Data Engineer
Houston, TX, US • Posted 4 hours ago • Updated 4 hours ago
Vision Square
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Skills
- Data Engineer
- ETL
- CDC
- CI/CD
- Kafka
- Python
- SQL
Summary
Job Title: Senior Data Engineer (Only Local) Location: Houston, TX Job Type: Contract
MOI: F2F
Key Responsibilities
Design, build, and maintain ELT pipelines across Bronze Silver Gold layers.
Implement incremental loads, CDC, merge/upsert, and idempotent pipelines.
Define and apply data architecture patterns (layered lakehouse, domain datasets, semantic models).
Engineer physical data designs, including partitioning strategies, partition key selection, clustering, and compaction.
Develop curated datasets and data marts for analytics and self-service BI.
Implement data quality, observability, lineage, SLAs, monitoring, and alerting.
Optimize performance on cloud data platforms (e.g., Snowflake compute sizing, query tuning).
Design and manage Lakehouse table formats (Apache Iceberg / Delta / Hudi) with schema evolution.
Collaborate with Data Architects, Analytics Engineers, and business stakeholders.
Automate pipelines using CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code, applying DevOps best practices.
Required Qualifications
7 10+ years of experience in Data Engineering or Software Engineering (data-focused).
Expert-level SQL development and query optimization.
Strong Python engineering skills (beyond scripting), including unit testing, refactoring, and SOLID principles.
Hands-on experience with ELT/ETL pipelines and orchestration tools (Astronomer/Airflow).
Deep understanding of data modeling (dimensional models, SCDs).
Experience with data quality frameworks, monitoring, and operational SLAs.
Experience with Lakehouse architectures and columnar storage (Parquet).
Preferred Qualifications
Snowflake optimization (tasks, streams, clustering, micro-partitioning).
Experience with DBT or similar transformation/testing tools.
Event streaming (Kafka, Kinesis, Flink).
API-based data integrations.
Experience with data catalog, governance, and lineage platforms.
Tools & Technologies
Databases/Warehouses: Snowflake, MPP databases
Lakehouse & Storage: Apache Iceberg / Delta / Hudi, Parquet, AWS S3
Orchestration & CI/CD: Astronomer/Airflow, Git, CI/CD pipelines
Programming: Python, SQL
- Dice Id: RTX1d0567
- Position Id: 8864436
- Posted 4 hours ago
Company Info
At Vision Square Inc, we believe that Great Workforce is the cause for phenomenal growth of the company. By combining the skill and experience of the founders and executives, Vision Square Inc follows a disciplined process of identifying quality candidates, partnering with employers to understand their core business and their employment requirements and delivering exceptional service, we achieve great results for all concerned.
Vision Square Inc is one of the fastest growing information technology consulting and services with superior value-priced consulting, contracting, permanent recruiting and placement services for both private and government sector clients.
Our vision is to provide complete quality services for all clients at all levels, while allowing the clients to remain focused on there core business. Our processes are robust and we invest heavily in our delivery models and ensure that our clients globally get uniformity of delivery and highest quality of service. Our clients rely on us to connect them with high caliber technology professionals and we ensure that they remain on top of the continually evolving technology landscape.
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