Senior Data Engineer

Midtown Athletic Clubs; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Complimentary club membership

Discounts on Midtown products and services

Access to hundreds of free courses for professional development

Health insurance for eligible full-time associates

Job summary

A leading athletic club organization is seeking a Senior Data Engineer for its Chicago headquarters. The role involves architecting data infrastructure, designing scalable data pipelines, and implementing best practices for data governance and compliance. Candidates should have over 5 years of experience with Microsoft Azure and strong skills in SQL and Python. This position offers hybrid work and competitive pay between $130,000 and $150,000.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience designing and implementing data solutions on Microsoft Azure.
• Experience with data modeling, ETL/ELT pipelines, and modern data warehousing.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, and multitasking skills.

Responsibilities

• Architect and evolve data infrastructure to support enterprise reporting, ML, and AI use cases.
• Design, build, and maintain data pipelines that ingest, transform, and deliver data.
• Implement best practices for data governance, security, and compliance.

Skills

SQL

Python

Cloud-native data tools

Data modeling

ETL/ELT pipelines

BI tools

Agile methodologies

Collaboration tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Information Technology

Tools

Azure (Data Factory, Databricks)

Power BI

Azure DevOps

JIRA

MS Teams

Job description

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Talent Acquisition at Midtown Athletic Clubs

Midtown is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join our world‑class team at our Chicago headquarters.

The team is based in our HQ office in Chicago (3611 N Kedzie Ave.) and supports all club locations.

• The role is hybrid work‑from‑home and required to also come in the office in Chicago 2 days per week (Monday/Tuesday)
• The position is based in the Chicago area and will involve very limited travel to Midtown club locations

About Our Company

We work at Midtown to inspire people to transform their lives—and we do our job well. Our members stay longer than any other major athletic club chain in North America because we are committed to providing resort‑like environments, personal attention, and strong communities at every one of our clubs. We believe all three of those pillars start with attracting and growing rock‑star talent at every level of our organization.

Who We Want

We are looking for people that share our core values: kind individuals who want to win together, see things as the glass half full, are passionate about helping others, and strive to always be better than yesterday.

The Position

The Senior Data Engineer is a key leader in advancing Midtown’s enterprise data architecture and driving innovation across reporting, machine learning, and AI initiatives. They will design and implement scalable, secure, and high‑performing data pipelines and infrastructure that support a wide range of data‑driven use cases. Collaborating closely with analysts and business stakeholders, they will ensure the availability and usability of data for analytics and modeling, while contributing to the organization’s long‑term data strategy. This role is instrumental in enabling actionable insights and fostering a modern, resilient data ecosystem.

Primary Responsibilities

• Architect and evolve data infrastructure to support enterprise reporting, ML, and AI use cases.
• Design, build, and maintain data pipelines that ingest, transform, and deliver data from diverse sources.
• Implement best practices for data governance, security, and compliance.
• Continuously improve data engineering processes, including automation, orchestration, and monitoring.
• Mentor and guide engineering peers on architecture standards and development practices.
• Collaborate with analysts and stakeholders to ensure data usability and accessibility.
• Stay current with industry trends in cloud platforms, AI/ML tooling, and the modern data stack.
• Support reporting and visualization efforts through semantic layers and curated datasets.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience designing and implementing data solutions on Microsoft Azure (e.g., Azure Data Factory, Databricks, Power Platform).
• Strong proficiency in SQL, Python, and cloud‑native data tools.
• Experience with data modeling, ETL/ELT pipelines, and modern data warehousing.
• Familiarity with ML/AI workflows (e.g., feature engineering, model deployment, data versioning) is a plus.
• Experience with BI tools such as Power BI; report writing experience is a plus.
• Working knowledge of agile development methodologies.
• Proficiency with collaboration tools (e.g., Azure DevOps, JIRA, MS Teams).
• Strong communication, problem‑solving, and multitasking skills.
• Eager to work with multiple teams and projects at the same time.

Team Members of the Midtown team receive

• Complimentary club membership
• Discounts on Midtown products and services
• Access to hundreds of free courses for professional development
• Health insurance for eligible full‑time associates (30+ hours a week)

This job description is intended to describe the general requirements for the position. It is not a complete statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. Other duties not listed here may be assigned as necessary to ensure the proper operations of the department.

Salary Range

• $130,000 - $150,000. The actual compensation will depend on experience, and/or additional skills you bring to the table.
• Please refer to the link here for a copy of benefits and perks offered by Midtown for our full and part time associates. You may also visit: https://careers.midtown.com/about-us/benefits/