Senior Data Engineer — Data Platform Modernization

Goodwin; Maryland; On-site; USD 150,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Goodwin’s Global Operations Team is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to advance our data platforms and foster a data-driven culture across IT and business units. You will guide modernization efforts, ensure scalable, secure data solutions, and collaborate with senior leaders to drive strategic insights.

Ideal candidates will have 5+ years in data engineering or database architecture, strong SQL, Python, and cloud experience (Snowflake), plus a hands-on approach to ETL/ELT pipelines and data

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field is preferred.
• Five or more years of experience in a senior data engineering or database architecture role.
• Industry-recognised database or cloud platform certifications are a plus.
• Experience working with cloud-based data platforms and services, such as Snowflake data cloud.
• Advanced SQL development and modelling skills, including associated tools.
• Strong experience designing, building, and maintaining data integration and ETL/ELT pipelines to support creation of data warehouse and analytical data models.
• Working knowledge of Python for data engineering and automation.
• Proven experience with relational database management systems and related data technologies.
• Experience integrating with APIs and working with structured and semi-structured data formats such as (e.g. JSON and XML).
• Experience using Git or similar tools for source control and version management.
• Experience working in an Agile development environment.
• Experience with database performance monitoring and tuning.
• Familiarity with AI and large language model technologies.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively in team environments
• Excellent organisational, customer service, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage, evaluate, and enhance our existing data platforms, identifying opportunities to leverage emerging technologies and cloud-based solutions.
• Contribute to standards and procedures for data governance, integration, quality management, and lifecycle management.
• Collaboration: Evaluate, enhance, and modernize the Firm’s data platforms with cloud solutions to improve scalability, accessibility, and security.
• Contribute to establishing standardized procedures for data management, governance, integration, quality management, and lifecycle management.

Skills

SQL development

Data modeling

Data integration pipelines

Python for data engineering

APIs & data formats (JSON/XML)

Git version control

Agile development

Cloud data platforms

Data governance

Performance tuning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Snowflake data cloud

Git

ETL/ELT tools

Job description

Goodwin’s Global Operations Team is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to advance our data platforms and foster a data-driven culture across IT and business units. You will guide modernization efforts, ensure scalable, secure data solutions, and collaborate with senior leaders to drive strategic insights.

Ideal candidates will have 5+ years in data engineering or database architecture, strong SQL, Python, and cloud experience (Snowflake), plus a hands-on approach to ETL/ELT pipelines and data