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The Planet Group

Senior Data Engineer (2)

Contract · In Office · Irving, Texas (USA)

Posted Sep 5, 2026

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  • Senior AZURE Data EngineerLocation: Dallas, Texas - HYBRID AND IN PERSON INTERVIEW
  • Job Type: 6 month plus Contract

Rate: $68.00-$72.00

  • MUST BE ABLE TO WORK DIRECTLY ON OUR W2 BASIS WITHOUT SPONSORSHIP AT ANY POINT
  • NO C2C HELP IN ANY FORMAbout the Role We are seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join our Data Platform Core team to build, operate, and scale our governed data foundations. In this role, you will take primary technical ownership of productionizing a heavy notebook estate—migrating complex prototypes into robust, tested, and maintainable cloud data pipelines.
  • Key Responsibilities
  • Notebook Migration & Standardization: Audit, refactor, and migrate exploratory notebooks and analytically complex code into production-grade, source-controlled assets.
  • Pipeline Engineering: Build and maintain ingestion, transformation, and curated data pipelines across our cloud platform.
  • Quality & Observability: Implement automated testing, data quality controls, monitoring, lineage tracking, and CI/CD deployment workflows.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Analytics Engineers, Systems Analysts, and domain experts to translate validated requirements into reliable data products.
  • Documentation & Operations: Document technical designs, standard operating procedures, data models, and system limitations.
  • Qualifications
  • 9+ years of total experience as a Data Engineer.
  • 4+ years of hands-on experience with Databricks, Apache Spark, Python, and SQL operating production cloud pipelines.
  • Proven track record of inheriting, refactoring, and productionizing legacy code, prototypes, or complex notebooks.
  • Strong expertise in data modeling, performance tuning, and troubleshooting source data issues.
  • Practical knowledge of orchestration, Git workflows, CI/CD, data testing, and access controls.
  • Self-driven, curious problem solver with excellent documentation and stakeholder communication habits.

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Senior Data Engineer (2)

The Planet Group

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