Senior Data Engineer – Scalable Pipelines & Lakehouse

Unique System Skills LLC; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Unique System Skills LLC is seeking an experienced Infrastructure and Software Engineer to design, build, and maintain robust data pipelines for large-scale distributed systems in a US-based, remote-friendly environment.

You will develop backend services for high-throughput apps, optimize SQL across RDBMS and lakehouse, collaborate to deploy scalable services with Docker and CI/CD, monitor and improve data workflows, and contribute to automation while communicating with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in infrastructure and software engineering with exposure to data engineering.
• Strong proficiency in SQL across relational databases and lakehouse environments.
• Experience building and supporting backend services in distributed systems.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and containerization (Docker).
• Proficiency in Python, C#, Kafka, shell scripting, and Linux/Unix systems.
• Proven ability to work independently and proactively in a remote environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain robust data pipelines for large-scale, distributed systems
• Develop and support backend services for high-throughput, data-intensive applications
• Optimize and manage SQL queries across both traditional RDBMS and modern lakehouse architectures
• Collaborate with engineering teams to deploy scalable services using Docker and CI/CD pipelines
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and improve data workflows to ensure reliability and performance
• Contribute to infrastructure automation and deployment processes
• Work independently to solve technical challenges while maintaining clear communication with stakeholders

Skills

SQL proficiency

Python

C#

Kafka

Shell scripting

Linux/Unix

Distributed systems

Remote work independence

Tools

Docker

CI/CD (GitHub/Jenkins)

Job description

Unique System Skills LLC is seeking an experienced Infrastructure and Software Engineer to design, build, and maintain robust data pipelines for large-scale distributed systems in a US-based, remote-friendly environment.

You will develop backend services for high-throughput apps, optimize SQL across RDBMS and lakehouse, collaborate to deploy scalable services with Docker and CI/CD, monitor and improve data workflows, and contribute to automation while communicating with stakeholders.