Data Engineer
Core
Build and maintain ingestion pipelines, CDC streams, and Bronze-layer infrastructure to bring source-system data into Snowflake reliably, ensuring data completeness and historical preservation for Analytics Engineers.
Role type
Data Engineer (Ingestion & Bronze Layer)
Builds
Production data pipelines, CDC streams, and Bronze/Silver data models in Snowflake
Domain
Higher Education / Payment Technology / Data Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Python, SQL, Snowflake, data pipeline orchestration, data quality checks, schema drift detection, idempotent load patterns, relational databases (SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL)
Preferred skills
Redpanda, Kafka, MongoDB, Docker, dbt, data governance practices, financial transaction data experience (via careerplan.io/jobs/R22894-data-engineer-at-nelnet)
Technologies
Snowflake, Redpanda, Dagster, Python, SQL, MongoDB, Docker
Responsibilities
Build and maintain CDC and batch pipelines from source systems into Snowflake; Design and maintain raw snapshot tables with historical tracking; Implement data-quality checks at the ingestion boundary; Contribute to building conformed Silver models and reconciliation gates; Monitor pipeline reliability and orchestration; Participate in incident response for data failures
Seniority
Mid-level, early hire with clear growth path