Data Engineer

Data Engineer
Role Location: Plano, Texas (Onsite)

Compensation Range: $74,000-$111,000
Skills::data science, mulesoft, kafka connect, sql, data visualization

You Are:

We are looking for a Data Engineer to design, build, and optimize scalable data platforms on AWS. The ideal candidate has strong experience with Snowflake, Kafka, MuleSoft, and AWS-native analytics services, and can support both real-time and batch data processing while enabling reporting and advanced analytics.

The opportunity:

Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines using AWS services

Build and manage cloud-based data lakes on Amazon S3

Implement and optimize Snowflake data models for reporting and analytics

Develop real-time streaming solutions using Apache Kafka

Integrate enterprise systems using MuleSoft APIs and connectors

Deploy and manage containerized data workloads on AWS EKS

Write and optimize complex queries using Amazon Athena

This position description identifies the responsibilities and tasks typically associated with the performance of the position. Other relevant essential functions may be required.

What you need:

12+ years of experience

Mandatory skills:

AWS Cloud Services (S3, Athena, EKS, IAM, monitoring)

Snowflake (data modeling, performance tuning, reporting)

Apache Kafka (streaming, producers/consumers, real-time pipelines)

MuleSoft (API-based integrations, enterprise data flows)

Amazon EKS (container orchestration, deployment)

Querying Tools: Amazon Athena

Data Lakes: S3-based data lake architecture

Reporting: Snowflake reporting layer

Analytics & Visualization: Tableau

Nice to Have:

Python or SQL-based ETL development

CI/CD for data pipelines

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation)

Experience with large-scale, high-volume data systems

Compensation can differ depending on factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, education, and level of experience. UST provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in various U.S. markets as set forth below.

Benefits

Full-time, regular employees accrue a minimum of 10 days of paid vacation per year, receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year), 10 paid holidays, and are eligible for paid bereavement leave and jury duty. They are eligible to participate in the Company's 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer matching. They and their dependents residing in the US are eligible for medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as the following Company-paid Employee Only benefits: basic life insurance, accidental death and disability insurance, and short- and long-term disability benefits. Regular employees may purchase additional voluntary short-term disability benefits, and participate in a Health Savings Account (HSA) as well as a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for healthcare, dependent child care, and/or commuting expenses as allowable under IRS guidelines. Benefits offerings vary in Puerto Rico.

Part-time employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year) and are eligible to participate in the Company's 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer matching.

Full-time temporary employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year) and are eligible to participate in the Company's 401(k) program with employer matching. They and their dependents residing in the US are eligible for medical, dental, and vision insurance.

Part-time temporary employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year).

All US employees who work in a state or locality with more generous paid sick leave benefits than specified here will receive the benefit of those sick leave laws.