Senior Data Engineer — Lakehouse Migration Leader (Remote)

Buildertrend; Nebraska; Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Parental leave

Volunteer time off

Wellness program

Hybrid or remote work

Tech reimbursement

HQ lunch

Job summary

Buildertrend is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to lead the migration of our data platform onto a modern Databricks lakehouse. You’ll design pipelines that ingest data from Salesforce, SQL Server, Gong, and other sources, turning them into trusted datasets used by analytics and AI tools.

By year one, you’ll complete a major legacy migration and begin mentoring teammates, setting standards and collaborating with stakeholders to deliver measurable platform improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in data engineering, data science or data analytics.
• Led a data platform migration from legacy to modern lakehouse.
• Experience with Databricks, Unity Catalog and dbt.
• Experience partnering with AI/ML teams to build datasets for modeling.
• Strong SQL, Python and API skills; able to work with large datasets.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain Buildertrend's Databricks lakehouse using a medallion architecture.
• Build ELT pipelines with Databricks, dbt and Fivetran from SQL Server, Salesforce, MongoDB, Gong, and more.
• Lead legacy system migrations and refactor pipelines; untangle dependencies and re-point tools.
• Improve reliability with SQL Server replication, Fivetran ingestion and automation.
• Define data quality checks and governance policies; monitor freshness and health.
• Mentor engineers and help set technical standards; collaborate with stakeholders.

Skills

Databricks

SQL

Python

APIs

Data modeling

ETL/ELT

Leadership

Mentoring

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering

Tools

Unity Catalog

dbt

Fivetran

BigQuery

Snowflake

OpenTelemetry

Tableau

Job description

Buildertrend is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to lead the migration of our data platform onto a modern Databricks lakehouse. You’ll design pipelines that ingest data from Salesforce, SQL Server, Gong, and other sources, turning them into trusted datasets used by analytics and AI tools.

By year one, you’ll complete a major legacy migration and begin mentoring teammates, setting standards and collaborating with stakeholders to deliver measurable platform improvements.