[Hiring] Senior Data Engineer @Archer Education
Mar 29, 2025 - Archer Education is hiring a remote Senior Data Engineer. 💸 Salary: unspecified. 📍Location: USA.
Role Description
The Senior Data Engineer will play a key role in modernizing our data infrastructure. While reporting directly to the CTO, they will have a dotted line to all executive leadership as they will be instrumental in the development and optimization of a centralized data lake that will support data-driven decision-making across the company. This role offers the opportunity to transition our existing data architecture, which currently consists of a combination of legacy data warehouses and manual processes, into a streamlined and efficient data ecosystem.
- Architect and oversee a unified data lake infrastructure to consolidate and standardize data from diverse origins.
- Construct and refine Extract, Transform, Load/Extract, Load, transform pipelines for data ingestion from various repositories, including web application databases, client files, marketing platforms, and legacy metadata files.
- Engineer and deploy artificial intelligence-based solutions to automate data analytics, improve predictive accuracy, and streamline decision-making procedures.
- Update existing reporting systems and Extract, Transform, Load processes to increase uniformity, operational effectiveness, and system dependability.
- Establish self-service analytical functionalities that enable users without technical backgrounds to retrieve and analyze data.
- Engage in cross-departmental cooperation with technical staff, analysts, and other pertinent business partners.
- Institute data verification protocols and oversight to preserve data integrity.
- Produce documentation for data trajectories, models, and operational methodologies.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in relevant field
- 4+ years of relevant experience
Requirements
- Extensive experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) and ELT (Extract, Load, Transform) pipelines to move and transform data efficiently and reliably between various sources and destinations.
- Strong grasp of data modeling principles and data warehousing concepts, including dimensional modeling, star schemas, and snowflake schemas, to design and implement effective data storage and retrieval solutions.
- Hands-on experience with at least one modern data pipeline/workflow orchestration tool (e.g., Apache Airflow, Dagster, Prefect) to automate and manage complex data workflows, ensuring data quality and consistency.
- Demonstrated ability to translate business requirements into technical specifications, bridging the gap between business needs and technical implementation.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders in a clear and concise manner, fostering collaboration and understanding across teams.
- Familiarity with cloud computing platforms, specifically Amazon Web Services (AWS), and its suite of data services (e.g., S3, Redshift, EMR) to leverage cloud-based solutions for data storage, processing, and analytics.
- Proficiency in SQL (Structured Query Language) for querying and manipulating data in relational databases, a core skill for data engineers.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with AWS data services, including Redshift, RDS, Lambda, Glue, and Athena
- Familiarity with Google BigQuery and Looker Studio
- Knowledge of data lake architectures and best practices
Working Conditions
This is a fully remote, individual contributor role with high visibility across the organization and the opportunity to significantly impact our company's data capabilities.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision plans
- Paid time off and sick days
- 401k plans and a full contribution match up to 4%
- Up to 12 weeks of parental leave with 6 weeks paid, following the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child
- Receive up to $5,250 per year in tuition reimbursement for continuing education
- Flexible working environment and schedule that empowers you to do your best work
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Salary
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unspecified
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Remote
Location
USA
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Job Type
full-time
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Posted
Mar 29, 2025
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| 📍 | Be aware of the location restriction for this remote position: USA |
| ‼ | Beware of scams! When applying for jobs, you should NEVER have to pay anything. Learn more. |
