Senior Data Engineer — Build Public Data Pipelines (Remote)

California Cradle-to-Career Data System; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 106,000 - 142,000; Full time

Job summary

California Cradle-to-Career Data System in Sacramento is hiring a Senior Data Engineer to lead development of data pipelines, ingest, cleanse, transform, and integrate data into the statewide system. The role ensures data is available as a service for warehouses, dashboards, and digital services, while setting policies and best practices.

You will work with a small entrepreneurial team to adopt emerging technologies, focus on data lifecycle management, security, and CI/CD, and help Californians

Qualifications

• Strong data engineering experience with data pipelines and ETL processes.
• Ability to explain architectural tradeoffs clearly to varied audiences.
• Commitment to cloud-first data architectures and modern data tools.
• Experience documenting data platform designs.
• Interest in continuously learning and applying best practices.

Responsibilities

• Plan, design, develop, and implement data management processes.
• Ensure data security at rest, in transit, and in use.
• Collaborate with team to improve data infrastructure and CI/CD.

Skills

Data pipelines

Data quality awareness

Collaboration

Documentation

Cloud-first data approach

Communication of tradeoffs

Job description

California Cradle-to-Career Data System in Sacramento is hiring a Senior Data Engineer to lead development of data pipelines, ingest, cleanse, transform, and integrate data into the statewide system. The role ensures data is available as a service for warehouses, dashboards, and digital services, while setting policies and best practices.

You will work with a small entrepreneurial team to adopt emerging technologies, focus on data lifecycle management, security, and CI/CD, and help Californians