SoTalent
Data Engineer
Full Time ยท Remote ยท USA
Posted Sep 24, 2026
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- Data Engineer
- ๐ Location: Birmingham, Alabama, United States
- ๐ข Industry: Professional Services
- ๐ผ Work Setting: Remote
- Are you passionate about building scalable data platforms, enabling advanced analytics and AI solutions, and transforming complex data into strategic business value?
- We are seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design, develop, and optimize modern data architectures that support enterprise analytics, reporting, and AI-driven initiatives. This role works closely with business stakeholders, data teams, and technology partners to deliver scalable, secure, and high-performance data solutions that drive informed decision-making and innovation.
- Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement scalable data architectures that support analytics, reporting, machine learning, and AI initiatives.
- Develop and maintain robust data pipelines for data ingestion, transformation, integration, and processing across diverse data sources.
- Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into effective data solutions.
- Build and optimize data models that support enterprise reporting, analytics, and operational use cases.
- Design and implement data integration frameworks that ensure reliable and efficient data movement across systems.
- Optimize data processing workflows for performance, scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency.
- Support the full data lifecycle, including data acquisition, storage, transformation, governance, and consumption.
- Implement data quality, security, and governance controls to ensure data integrity and compliance.
- Develop solutions that support real-time and batch processing requirements using modern data technologies.
- Partner with analytics, engineering, and AI teams to enable advanced insights and machine learning capabilities.
- Monitor and troubleshoot data platform performance while identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.
- Create and maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and operational procedures.
- Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Mathematics, or a related field.
- 2 to 4+ years of experience designing and developing scalable data engineering solutions.
- Strong hands-on experience with Python, SQL, and modern data engineering practices.
- Experience building and maintaining enterprise data pipelines and integration solutions.
- Strong understanding of data modeling, database design, and data architecture principles.
- Experience working with cloud-based data platforms and distributed data processing technologies.
- Knowledge of structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data management.
- Experience optimizing data flows, performance tuning, and troubleshooting complex data environments.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively in collaborative and client-facing environments.
- Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting analytics, business intelligence, AI, or machine learning initiatives.
- Knowledge of big data ecosystems and distributed data processing frameworks.
- Familiarity with streaming architectures and real-time data processing technologies.
- Experience implementing data governance, security, and compliance standards.
- Exposure to consulting, professional services, or customer-focused delivery environments.
- Experience with cloud-native data platforms and modern data lake or warehouse architectures.
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