Senior Finance Data Engineer: Pipelines & Impact

EngineersOfAI; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Instacart is seeking a senior Data/Software Engineer to own and optimize financial data pipelines and modeling. You will partner with finance, accounting, and revenue teams to deliver reliable data solutions and drive the data strategy across the organization.

You will mentor teammates, own critical pipelines from design to execution, and influence the data platform roadmap in a fast-growing environment that values collaboration and impact.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in Data/Software Engineering focused on financial data pipelines.
• Strong expertise in cloud data warehouses (Snowflake/Redshift/BigQuery).
• Proficient in Python, Airflow, Spark, Iceberg, and Delta Lake in production.
• Expert in data modeling for scalable, auditable financial data.
• Expertise with SQL and dbt for complex ETL/ELT pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with finance and accounting to translate pain points into scalable data solutions.
• Own and optimize data integration pipelines and financial data models.
• Lead design discussions and mentor teammates on engineering excellence.
• Drive cross-team initiatives shaping the financial data vision and roadmap.
• Ensure timely, accurate, and auditable financial reporting.

Skills

Data pipelines

Snowflake

Python

Airflow

Spark

SQL

dbt

ETL/ELT

Data modeling

Financial data

Tools

Snowflake

Redshift

BigQuery

Job description

Instacart is seeking a senior Data/Software Engineer to own and optimize financial data pipelines and modeling. You will partner with finance, accounting, and revenue teams to deliver reliable data solutions and drive the data strategy across the organization.

You will mentor teammates, own critical pipelines from design to execution, and influence the data platform roadmap in a fast-growing environment that values collaboration and impact.