Senior Data Engineer - Build Scalable Lakehouse Pipelines

Michels Corporation; Brownsville (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Michels Corporation seeks a Senior Data Engineer to build and operate lakehouse pipelines, turning raw source data into governed, enterprise-ready assets. This hands-on role powers analytics, reporting, and AI across the Michels Family of Companies.

You will design scalable data platforms, implement validation and monitoring, and drive engineering standards that let a lean team scale responsibly. Reporting to the IT Manager, Data Platform & Engineering, you’ll mentor engineers and elevate data

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of production experience in data engineering or analytics engineering.
• Proven experience building and operating large-scale cloud data platforms (Databricks, Snowflake, Fabric, BigQuery).
• Proficiency with SQL, Python, Spark or similar and modern engineering practices including CI/CD and testing.
• Experience with monitoring, lineage, data quality and governance within enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain batch, streaming, and event-driven ingestion pipelines connecting source systems to the lakehouse.
• Develop transformation logic and orchestrated workflows for usable datasets.
• Design and optimize data assets supporting analytics, operational reporting, and AI consumption.
• Instrument pipelines with validation, monitoring, and alerting for quick issue resolution.
• Tune pipelines, storage, and compute for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Establish engineering standards and reference architectures for scalable delivery.
• Lead technical design reviews and mentor engineers through pairing and guidance.

Skills

SQL

Python

Spark

CI/CD

Version control

Automated testing

Streaming ingestion

Data governance

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a technical field

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

Microsoft Fabric

BigQuery

Job description

Michels Corporation seeks a Senior Data Engineer to build and operate lakehouse pipelines, turning raw source data into governed, enterprise-ready assets. This hands-on role powers analytics, reporting, and AI across the Michels Family of Companies.

You will design scalable data platforms, implement validation and monitoring, and drive engineering standards that let a lean team scale responsibly. Reporting to the IT Manager, Data Platform & Engineering, you’ll mentor engineers and elevate data