Senior Data Engineer

TaskUs; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

TaskUs is hiring a Senior Data Engineer to join our remote team. You will own pipeline engineering, ensure data quality, and partner with BI and Data Science teams to deliver reliable, feature-ready datasets.

You will work across a modern lakehouse stack using Databricks or Snowflake, dbt, Airflow, and containerized tooling. This is a remote, international role with focus on scalable, cost-aware data infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Data Engineering.
• Expert-level proficiency in Python, SQL, and PySpark.
• Hands-on experience with modern lakehouse stacks (Databricks/Delta Lake or Snowflake).
• Strong experience with dbt, CI/CD, and data modeling as software.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain high-throughput ETL/ELT pipelines ingesting data into lakehouse.
• Drive the adoption of dbt for transformations and PySpark for heavy lifting.
• Implement data SLAs and build monitoring/alerting for data quality and pipeline reliability.
• Collaborate with BI and Data Science teams to deliver feature-ready datasets.
• Tune SQL and Spark plans to reduce cost and latency.

Skills

Python

SQL

PySpark

Databricks

Snowflake

dbt

Airflow

Kubernetes

Terraform

DuckDB

Kafka

Job description

About TaskUs:

TaskUs is a provider of outsourced digital services and next-generation customer experience to fast-growing technology companies, helping its clients represent, protect and grow their brands. Leveraging a cloud-based infrastructure, TaskUs serves clients in the fastest-growing sectors, including social media, e-commerce, gaming, streaming media, food delivery, ride-sharing, HiTech, FinTech, and HealthTech.

The People First culture at TaskUs has enabled the company to expand its workforce to approximately 60,000 employees globally. Presently, we have a presence in twenty-three locations across twelve countries, which include the Philippines, India, and the United States.

It started with one ridiculously good idea to create a different breed of Business Processing Outsourcing (BPO)! We at TaskUs understand that achieving growth for our partners requires a culture of constant motion, exploring new technologies, being ready to handle any challenge at a moment’s notice, and mastering consistency in an ever-changing world.

What We Offer:

At TaskUs, we prioritize our employees’ well-being by offering competitive industry salaries and comprehensive benefits packages. Our commitment to a People First culture is reflected in the various departments we have established, including Total Rewards, Wellness, HR, and Diversity. We take pride in our inclusive environment and positive impact on the community. Moreover, we actively encourage internal mobility and professional growth at all stages of an employee’s career within TaskUs. Join our team today and experience firsthand our dedication to supporting People First.

The Mission:

As a Senior Data Engineer, you are the engine room of our data strategy. You don’t just “move data”; you build resilient, self-healing systems that transform raw, into high-fidelity data products. You will take the Architect’s blueprints and turn them into production-grade code, ensuring there is clean and reliable data.

Work mode : Remote

What the Senior Data Engineer will own:

• Pipeline Engineering:Build and maintain high-throughput ETL/ELT pipelines that ingest data from various sources into our Lakehouse.

• Code Quality & Tooling:Drive the adoptionofdbtfor transformation andPySparkfor heavy lifting. You will be responsible for writing modular, reusable code that follows strict CI/CD practices.

• Observability & Reliability:Implement “Data SLAs.” You will build the monitoring and alerting systems that notify the team of data drift or pipeline failuresbefore the business notices.

• Data Productization:Work closely with the BI team and Data Scientists to prepare “feature-ready” datasets.

• Performance Tuning:Deep-dive into SQL and Spark query plans to optimize slow-running jobs, reducing cost and latency.

• Local Development Advocacy:Implementing a workflow where engineers can develop and test complex SQL transformations locally using DuckDB, drastically reducing “waiting-for-cluster” time and lowering development costs.

• Cost-Efficient Micro-Pipelines:Building specialized pipelines for specific client reporting or data-quality checks that run on single-node containers (e.g., Lambda or small ECS tasks) using DuckDB, avoiding the minimum billing cycles of larger warehouses.

• Embedded Analytics:Exploring ways to use DuckDB as an embedded engine for internal tools or “edge” processing within the BPO’s local site offices where bandwidth to the cloud might be a constraint.

Technical Skills & Experience:

• 5+ Years in Data Engineering:You’ve lived through the “on-call” life and know how to build systems that don’t break at 3 AM.

• The Power Trio:Expert-level proficiency inPython,SQL, andPySpark.

• Modern Lakehouse Stack:Hands‑on experience withDatabricks(Delta Lake) orSnowflake. You understand the nuances of theMedallion Architecture(Bronze/Silver/Gold).

• Transformation & Modeling:Advanced experience withdbt (Data Build Tool). You treat data models like software, including version control, testing, and documentation.

• Orchestration:Experience withApache Airflowor Prefect, specifically building complex, idempotent DAGs.

• Streaming Experience:Familiarity withKafka,Kinesis, or Spark Streaming is a huge plus—our BPO operations move in real‑time.

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC):Comfort withTerraformor CloudFormation to manage your own data infrastructure.

• In‑Process Analytics (DuckDB):Proven experience using DuckDB for high-speed local development, unit testing data transformations, or as a query engine for “small‑to‑medium” datasets (up to 100GB) without the overhead of a distributed cluster.

• Hybrid Execution Patterns:Ability to identify when to useheavyweight compute(PySpark/Databricks) versuslightweight compute(DuckDB/Python) to minimize cloud costs and reduce job latency.

• Parquet/Iceberg Interaction:Experience using DuckDB to directly query data stored in S3/Azure Blob (via Parquet or Iceberg files) for rapid ad‑hoc analysis or local dashboarding.

• Orchestration: Kubernetes (K8s). Deep understanding of Pods, Deployments, Services, ConfigMaps, and Secrets management.

How We Partner To Protect You:

TaskUs will neither solicit money from you during your application process nor require any form of payment in order to proceed with your application. Kindly ensure that you are always in communication with only authorized recruiters of TaskUs.

DEI:

In TaskUs we believe that innovation and higher performance are brought by people from all walks of life. We welcome applicants of different backgrounds, demographics, and circumstances. Inclusive and equitable practices are our responsibility as a business. TaskUs is committed to providing equal access to opportunities. If you need reasonable accommodations in any part of the hiring process, please let us know.