Senior Data Engineer - Platform Data & AI Pipelines

Thornton Tomasetti; Madison, Northern (WI, KY); Hybrid; USD 99,000 - 199,000; Full time

Job summary

Thornton Tomasetti in Madison, WI seeks a Staff Data Engineer to own design and delivery of complex data products and pipelines. You will lead design decisions, mentor engineers, and collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable data solutions.

Experience with Databricks, Spark, and cloud services (AWS/Azure/GCP) is required, along with data governance and cost optimization across analytics workloads.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in data engineering or related field with hands-on delivery of data products.
• Advanced SQL and Python with strong data modeling skills.
• Experience with Databricks, Spark, and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Experience with data governance, lineage, and data quality practices.

Responsibilities

• Own technical design and hands-on delivery for complex data products and pipelines.
• Mentor engineers, review code and designs, and drive quality across the team.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate needs into scalable data solutions.
• Lead design reviews and enforce enterprise standards and governance.

Skills

Advanced SQL

Python

Data modeling

Stakeholder communication

Mentoring engineers

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/DS/Engineering

Tools

Databricks

Spark

AWS

Azure

GCP

Airflow

dbt

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

Job description

Thornton Tomasetti in Madison, WI seeks a Staff Data Engineer to own design and delivery of complex data products and pipelines. You will lead design decisions, mentor engineers, and collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable data solutions.

Experience with Databricks, Spark, and cloud services (AWS/Azure/GCP) is required, along with data governance and cost optimization across analytics workloads.