Senior Data Engineer - AWS/Snowflake & dbt Expert

Purpose Financial; Greenville (SC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health/Life Benefits

401(k) Savings Plan with Company Match

Paid Parental Leave

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Purpose Financial is seeking a Sr Data Engineer to join our data engineering Platform Team in Greenville. The role will design, build, and maintain data pipelines, data lake and warehouse infrastructure, enabling scalable data processing for enterprise-wide decisioning.

The position requires dbt expertise and strong AWS/Snowflake experience, with responsibilities including mentoring junior engineers, ensuring data quality, and collaborating across IT and business teams to enable data services.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in data engineering, data pipelines, and data services.
• Proficient in Python, SQL, Spark, or Java with data manipulation and analytics.
• Expert in AWS, Snowflake, and dbt.
• Experience with distributed computing frameworks like Spark and Kafka.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines into data lake and warehouse environments.
• Implement data integration from databases, APIs, streaming platforms, and third-party services.
• Optimize data processing workflows for performance and scalability using distributed frameworks.
• Collaborate with IT and business stakeholders to define data models and solutions.
• Improve metrics to enhance analytic capabilities.
• Implement data quality checks and validation processes.
• Maintain data schemas and metadata repositories for governance.
• Support data governance policies and privacy standards.
• Apply best practices for AWS and Snowflake architectures.
• Monitor and troubleshoot data systems for availability.

Skills

Python

SQL

Spark

Java

Agile/Scrum

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

Tools

dbt

Snowflake

AWS

Kafka

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Purpose Financial is seeking a Sr Data Engineer to join our data engineering Platform Team in Greenville. The role will design, build, and maintain data pipelines, data lake and warehouse infrastructure, enabling scalable data processing for enterprise-wide decisioning.

The position requires dbt expertise and strong AWS/Snowflake experience, with responsibilities including mentoring junior engineers, ensuring data quality, and collaborating across IT and business teams to enable data services.