Top Data Engineer Jobs in Charlotte, NC

Build and maintain automated data quality testing for customer data pipelines. Responsibilities include developing dbt, Soda, and SQL checks; validating schemas, loads, sequencing, and downstream reconciliations; detecting anomalies; managing severity levels and customer overrides; reporting quality metrics; and partnering with engineering teams to embed testing into new pipelines. The role requires strong backend testing, SQL, Python, Airflow, and Databricks experience, along with excellent debugging and communication skills.

Architects, deploys, and operates scalable data platform infrastructure supporting analytics. Responsibilities include administering Airflow and Superset, managing Terraform infrastructure, building CI/CD pipelines, implementing security and compliance controls, developing dbt data models, cataloging assets in OpenMetadata, automating with Python, and mentoring engineers. The role requires extensive infrastructure and data engineering experience, cloud expertise, container orchestration, and eligibility for CJIS clearance.

Lead the design, development, and operation of reusable cloud-native data platforms on GCP. Build standardized batch and streaming frameworks, ingestion pipelines, transformation libraries, orchestration capabilities, data models, governance controls, and observability solutions. Optimize workload cost, performance, security, and reliability while partnering with engineering, analytics, and ML teams. Provide documentation, enablement, platform roadmap contributions, and occasional off-hours production support.

Designs and delivers large-scale, governed data pipelines and infrastructure across the full data lifecycle. Responsibilities include coding in Python and SQL, optimizing Airflow, dbt, AWS, Kafka, and Iceberg/Parquet workflows, implementing data quality and observability, contributing to architecture and tool evaluations, mentoring engineers, collaborating with stakeholders, and participating in on-call support.

Design, develop, test, and implement data engineering features using Python and PySpark. Build standalone scripts, perform complex data transformations, translate business requirements into technical solutions, troubleshoot data and software issues, and enhance existing frameworks. Apply object-oriented programming, coding best practices, automated testing, documentation, and large-scale data processing while collaborating with team members and working independently.

Leads end-to-end data engineering solutions, including pipeline design, data modeling, testing, deployment, optimization, production support, and data quality. Partners with stakeholders to develop cloud-based data platforms, prototypes, technical standards, and scalable analytic systems. Provides technical leadership, conducts design and code reviews, mentors team members, and ensures compliance with risk and data management policies.

Lead operations and technical delivery for Wells Fargo’s on-premises Hortonworks big data platform. Responsibilities include designing, coding, testing, debugging, documenting, deploying upgrades, supporting tenant compute and storage, troubleshooting data-processing services, monitoring platform health, and leading migration activities to new data centers. The role provides end-to-end production support, escalates complex issues, guides junior staff, and coordinates initiatives across risk data environments.

Develop and maintain data pipelines using Python, SQL, ETL, and Apache Spark. Extract, transform, validate, and load data from databases, APIs, and files; monitor pipeline performance and quality; support batch and streaming workflows; document processes; and collaborate with analytics and business intelligence teams.

Develop and optimize data pipelines using Python and SQL; integrate data through REST APIs; support ETL/ELT workflows; perform data cleaning, validation, and quality checks; troubleshoot processing issues; use Git for collaborative development; document workflows; and collaborate with engineers and analysts in a remote environment.

Maintains and monitors Azure Databricks data pipelines, troubleshoots data issues, collaborates with stakeholders on data requirements, documents processes, performs backups and disaster recovery drills, and supports data access and usage. The role requires extensive data engineering experience, Azure expertise, incident management knowledge, and strong problem-solving skills.

Designs, develops, tests, documents, and maintains APIs, interfaces, data exchanges, connectors, and integration services. Analyzes system dependencies and data models; implements secure transformation, validation, orchestration, and event-driven integrations. Collaborates with security and data engineers on authentication, encryption, schemas, data quality, lineage, and operational requirements. Creates automated tests, technical documentation, runbooks, and release materials while troubleshooting complex cross-system data flows.

Build and maintain reliable data pipelines, computed tables, and scalable data models using SparkSQL and PySpark. Integrate IoT, product, customer, external, unstructured, and ML-related data into a central data lake for analytics, causal inference, model training, and dashboards. Ensure high data quality and uptime while collaborating with data science, analytics, AI/ML, and engineering teams.

Lead the reverse-engineering and migration of legacy ETL pipelines from SAP BusinessObjects Data Services and JD Edwards into dbt and Databricks architectures. Build automated data validation, maintain SQL Server write-back mechanisms, collaborate with client stakeholders, and lead and mentor a small engineering team. The role requires hands-on expertise in SQL, Python, Spark, orchestration, cloud platforms, and legacy ERP and ETL migrations.

Designs, builds, tests, and maintains scalable data infrastructure and ETL/ELT pipelines for mission partners. Uses AWS Glue, Glue Catalog, and Step Functions to integrate, migrate, transform, and validate data. Develops data models, schemas, queries, and production-ready datasets while collaborating with analytics and business teams. The role may also support AI/ML pipelines, data governance, DevOps workflows, Databricks, and real-time streaming architectures.

Architects, builds, tests, and maintains scalable data infrastructure and ELT/ETL pipelines using AWS Glue, Glue Catalog, and Step Functions. Performs data modeling, SQL querying, data migration, schema optimization, validation, and data quality improvements. Partners with analytics and business teams to transform raw data into production-ready datasets. The role may also support AI/ML pipelines, governance, access controls, DevOps workflows, and real-time data architectures.

Lead client data migrations into DealCloud, including requirements gathering, ETL, data mapping, transformation, loading, validation, reconciliation, QA, and go-live support. The role also supports platform configuration, technical solution design, project documentation, status reporting, escalations, and post-launch client assistance. Success requires strong data integration, analytical, communication, and prioritization skills, along with familiarity with SaaS, CRM, cloud platforms, APIs, and financial services workflows.

Own Eve’s data platform end to end, including ingestion, orchestration, incremental dbt models, Snowflake administration, Terraform infrastructure, observability, access controls, and pipeline reliability. Build schema-change detection, freshness SLAs, CI environments, and incident processes while managing performance and compute costs. Partner with analytics engineers and stakeholders to maintain trusted data for reporting and AI systems, using AI-assisted development and documenting platform standards.

Designs, builds, operates, and modernizes secure ETL/ELT data pipelines for public health interoperability. Responsibilities include using NiFi, Kafka, Python, and SQL; deploying pipelines on Azure or AWS; implementing CI/CD with GitHub Actions; monitoring with Grafana; troubleshooting production systems; supporting legacy migrations; and ensuring data security, compliance, scalability, and reliability. The role collaborates with architects, integration engineers, data scientists, DevOps/SRE, and product teams.

Leads data architecture and engineering modernization across business domains. Designs and implements complex pipelines, integrations, data models, and orchestration using Snowflake, AWS, and Airflow. Establishes data quality, governance, security, testing, observability, CI/CD, and reliability practices. Provides architectural guidance, evaluates technical solutions, leads cross-team initiatives, mentors engineers, and improves platform performance and cost efficiency.

Build and maintain production ETL pipelines for structured and unstructured data, integrate machine learning models for enrichment, develop data transformations and quality monitoring, design warehouses and dimensional models, establish governance frameworks, and contribute to data architecture and platform improvements. Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and engineering teams to deliver reliable, actionable intelligence.

Leads the architecture, development, and production operation of complex data pipelines and platforms. Resolves scalability, data quality, reliability, and architectural challenges; evaluates data technologies; mentors engineers; establishes engineering standards; partners with product, analytics, and operations teams; communicates technical trade-offs; and conducts proofs of concept to guide platform strategy.

Designs and optimizes Power BI dashboards, semantic models, datasets, DAX measures, and reporting solutions for identity governance and administration analytics. Partners with ETL engineers and stakeholders to validate Parquet data from Azure Synapse and SailPoint sources, establish data-quality checks, monitor refreshes, define KPIs, and document data lineage. Supports compliance reporting, access governance, audit readiness, certification metrics, and Zero Trust analytics.

Build and maintain scalable Snowflake-based ELT/ETL pipelines, production data models, and observability frameworks. Translate business requirements into reliable solutions supporting analytics, BI, and ML. Establish data quality, governance, lineage, security, and compliance practices while optimizing warehouse performance, cost, and data freshness. Collaborate with Analytics, Product, and Engineering teams, contribute to architecture decisions, evaluate Snowflake tooling, and use AI-assisted development tools to accelerate delivery.

Designs, builds, and optimizes scalable data collection, storage, access, and analytics systems. Creates and automates reliable data pipelines, supports data quality and governance, ensures SLA and performance compliance, and monitors pipeline operations. The role requires collaboration with analytics, business, and customer teams, with potential work involving AI/ML pipelines, Databricks, DevOps practices, streaming data, and event-driven architectures.

Leads global teams developing production AI, GenAI, RAG, agentic workflow, and MLOps solutions for health systems and health plans. Translates clinical, financial, and operational challenges into HIPAA-compliant use cases involving clinical decision support, population health, revenue cycle, research, and optimization. Oversees healthcare data science engagements, model governance, executive stakeholder communications, client delivery, and team development.