Senior Data Engineer: Data Modernization (Onsite Houston)

BCforward; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

BCforward is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Data Modernization, to lead modernization efforts in a Houston-based onsite role. You will work on legacy-to-cloud data migrations, data modeling, and performance tuning within a hands-on engineering team.

Core stack includes SQL, Databricks, Java and Spark. You will analyze large data sets, build reports, and contribute to architecture while ensuring secure coding standards and collaboration with enterprise AI tooling.

Qualifications

• 10-12 years of software engineering experience with formal training.
• Java or Python; strong relational DB and T-SQL skills; Kafka and Spark.
• Working knowledge of Databricks and AWS.
• Experience with AI development tools and responsible AI.
• Strong Oracle PL/SQL: read and reason about legacy packages, views and procedures.
• Strong SQL and Databricks SQL, Delta Lake, and Unity Catalog.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and troubleshoot secure, high-quality production code.
• Produce architecture and design artifacts, ensuring code meets design constraints.
• Analyze large data sets, build reports and visualizations, and use findings to improve code and architecture.
• Use enterprise-approved AI coding tools to speed up delivery, with validation through review and tests.
• Contribute to engineering communities of practice.

Skills

Java

Python

SQL

Spark

Kafka

Databricks

Spring Boot

Kubernetes

Docker

S3

Tools

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

dbt

AWS

Job description

BCforward is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Data Modernization, to lead modernization efforts in a Houston-based onsite role. You will work on legacy-to-cloud data migrations, data modeling, and performance tuning within a hands-on engineering team.

Core stack includes SQL, Databricks, Java and Spark. You will analyze large data sets, build reports, and contribute to architecture while ensuring secure coding standards and collaboration with enterprise AI tooling.