Careforth · 1 day ago
Senior Data Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$125K/yr - $185K/yr
7+ years expCareforth is a pioneer in the caregiving space, providing support to family caregivers across the United States. The Senior Data Engineer will contribute to the evolution of the enterprise DataHub/Delta Lake architecture, driving best practices in cloud-native, Spark-based data engineering while mentoring junior engineers.
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Responsibilities
Architect and build robust, scalable, and secure data pipelines leveraging Databricks, Apache Spark, and AWS Cloud (EMR, Redshift, S3, Glue, Lambda)
Participate and represent the data team in critical design discussions with technical leads across various product lines
Collaborate closely with application developers, product managers, and business analysts to translate requirements into data models, ETL/ELT workflows, and analytics-ready datasets
Conduct pull request reviews and enforce engineering excellence in code quality, testing, and performance optimization
Troubleshoot and optimize production data workflows while ensuring observability, resilience, and cost-efficiency at scale
Research, evaluate, and apply emerging tools and technologies to continuously modernize the data engineering ecosystem
Act as a mentor to junior engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related field
7-10 years of professional data engineering experience, including at least 3+ years with modern cloud-based data lake architectures
Deep expertise in Apache Spark (PySpark, Scala, or Java) for large-scale distributed data processing
Strong experience with Databricks for collaborative data engineering and advanced analytics
Hands-on experience with AWS services including EMR, Redshift, S3, Glue, Lambda, IAM, and related cloud-native data tools
Proficiency in Python (preferred) as well as Java or Scala
Strong understanding of data modeling, data pipelines, and workflow orchestration (Airflow, Step Functions, or similar)
Solid foundation in algorithms, data structures, and software engineering best practices
Excellent communication skills and a proven ability to work cross-functionally with product and engineering teams
Benefits
Flexible schedules
Remote-first culture
Nationally recognized wellness program
Company
Careforth
Careforth provides an expert care team, emotional support, and financial assistance for family care at home.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Tom Boelson
Chief Financial Officer
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