 - 108,000

Full time

8 days ago

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Job summary

Realign LLC in Charlotte, NC is hiring an onsite Data Engineer for a Production Support focused role. You will help keep critical data flows running smoothly while improving quality, enforcing data management standards, and partnering with teams to resolve production incidents across multiple technology stacks.

You will implement and maintain data flows, including ETL/ELT pipelines, ingestion processes, and distributed data processing jobs.

Qualifications

5 to 10 years of experience in Data Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
Strong proficiency in Python and SQL, including advanced transformations.
Hands-on experience building and maintaining distributed ETL/ELT pipelines and ingestion workflows.

Responsibilities

Implement and maintain data flows, including ETL/ELT pipelines, ingestion processes, and distributed data processing jobs.
Support production issues through root-cause analysis across platforms and systems.
Enforce data management standards with a focus on data quality, metadata, and data lineage.
Monitor and troubleshoot pipeline health with logs, metrics, and health checks.
Perform advanced performance tuning for SQL, Spark, and other distributed data workflows.
Contribute to automated test suites and support test-driven development.