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Senior Data Engineer

Buffalo, NY, USFull-time$97k–$162k2026-11-06 → 2026-11-10

Core

Design, develop, test, deploy, and support complex production data pipelines and data products on modern cloud, warehouse, and lakehouse platforms.

Role type

Senior hands-on IC data engineer

Builds

Production data pipelines, data products, and data management solutions

Domain

Financial services / Cloud data engineering

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

SQL, Python, Snowflake, Databricks, dbt, Apache Spark, Apache Kafka, Git, CI/CD, Linux/Unix scripting, data modeling, distributed processing

Preferred skills

Apache Iceberg, Apache Airflow, Terraform, data catalogs, regulated environment experience

Technologies

Snowflake, Databricks, dbt, Apache Iceberg, Apache Kafka, Apache Spark, Parquet, JSON, CSV, Avro, XML, Microsoft Azure

Responsibilities

Design and build batch, micro-batch, CDC, and streaming pipelines; tune workloads for performance and cost; implement data quality, lineage, and monitoring controls; troubleshoot production issues; participate in technical design and code reviews; provide informal mentoring.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC