Senior Data Engineer
Air Communities2 months ago
Denver, CO, USASenior
Base Salary
$125k - $145k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines for data ingestion, transformation, integration, and delivery.
- Write reusable SQL and Python code for data processing, automation, and workflow integration.
- Optimize ingestion, transformation, storage, and query workflows for performance, reliability, security, and cost efficiency.
- Integrate internal and external data sources into centralized data platforms.
- Implement data governance and security practices, including handling sensitive or regulated data.
- Monitor data flows, troubleshoot issues, and ensure data quality, availability, and integrity.
- Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, application teams, and business stakeholders to deliver data solutions.
- Provide guidance to less-experienced engineers and contribute to knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years of experience in data or related engineering roles, including 5+ years focused on data engineering.
- Advanced proficiency in SQL and/or Python for data processing, transformation, and automation.
- Hands-on experience building and optimizing data pipelines and integration workflows.
- Strong understanding of data modeling, performance optimization, and query tuning.
- Experience with cloud platforms and their data ecosystems.
- Knowledge of ETL/ELT concepts, orchestration patterns, and automated data workflows.
- Understanding of data governance, security, and handling sensitive or regulated data such as PII.
- Experience with version control and CI/CD practices.
- Strong problem-solving, analytical, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, communication, collaboration, adaptability, and ownership skills.
- Preferred qualifications include distributed data processing, declarative pipeline frameworks, cloud-native functions, workflow orchestration tools, data governance frameworks, metadata management, cataloging solutions, columnar storage, and modern table formats such as Parquet, Delta, or Iceberg.
Benefits
- Expected base pay is $125,000-$145,000 annually, plus an annual bonus.
- 25% discounted rent at AIR communities, subject to exclusions and application requirements.
- Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, HSA with company contributions, traditional and dependent-care FSA, and company-paid short- and long-term disability.
- 401(k) with company contributions, paid vacation, 14 paid holidays, and paid sick time.
- Tuition assistance, commuter benefits, pet insurance, and up to 100% reimbursement for job-related professional certification or licensing.
- Paid parental leave of up to 16 weeks.
- Consumer discounts, 15 hours of paid annual community-service time, and professional development and career-growth opportunities.
- The position is in-office five days per week at AIR’s Denver Tech Center headquarters.
- The initial application deadline is September 30, 2026, with rolling consideration afterward until the position is filled.
- Offers require pre-employment screening, including references, employment verification, criminal background check, and a four-panel drug screening excluding marijuana testing.