Senior Data Engineer, IT Enterprise Data Solutions
Core
Design, build, and operate secure, scalable data solutions and pipelines on a modern data platform to enable enterprise reporting, AI-assisted knowledge discovery, and data-driven decision-making. (via careerplan.io/jobs/B021732-1-senior-data-engineer-it-enterprise-data-solutions-at-gatesfoundation)
Role type
Senior hands-on IC data engineer (enterprise data platform)
Builds
Production ELT/ETL pipelines, curated data products, dimensional models, and data platform capabilities
Domain
Nonprofit sector, cloud data engineering, AI enablement
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Azure data services, Databricks, Snowflake, dbt Cloud, SQL, Python, Spark/PySpark, dimensional modeling, data quality controls, CI/CD for data, cloud security practices, lakehouse architecture
Preferred skills
Azure Data Factory, Fivetran, Power BI, Collibra, RAG architecture, vendor management
Technologies
Azure, Databricks, Snowflake, dbt Cloud, Spark, PyScala, Power BI, Collibra, Azure Data Factory, Fivetran
Responsibilities
Design and deploy configuration-driven ELT/ETL pipelines; build reusable ingestion patterns for structured and unstructured data; implement data quality controls and observability; mentor junior engineers; enable AI use cases by preparing governed data pipelines; lead incident triage and root-cause analysis.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC