Description
We are looking for a Data Engineer to join a financial services organization in Greer, South Carolina on a contract-to-permanent basis. This role focuses on building and enhancing modern data pipelines within a cloud-centered environment, with Snowflake serving as the primary data platform. The ideal candidate will help deliver production-ready solutions, strengthen data reliability, and apply disciplined engineering practices to support scalable, near real-time data processing.
Responsibilities:
Design, build, and deliver end-to-end data pipelines in Snowflake that support business reporting and data consumption needs.
Create new ingestion and transformation workflows while troubleshooting pipeline issues to improve stability and performance.
Contribute to a delivery model that balances new development with targeted optimization of existing data assets and workflows.
Implement streaming and event-driven ingestion patterns using Kafka to support timely and scalable data movement.
Improve observability across the data ecosystem by strengthening monitoring, alerting, and data quality controls.
Help simplify legacy data processes by reducing technical debt and modernizing outdated pipeline components.
Apply sound software engineering standards, including maintainable code, documentation, and repeatable development practices.
Support the advancement of testing and CI/CD processes by helping establish more consistent engineering workflows.
Leverage AI-assisted development tools to accelerate coding, validation, and technical documentation where appropriate.
Requirements
Hands-on experience building and maintaining data pipelines using Snowflake.
Practical knowledge of Apache Kafka for streaming or event-based data ingestion.
Experience working in cloud-based data environments with a focus on scalable architecture.
Familiarity with Azure Databricks and its role within broader data engineering ecosystems.
Understanding of data quality, monitoring, and observability practices in production environments.
Ability to troubleshoot pipeline failures and resolve performance or reliability issues efficiently.
Experience following engineering best practices for version control, testing, and deployment.
Exposure to AI-assisted development tools such as Claude or similar coding support platforms.
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- Dice Id: rhalfint
- Position Id: 03230-0013441767
- Posted 2 days ago
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