Senior Data Engineer – Finance Data Platform (Hybrid)

CoStar Group, Inc.; Arlington (TX); Hybrid; USD 147,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

401(k) plan

Tuition reimbursement

Employee stock purchase plan

Paid time off

Job summary

CoStar Group, Inc. is seeking a Senior Database Engineer to join the Enterprise Data Services – Finance team in Arlington, VA. This hands‑on role focuses on data models, ETL pipelines, and scalable data platforms supporting financial operations and analytics.

You will work with SQL Server, Databricks, Snowflake, Kafka, NiFi, Airflow, Elasticsearch, and AWS, delivering high performance and traceable data solutions in a hybrid on‑site/remote setup.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a technical field is required.
• 5+ years in data engineering, backend engineering, or software engineering.
• Advanced SQL with strong programming in Python/Scala/Java.
• 3+ years with a relational platform (SQL Server/PostgreSQL) including tuning.
• 2+ years building production solutions on Databricks/Spark.
• Experience with dimensional modeling and data warehouse design.
• Experience with ETL/ELT pipelines for large datasets.
• Experience with Apache Airflow or NiFi in production.
• Familiarity with version control, CI/CD, and tests.
• Clear written and verbal communication with technical and business audiences.

Responsibilities

• Design data models and data pipelines across Databricks, Snowflake, and AWS.
• Build and maintain high‑volume ETL/ELT pipelines for analytics and reporting.
• Design dimensional models and fast, predictable query structures.
• Tune SQL Server workloads including procedures and indexes.
• Integrate data from internal and external sources into governed models.
• Develop data quality, lineage, tests, monitoring, and observability.

Skills

Advanced SQL

Python

Scala

Java

Data modeling

Data warehousing

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering

Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

Kafka

NiFi

Airflow

Elasticsearch

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Power BI

Job description

CoStar Group, Inc. is seeking a Senior Database Engineer to join the Enterprise Data Services – Finance team in Arlington, VA. This hands‑on role focuses on data models, ETL pipelines, and scalable data platforms supporting financial operations and analytics.

You will work with SQL Server, Databricks, Snowflake, Kafka, NiFi, Airflow, Elasticsearch, and AWS, delivering high performance and traceable data solutions in a hybrid on‑site/remote setup.