Senior Data Engineer - Remote | Data Warehousing & MLOps

Velir; United States; Remote; USD 145,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Velir is seeking Senior Data Engineers to help client organizations maximize data value. You will lead data engineering initiatives, design scalable pipelines, and mentor engineers across data solutions projects.

This role emphasizes collaboration, architectural vision, and delivering high-quality data platforms for primarily US-based clients. The position is remote-first with competitive pay and strong benefits, requiring excellent English communication and a strategic, results-oriented

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Data Engineer
• Strong programming skills in Python and SQL. Experience with Scala and Rust is a plus but not required.
• Deep knowledge of data warehousing and ETL/ELT processes.
• Intermediate / expert proficiency with data integration / orchestration platforms (e.g.,Fivetran, Azure Data Factory, Apache Airflow)
• Deep experience with at least one cloud data warehouse (Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, or similar).
• Experience with streaming solutions such as Spark Streaming, Kafka, or Flink is desirable but not required.
• Strong experience with at least one cloud platform such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Experience mentoring and advising other engineers
• Ability to define, explain, and sell long-term vision for technical architecture, technical approaches / procedures, etc.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Data Engineering Leadership: you are responsible for bridging technical gaps to lead and oversee data engineering projects for data solutions engagements.
• Cross-Team Collaboration: align across the organization and translate concepts for less technical colleagues.
• Project Enablement: ensure large/complex projects align with business outcomes and mentor team members.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data Modeling

Data Warehousing

ETL/ELT

Apache Airflow

Snowflake

BigQuery

Azure Data Factory

Spark

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Math/related

Tools

Fivetran

Azure Data Factory

Apache Airflow

Snowflake

BigQuery

Job description

Velir is seeking Senior Data Engineers to help client organizations maximize data value. You will lead data engineering initiatives, design scalable pipelines, and mentor engineers across data solutions projects.

This role emphasizes collaboration, architectural vision, and delivering high-quality data platforms for primarily US-based clients. The position is remote-first with competitive pay and strong benefits, requiring excellent English communication and a strategic, results-oriented