MS Fabric Data Engineer — Hybrid in MN

Preferred Credit, Inc.; Saint Cloud (MN); Hybrid; USD 82,000 - 103,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Discretionary Bonus

Earned Safe & Sick Time (ESST)

Paid Maternity & Paternity Leave

Paid Time Off (PTO) & 8 Paid Holidays

Donation Matching & Paid VolunteerTime

401(k) Match – 100% of your deferrals

Tuition Reimbursement & Student Loan

Job summary

Preferred Credit, Inc. is seeking an MS Fabric Data Engineer based in Central Minnesota with in-office requirements and a reasonable commute to St. Cloud.

The role focuses on building modern data solutions, migrating from SQL Server to Microsoft Fabric, and delivering Bronze/Silver/Gold medallion architectures. You will design and optimize data pipelines using PySpark, dbt, Fabric Notebooks, and Power BI, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and provide off-hours support as needed to ensure

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent program or equivalent experience.
• 3-4 years of overall data engineering experience, with 1-2 years (minimum) of hands-on experience in Microsoft Fabric.
• Proficiency in PySpark and/or Python for data transformation and pipeline development.
• Strong T-SQL skills and understanding of relational database and dimensional modeling concepts.

Responsibilities

• Design and build ingestion pipelines from on-premises SQL Server and other source systems into Fabric using Mirroring, Copy Activity/Data Factory pipelines, and Fabric Notebooks.
• Develop and maintain medallion architecture (Bronze, Silver, Gold) transformations using PySpark notebooks and dbt (Data Build Tool).
• Implement schema evolution handling, watermark-based incremental loads, and data quality checks across pipeline layers.
• Available for off-hours support as needed to address data pipeline failures or critical issues impacting production data systems.
• Translate existing on-premises stored procedures and ETL logic into Fabric-native pipelines and dbt models as part of the SQL Server-to-Fabric migration.
• Identify and remediate data pipeline failures, performance bottlenecks, and capacity constraints within Fabric capacity limits.

Skills

Data engineering

PySpark

Python

T-SQL

Education

BS in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

dbt

Azure DevOps

Git

Power BI

SQL Server

Job description

Preferred Credit, Inc. is seeking an MS Fabric Data Engineer based in Central Minnesota with in-office requirements and a reasonable commute to St. Cloud.

The role focuses on building modern data solutions, migrating from SQL Server to Microsoft Fabric, and delivering Bronze/Silver/Gold medallion architectures. You will design and optimize data pipelines using PySpark, dbt, Fabric Notebooks, and Power BI, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and provide off-hours support as needed to ensure