Senior Data Engineer - Remote, AWS Data Platform Lead

Gravity IT Resources; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Gravity IT Resources seeks an experienced data engineering leader to drive hands-on development, architectural direction, and governance of enterprise-scale data pipelines and data warehouses. You will mentor engineers and coordinate cross-functional initiatives across analytics, architecture, and platform teams.

The role emphasizes building reliable, observable, and scalable data systems, improving data quality and system performance, while communicating complex concepts to technical and

Qualifications

• Lead hands-on development with technical direction and reviews.
• Architect and govern enterprise-scale data pipelines and ETL workflows.
• Establish development environments, infrastructure standards, and security controls across AWS.
• Identify data gaps and define remediation plans for automation.
• Design reliable data pipelines with focus on quality, observability, resiliency, and operability.
• Build and optimize large-scale data warehouses prioritizing user experience and performance.
• Drive technical decisions and influence architecture.
• Mentor engineers and drive cross-functional initiatives with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead development efforts with oversight and code reviews.
• Establish environments, standards, and security across AWS.
• Architect and govern data pipelines, ETL, ingestion frameworks, and workflows.
• Identify data gaps and implement scalable automation solutions.
• Design reliable pipelines with data quality and observability at the core.
• Build large-scale data warehouses for performance and UX.
• Direct technical decisions and architecture.

Skills

Hands-on leadership

Data pipelines

AWS architecture

Code reviews

Security controls

Tools

AWS

ETL tools

Job description

Gravity IT Resources seeks an experienced data engineering leader to drive hands-on development, architectural direction, and governance of enterprise-scale data pipelines and data warehouses. You will mentor engineers and coordinate cross-functional initiatives across analytics, architecture, and platform teams.

The role emphasizes building reliable, observable, and scalable data systems, improving data quality and system performance, while communicating complex concepts to technical and