Irvine On‑Site Data Engineer

Tilly's, Inc.; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) retirement plan

Health coverage

Employee discount

Discount programs

Employee sample sales

Wellness & social events

Weekly office snacks

Job summary

Tillys, Inc. is seeking a Data Engineer to join the Information Technology team in Irvine, CA.

The role focuses on designing, developing, and maintaining scalable data solutions that support applications, reporting, analytics, and operations across the organization. You will collaborate with the Lead Software Architect, developers, stakeholders, and other technical teams to build data pipelines, data models, and integrations that ensure accurate and efficient data movement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Data Science, or related field.
• 3–5 years of related experience in data engineering, software development, data integration, or similar.
• Experience with cloud-based data platforms and technologies preferred.
• Retail/eCommerce data experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain scalable data pipelines and data integration solutions.
• Build and maintain ETL/ELT processes to collect, transform, and integrate data.
• Collaborate with Lead Software Architect to align data solutions with architecture and standards.
• Work with developers, analysts, and stakeholders to translate data requirements into technical solutions.
• Design and maintain data models and structures supporting reporting and analytics.
• Develop integrations between enterprise applications, databases, APIs, and third-party sources.
• Monitor pipelines to resolve performance and data quality issues.
• Troubleshoot data and integration issues and implement sustainable solutions.
• Automate data validation, reconciliation, monitoring, and error handling.
• Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and integrity across pipelines.
• Optimize queries and transformations for scalability and efficiency.
• Assist with modernization of data processes and platforms.
• Participate in cloud-based data architecture design and implementation.
• Support development teams with data access patterns and requirements.
• Create and maintain technical documentation for data flows and mappings.
• Follow SDLC, version control, testing, deployment, and CI/CD practices.
• Implement security and access controls to protect data.
• Evaluate emerging data technologies and make recommendations.
• Develop proofs-of-concept and prototypes for new technologies.
• Identify opportunities to improve data processing and reusability.
• Participate in code reviews and Agile ceremonies.
• Provide guidance on data integrations and data engineering.
• Stay aware of data engineering best practices.

Skills

SQL proficiency

ETL/ELT pipelines

Cloud technologies

BI platforms

APIs & integration

Data modeling

Programming (Python/Java/C#)

Git & CI/CD

Data governance & security

Analytical thinking

Communication

Organizational skills

Multi-priority management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Tableau

PowerBI

MicroStrategy

Oracle Cloud

Snowflake

AWS

GCP

Redshift

Job description

Tillys, Inc. is seeking a Data Engineer to join the Information Technology team in Irvine, CA.

The role focuses on designing, developing, and maintaining scalable data solutions that support applications, reporting, analytics, and operations across the organization. You will collaborate with the Lead Software Architect, developers, stakeholders, and other technical teams to build data pipelines, data models, and integrations that ensure accurate and efficient data movement.