Senior Data Engineer

Vericast is seeking a motivated Senior Data Engineer to build big data pipelines automate marketing campaigns and support data requirements for our analytics reporting and AI applications. This role will expand our data infrastructure and pipeline architecture while optimizing data flow and collection into our Data Lake environment.

The Senior Data Engineer will work closely with our analytics reporting and data science teams on data initiatives ensuring that a consistent optimal data delivery architecture is available throughout ongoing projects. The ideal candidate is self-directed and comfortable supporting the data needs of multiple teams systems and products.

This role is a great fit for someone who enjoys working in an agile team environment and contributing to high-quality data-driven marketing products in close collaboration with developers and business partners.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Develop scalable data pipelines and build new integrations to support continued growth in data volume and complexity.
• Build a robust Data Lakehouse that supports Vericasts marketing solutions business and financial institution clients including pre-sales campaign execution and campaign performance analysis and benchmarking.
• Collaborate with AI Analytics and business teams to improve data models that feed AI and analytics tools increasing data accessibility and fostering data-driven decision-making across the organization.
• Implement processes and systems to monitor data quality and ensure the availability and accuracy of production data for key stakeholders and dependent business processes.
• Perform data analysis to troubleshoot data-related issues and support their resolution.
• Provide post-deployment support responding quickly to resolve unexpected production issues.
• Partner with business units and engineering teams to shape long-term data platform architecture strategy.

Qualifications :

Education

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology or a related field with 5 years of relevant experience; or
• Masters degree in Computer Science Information Technology or a related field (preferred).

Experience

• 5 years of experience in Data Engineering ETL development or Data Platform Engineering.
• Experience working within a Financial Institution (FI) Banking FinTech MarTech AdTech Marketing Services or Marketing Agency environment.
• Experience supporting customer campaign audience marketing performance attribution advertising or transactional data at scale.
• Strong experience with Python and PySpark for building production-grade data pipelines.
• Experience designing building and supporting Data Lakehouse environments.
• Experience working with Apache Airflow Iceberg Hive S3 and Trino.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS Azure or GCP.
• Experience with Agile software development methodologies.
• Experience with GitLab and CI/CD processes.

• Experience supporting AI and machine learning applications.
• Understanding of machine learning models and the data requirements needed to support Data Science teams. Preferred
• Experience building REST APIs. Preferred

Knowledge Skills & Abilities

• Strong programming skills in object-oriented/functional scripting languages such as Python and PySpark for building data pipelines with experience in testing logging and ensuring data observability.
• Experience with distributed systems and parallel data processing using big data tools such as Spark PySpark Hadoop Kafka and Hive. 
• Proficiency with relational databases. 
• Strong knowledge of Linux/Unix-based systems. 
• Strong experience with Iceberg Hive S3 and Trino. 
• Experience building data pipelines with orchestration tools such as Apache Airflow.
• Hands-on experience with Apache Ranger and Rancher/Kubernetes. 
• Excellent analytical conceptual and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication skills that promote cross-team collaboration.
• Experience supporting data requirements for AI applications. (Preferred)
• Understanding of machine learning models and algorithms with the ability to interface with the Data Science team. (Preferred)
• Experience building REST APIs. (Preferred)

Additional Information :

Salary range: $130000 - $150000

Applications will be accepted until the posted deadline September 30 2026 or until a sufficient candidate pool has been identified

The ultimate compensation offered for the position will depend upon several factors such as skill level cost of living experience and responsibilities

Vericast offers a generous total rewards benefits package that includes medical dental and vision coverage 401K and generous PTO allowance. A wide variety of additional benefits like life insurance employee assistance and pet insurance are also available not to mention smart and friendly coworkers!

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Employment Type :

Full-time