Senior Data Engineer: Lakehouse Pipelines & AI

Michels Corp.; Neenah (WI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Michels Corporation is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to build and operate lakehouse pipelines and reusable data products that power analytics, reporting, and AI across the organisation. This hands-on role requires guiding data platform engineering and delivering durable enterprise assets from design through production support.

As part of the Enterprise Intelligence team, you will mentor engineers, establish engineering standards, and focus on scalable, observable data pipelines that meet

Qualifications

• 5+ years of production data engineering experience.
• Experience with cloud data platforms (Databricks, Snowflake, BigQuery).
• Proficient in SQL, Python, Spark; familiar with CI/CD and testing.
• Knowledge of data governance, privacy, and security requirements.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain batch, streaming, and event-driven ingestion pipelines that reliably connect enterprise source systems to the lakehouse.
• Develop transformation logic and orchestrated workflows that turn raw source data into usable, governed datasets.
• Design and optimize data assets that support analytics, operational reporting, downstream applications, and AI‑ready consumption.
• Instrument pipelines and data products with validation checks, monitoring, and alerting so data and pipeline issues are detected and resolved quickly.
• Tune pipeline, storage, and compute workloads for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Establish engineering standards and reference architectures that allow a lean team to scale responsibly.
• Lead technical design reviews and mentor engineers through pairing, code review, and technical guidance.

Skills

5+ years data engineering experience

SQL

Python

Spark

CI/CD

Data analytics

Data governance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

Microsoft Fabric

BigQuery

Job description

Michels Corporation is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to build and operate lakehouse pipelines and reusable data products that power analytics, reporting, and AI across the organisation. This hands-on role requires guiding data platform engineering and delivering durable enterprise assets from design through production support.

As part of the Enterprise Intelligence team, you will mentor engineers, establish engineering standards, and focus on scalable, observable data pipelines that meet